How to kill a plant

laserbrn

laserbrn

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Well a tree really. This is counter-intuitive on this forum I realize. I want to kill a couple of trees that are out in front of my residence. I don't own said trees they are owned by the property managers here, not my neighbors.

Anyway, the problem is that one of these trees is literally right against my window and it attracts a LOT of bees. I find bees in my apartment, I can't walk up to my apartment without walking past this swarm of bees and I'm not going to go through another summer of this. It's fine in the winter, but when spring got here, so did the bees.

I am really high right now and rambling on , but nonetheless I wanted to hear some creative ways to kill this tree discretely so that it wouldn't seem as though someone tried to.

I'm sure that experienced landscapers are going to look at it when the property managers ask why the trees are dead.
 
sittinherebored

sittinherebored

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laserbrn said:
It won't likely rain for a long time, but there are sprinklers there. Would landscapers easily tell if someone salted the earth?
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as long as its all dissolved and in the ground i dont think they could without a soil test and i doubt they would do that
 
Erysichthon

Erysichthon

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if its a big tree thats gonna be quite tricky. i dont really know any way to kill one discreetly. what kind of tree is it
maybe a full bottle of ph down and a full gallon of vinegar mixed to drop the ph of the soil around it greatly? but if its a big tree it will have tons of roots so thats probably not gonna work..

similar problem im half overrun with kudzuu, anyone know a way to kill about an eighth of an acre of kudzuu?
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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904chronic said:
drill several holes in the tree and put a few rags soaked in gasoline into the holes and it will kill the tree
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It's not a huge tree, it's a little queer flowery tree that pisses me off. It doesn't have a "trunk" per say, it's got more of a fat stalk. It's about 15 feet tall and lanky. I could chop it down, but that would really increase my bee problem for at least a few whacks...haha. You knock down a bee infested tree...I ain't doing it.
 
Solstice07

Solstice07

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Here's an odd thing I stumbled across when I Googled your problem:

Get hold of a cordless power drill and fit the biggest bit into you can find.
Go out to the tree and remove a piece of bark, say at least the size of a matchbox from the base of the trunk. Drill a deep hole into the tree towards the base and then fill with a mixture of diesel and roundup. Replace the piece of bark you removed and superglue into place covering the hole.
Repeat 6 or 7 times then go and celebrate with a cold beer. The treee will be dead in less than 6 months time.
Cheers, Jack.

Maybe a better solution is to get rid of the bees? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_get_rid_of_bees

Not that I would recommend such a thing. Pouring diesel fuel into or onto the ground can't be good for the environment.
 
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ste147

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Solstice07 said:
Here's an odd thing I stumbled across when I Googled your problem:

Get hold of a cordless power drill and fit the biggest bit into you can find.
Go out to the tree and remove a piece of bark, say at least the size of a matchbox from the base of the trunk. Drill a deep hole into the tree towards the base and then fill with a mixture of diesel and roundup. Replace the piece of bark you removed and superglue into place covering the hole.
Repeat 6 or 7 times then go and celebrate with a cold beer. The treee will be dead in less than 6 months time.
Cheers, Jack.

Maybe a better solution is to get rid of the bees? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_get_rid_of_bees

Not that I would recommend such a thing. Pouring diesel fuel into or onto the ground can't be good for the environment.
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there is a tree i wud like to fecking destroy aswell as it takes up all of the light in the back garden, but its in sumone elses back yard, its a huge fucker, maybe about 50foot high, i want that fucker down, maybe i cud use wat u said with maybe around 100 copper nails banged into it?????
 
x15

x15

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laserbrn said:
Well a tree really. This is counter-intuitive on this forum I realize. I want to kill a couple of trees that are out in front of my residence. I don't own said trees they are owned by the property managers here, not my neighbors.

snip... but nonetheless I wanted to hear some creative ways to kill this tree discretely so that it wouldn't seem as though someone tried to.
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hey, laserbrn :)

I have found the easiest n funnest way to remove a tree, roots n all without digging is to

- borrow a 4' vertical truck jack, like this one:
http://4wheelonline.com/images/products/hilift.gif
- borrow a case-harden chain about 9-12 feet long with hook attached
- a piece of wood 2x6 n 2 feet long
- find a friend to help u

place the block of wood at the base of the tree trunk
- wrap the chain around the tree trunk leaving a tail on each end of the chain
- place the truck jack on top of the wood
- put the truck jack's lip under the chain with the jack leaning onto the tree
- remove any slack with the hook
- begin to jack until the chain cinches up
- make any final adjustments n keep jacking until you hear the first roots pop
- check which way the tree is going to fall n jack it up until it falls down roots n all!

a few tips:
- don't water the ground below the tree or else the jack will sink into the soil
- don't let anyone talk u into cutting the tree down to ground level
- leave about 6-12 feet of tree for leverage
- u might have to readjust the jack if the jack is sitting directly above a root
- no need for salt, round-up, digging...

I removed about 18 trees from my property with this method

good luck n b safe :)
 
Solstice07

Solstice07

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ste147 said:
there is a tree i wud like to fecking destroy aswell as it takes up all of the light in the back garden, but its in sumone elses back yard, its a huge fucker, maybe about 50foot high, i want that fucker down, maybe i cud use wat u said with maybe around 100 copper nails banged into it?????
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O.K., for clarification I did not say that or recommend that, it's something I quoted from a site that I Googled.

Next, where would you find copper nails? What would they be used for, other than trying to kill trees? Then how the hell would you hammer copper nails into a living tree? Copper is some soft shit, man.
 
Amelia

Amelia

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Please don't kill the tree. Or the bees. Don't kill anything. Making decisions like this when you are high is a bad idea.
 
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