How to Kill "scrub" tree on fence line? - Page 2

Worth1 · May 13, 2016

Can you take a pictuer of the tree and its leaves.
A Hackbeery tree does not spread by its roots.

Other trees like the sweet gum do and cutting one down next to a house is one of the worst things you can do.
Planting one in your yard its a big no no.

Worth

This a hackberry leaf.

creister · May 13, 2016

I really hate hackberry trees. Non fruiting mulberry trees suck too.

Worth1 · May 13, 2016

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Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Drive copper nails into the tree. It will kill the tree before you know it.

Where on earth are you going to find copper nails besides on line or a copper roofing company.

I bought what was called copper nails at home depot and the were copper coated steel nails.
They didn't say copper plated they said copper nails.
I was so ticked off when they started to rust.

Now when I go to the store I take a magnet and a scribe to check the product.
The copper post cap was copper plated aluminum.

This should be against the darn law.

Worth

creister · May 13, 2016

That equates to shrinking the ice cream and coffee containers and leaving the price the same. Of course this is done with little to no notification to the consumer.

My Foot Smells · May 13, 2016

Yes I can take a picture, as several branches are piled up on my fire pit, but at the j-o-b right now. I'm not good with tree i.d., but a picture would be worth a thousand words and would be helpful in the solution.

In addition, I'm not 100% sold that these "stubs" are in relation, maybe the fence line give secure place to grow and have 4 different trees in close proximity.

If it were out in the open, would not be a problem. Have an osage orange that drops the big green pods by the thousand. Have several sprouts, but just keep mowing them over and they give up.

Worth1 · May 13, 2016

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Originally Posted by creister

That equates to shrinking the ice cream and coffee containers and leaving the price the same. Of course this is done with little to no notification to the consumer.

The next time I had to buy something that was brass.
The Store guy was looking for me and I told him I was taking it out of the package and why.
Right on the package it said brass.
My magnet stuck to it.
He almost fell over at the rip off too.

Now if I want a copper nail I just make the darn things.

Worth

Worth1 · May 13, 2016

Link for copper nails.

When the tree dies you can get you nail back.
Worth
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...r+Common+Nails

My Foot Smells · May 13, 2016

This is not the tree.

bike in tree.jpg

Worth1 · May 13, 2016

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Originally Posted by My Foot Smells

This is not the tree.

Attachment 60297

I hope the kid isn't still on it.

Worth

Captain Neon · May 13, 2016

If I'm remembering the story right, the owner of that bicycle set it beside the tree before he enlisted to fight in WWI, and planned to retrieve it when the war was over. He never returned to retrieve his bike.

whistech · May 13, 2016

I will second using roundup of the generic equivalent. Where you cut it off, drill 3 or 4 3/8" holes as deep as you can and fill up the holes with roundup. Keep a check on the holes and refill when they are low. Over a 3 or 4 month period, the tree will die. I have done this and it works, killing it deader than a door nail!

Cole_Robbie · May 14, 2016

I have done the same thing, drilling the holes in a stump and filling them with generic roundup, the concentrate, straight out of the jug.

Gardeneer · May 14, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

The next time I had to buy something that was brass.
The Store guy was looking for me and I told him I was taking it out of the package and why.
Right on the package it said brass.
My magnet stuck to it.
He almost fell over at the rip off too.

Now if I want a copper nail I just make the darn things.

Worth

You can make your own copper nails from copper tubing by hammering ...

But to use them on trees you have to pre drill .

Gardeneer

Uncle Doss · May 14, 2016

Im glad worth said it, Hackberry does not spread from the roots.
Hackberry does grow very well, and birds will spread the seeds everywhere. Around here, farmers hate them because they do grow so well and so many, but they make good fire wood

My Foot Smells · May 14, 2016

pic of tree, leaf and bark.

tree id1.jpg

tree id2.jpg

you can see the juice i applied the other day looks to have just dried up on top. going to drill like a dentist today and administer a root canal. thanks for all the advice.

May 13, 2016	#26
whistech Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Between The Woodlands and Spring, Texas Posts: 553	I will second using roundup of the generic equivalent. Where you cut it off, drill 3 or 4 3/8" holes as deep as you can and fill up the holes with roundup. Keep a check on the holes and refill when they are low. Over a 3 or 4 month period, the tree will die. I have done this and it works, killing it deader than a door nail! __________________ Arlie

May 14, 2016	#29
Uncle Doss Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: zone 5b/6a Posts: 134	Im glad worth said it, Hackberry does not spread from the roots. Hackberry does grow very well, and birds will spread the seeds everywhere. Around here, farmers hate them because they do grow so well and so many, but they make good fire wood __________________ Anything in life worth doing is worth over-doing. Moderation is for cowards.

May 13, 2016	#16
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Can you take a pictuer of the tree and its leaves. A Hackbeery tree does not spread by its roots. Other trees like the sweet gum do and cutting one down next to a house is one of the worst things you can do. Planting one in your yard its a big no no. Worth This a hackberry leaf.

May 13, 2016	#17
creister Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Abilene, TX zone 7 Posts: 1,478	I really hate hackberry trees. Non fruiting mulberry trees suck too.

May 13, 2016	#20
My Foot Smells Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas Posts: 1,239	Yes I can take a picture, as several branches are piled up on my fire pit, but at the j-o-b right now. I'm not good with tree i.d., but a picture would be worth a thousand words and would be helpful in the solution. In addition, I'm not 100% sold that these "stubs" are in relation, maybe the fence line give secure place to grow and have 4 different trees in close proximity. If it were out in the open, would not be a problem. Have an osage orange that drops the big green pods by the thousand. Have several sprouts, but just keep mowing them over and they give up.

May 13, 2016	#25
Captain Neon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Florence KY Posts: 234	If I'm remembering the story right, the owner of that bicycle set it beside the tree before he enlisted to fight in WWI, and planned to retrieve it when the war was over. He never returned to retrieve his bike.

May 14, 2016	#27
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I have done the same thing, drilling the holes in a stump and filling them with generic roundup, the concentrate, straight out of the jug.