how do you kill a tree?
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I have a mature tree right outside my house which is preventing me from using my front garden as a drive. Ive applied to the council to have the tree removed and a dropped kerb put in, but the council have refused as it it against thier policy to remove a mature tree unless it is dead or damaged. If "someone" wanted to, how would you go about killing a tree? Any suggestiond greatfully recieved.
Yes - copper nails it is. I have two trees which overshadow my house from next door's garden. One is a nice tree, but a bit big (30' and growing rapidly!) and the the is a bloody Leylandii, about 6' from my son's bedroom window! The Leylandii will deffo be going to the great forest in the sky, the other needs a bit more thought.
I understand copper takes about a year or two to poison the tree, but it makes it look like a natuural death.
I understand copper takes about a year or two to poison the tree, but it makes it look like a natuural death.
Not sure you would want to risk it falling on your house though!
We had an ash tree in our back garden which was about 100 years old. it was huge.
Last year part of it fell on the house. Scared my wife and I to death as we were in the house at the time.
It turned out to be dying, but we had no idea. It seemed pefectly healthy to us.
Cost the insurance company a fortune btw. We also have about 10 years worth of logs!
edited to add: We also had a 60ft poplar which we got permission to take down this year!! (once bitten...)
>> Edited by gtr-gaz on Wednesday 16th November 18:20
We had an ash tree in our back garden which was about 100 years old. it was huge.
Last year part of it fell on the house. Scared my wife and I to death as we were in the house at the time.
It turned out to be dying, but we had no idea. It seemed pefectly healthy to us.
Cost the insurance company a fortune btw. We also have about 10 years worth of logs!
edited to add: We also had a 60ft poplar which we got permission to take down this year!! (once bitten...)
>> Edited by gtr-gaz on Wednesday 16th November 18:20
gtr-gaz said:
Something similar to what I'm about to say!
We took ours down before it fell though. Kinda looked like it might go. We got the guys to cuts the main trunk into discs which are now set into the ground surrounded by gravel. Brilliant bbq area is the result. Mind you the trunk was about 3 foot thick.
gtr-gaz said:
Not sure you would want to risk it falling on your house though!
Following on from what gaz says, if you have large trees in your garden, it is worth the expense of getting a decent tree surgeon round to give them a health check and lop off any dead/dangerous bits. We purchased some woodland last year and did exactly that - amazing how many had been struck by lightning and were dying from the inside.
To kill a tree: Drill small hole deep into tree, push small pipe into hole and put the other end in a bucket of diesel. Capillary action will draw the diesel into the tree and kill it pretty quickly. Totally untraceable. Don`t ask me how I know!
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