There are some publicly-owned trees on my property, and they block the sign to my business. I want to kill them without chopping them down or digging them up. They're only about 8 feet tall, and I need a method that is both quick and damaging, so that the tree will rot as quickly as possible, thereby forcing the city to pay for their removal/disposal. I have heard that pouring gasoline on the base of the tree would do it, or that cutting a ring in the bark around the base would do it, but i don't know if those are real methods or not, and throwing gasoline on the ground is an awfully environmentally-unfriendly way of trying to kill a tree, i think. Does anybody know a better way? Thanks, BZ.
2006-10-08 18:05:37 · 13 answers · asked by butterat2001 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The tree sits on property that is jointly owned by my business and several others. The property is ours, the tree is not. As i said, they are tiny trees, only about 8 feet tall. No animals live in them. This isn't some massive act of deforestation, and killing a half dozen 8 ft tall trees really aren't going to impact the environment in a way worse than driving a car regularly does anyway. If the trees die, the city must remove them. There's no way i could get caught, and the benefit greatly outweighs the risks. While this may be technically illegal, in my town, such a thing would never be enforced, much less punished, so with established practice and custom as precedent, there is assuredly nothing wrong with what i'm planning, and i don't really care if you feel otherwise.
2006-10-08 19:26:54 · update #1
Cutting the ring around the bark will definitely work. In fact, in a classic Kurt Vonnegut novel (Player Piano) this is the act used to retaliate symbolically against the antagonist. Chip the bark off in a very wide circle to be safe. It works partly by exposing the tree to disease and partly by "scarring" it so that it can't absorb nutrients right. It seems like a shame just to toss it. Maybe you could rent a mulcher from Lowes and make the most of it.
2006-10-08 18:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by Em 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To kill a tree completely, use a hand saw and make a cut all the way around the base of the tree, thru the bark layer. This is called girdelling. To be sure, cut another line around the tree about 1" above or below the previous cut. Chip out bark between cuts. This will stop all tree sap from being able to travel above the cut. The tree will be essentially dead at that point.
2016-03-28 02:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats easy. drill some holes into the base of the tree on a downward angle into the root system. if you have to remove some dirt first. then poor herbacide down the holes i wouldnt do too many otherwise it will look suspicious but for an tree about 5 meters tall id do four decent holes into the core then cover up the holes with the dirt you have removed
2006-10-08 18:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by pauly_ manoorly 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
drill holes around the base of the tree. then go to a hardware store and buy copper- sulfate, its a bluish powder. pour the copper- sulfate in the holes. this is illegal if the city owns the tree...so you are on your own there. you could ask the city to cut the tree down and replce it with a smaller one..that would be the best solution.
2006-10-08 18:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by bgreve1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How are trees on your property publicly owned?
I dont know how to do it, im still staring at the stump in my back yard that i paid some guy to remove 3 weeks ago.
He claims to be 'starving it' of water.
2006-10-08 18:11:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How tall is your sign?? is it close to the ground??? can you trim the limbs that are blocking the sign??? You say the trees are on YOUR property....... then I would think you could cut them down---------- but thats kinda drastic talk to your lawyer about it
2006-10-08 18:15:39 · answer #6 · answered by pipedreams 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how are the trees publically owned if theyr on your property?? also, you are a bad person. animals live in trees, and trees help filter the air! think before you act!
2006-10-08 18:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by wendy 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stab it with a knife a few thousand times.
2006-10-08 18:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no words to describe the dastardly deed you are planning and I hope they catch you nad fine you big time-what you are planning to do is a CRIME-why havean't you asked the city to trim a limb or two to make your sign more visible for as a business owner you have certain rights esp to ensure that customers are not kept from your business-instead you want to be a SNEAK about it, This is s deed most dishonorable-have you no principles or ethics-had you then you wouldn't be asking. Not only are you planning a crime but asking people to help you. SHAME ON YOU
2006-10-08 18:12:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋
Captain planet says no!!!
2015-04-06 19:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by Brian Wells 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋