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**alnorth** · 10-16-2010, 07:51 PM

So, maybe I'm naive but where I came from we didn't have this problem because it was hard as hell to get anything to grow. Up here in Iowa, I've learned that if you so much as drop a seed onto the ground the plant may impale your feet as it rockets up from the earth.

I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on near some big annual flowering privacy bushes in the backyard and I discovered earlier this summer that I've got 4 of these healthy-looking saplings growing through them, which I promptly cut and disposed of. They must have started a couple years ago and I guess the previous owner did nothing about them, because we're talking 2-3 inch little stumps now. They are growing right in the bushes so it is too awkward to attempt to dig them out without harming the plants, and they keep trying to sprout back. Now that I'm aware of these monstrosities, I've been murdering these baby trees when they come up (had a couple try to sneak up right against the house).

I dont think I can use any chemicals because I may harm the huge bushes they are re-growing in. How do I kill these things? If I just keep cutting them down over and over again several times a year, do they give up and die? Any other tips?

Sweet Daddy Hate · 10-17-2010, 05:13 AM

threebag · 10-17-2010, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Antifreeze only works against BurningAidsTrees.

If BurningAidsTrees produced nutts would Shaun Smith pick them?

redsurfer11 · 10-17-2010, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by seclark

copper nail

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I tried that a few years back. It didn't work for me. Put 4 nails in it.

HonestChieffan · 10-17-2010, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by btlook1

Tordon kills about anything that is freshly cut. Pick up a bottle at your local co-op for about 10 bucks or so. Cut them off at the ground cover the stump with it. It kills hedge if applied right after cutting and that's the hardest stuff to kill that there is.

Tordon RTU...not straight Tordon

Delano · 10-17-2010, 08:09 AM

You'll want to do the stump brush method during an active period of growth when the tree is sending nutrients to the roots. Like, now is good.

Another thing you can try is grubbing the trees. Buy or rent a 'weed wrench' and go to work. No chemicals, but more labor.
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boogblaster · 10-17-2010, 08:13 AM

12 gauge pump ... or round-up brush .......

**Buehler445** · 10-17-2010, 08:25 AM

2-4D is actually labeled for this (Yes I read the label). You cut it off and put a 2-4D soaked towel or paper towel on top of the trunk. Don't dilute it, just soak up the towel. It will soak it up for long periods of time and 2-4D is absolutely murder to anything broad leaf.

Be cautious though. Use 2-4D Amine. Don't use Low Vol or ester. If it gets above 80 it will volitalize (turn from liquid to gas) and damage your bushes.

I thought you had to have a private applicators license to buy Roundup Tordon or 2-4D. Maybe you don't anymore. If you get ahold of some without a private applicator license. If you get some, be sure it hasn't been diluted.
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**Buehler445** · 10-17-2010, 09:24 AM

Or you could get fiesty and tie a cable around it and pull it out with your pickup. You will still have to kill the saplings that come up from root.
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10-16-2010, 07:51 PM
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57156239	How do I kill these damned saplings? So, maybe I'm naive but where I came from we didn't have this problem because it was hard as hell to get anything to grow. Up here in Iowa, I've learned that if you so much as drop a seed onto the ground the plant may impale your feet as it rockets up from the earth. I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on near some big annual flowering privacy bushes in the backyard and I discovered earlier this summer that I've got 4 of these healthy-looking saplings growing through them, which I promptly cut and disposed of. They must have started a couple years ago and I guess the previous owner did nothing about them, because we're talking 2-3 inch little stumps now. They are growing right in the bushes so it is too awkward to attempt to dig them out without harming the plants, and they keep trying to sprout back. Now that I'm aware of these monstrosities, I've been murdering these baby trees when they come up (had a couple try to sneak up right against the house). I dont think I can use any chemicals because I may harm the huge bushes they are re-growing in. How do I kill these things? If I just keep cutting them down over and over again several times a year, do they give up and die? Any other tips?
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10-17-2010, 08:09 AM	#20
Delano [b]Supporter[/b] Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A Hypnagogic Landscape Casino cash: $7675015	You'll want to do the stump brush method during an active period of growth when the tree is sending nutrients to the roots. Like, now is good. Another thing you can try is grubbing the trees. Buy or rent a 'weed wrench' and go to work. No chemicals, but more labor. Posted via Mobile Device
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10-17-2010, 08:25 AM	#22
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1595266	2-4D is actually labeled for this (Yes I read the label). You cut it off and put a 2-4D soaked towel or paper towel on top of the trunk. Don't dilute it, just soak up the towel. It will soak it up for long periods of time and 2-4D is absolutely murder to anything broad leaf. Be cautious though. Use 2-4D Amine. Don't use Low Vol or ester. If it gets above 80 it will volitalize (turn from liquid to gas) and damage your bushes. I thought you had to have a private applicators license to buy Roundup Tordon or 2-4D. Maybe you don't anymore. If you get ahold of some without a private applicator license. If you get some, be sure it hasn't been diluted. Posted via Mobile Device
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10-17-2010, 09:24 AM	#23
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1595266	Or you could get fiesty and tie a cable around it and pull it out with your pickup. You will still have to kill the saplings that come up from root. Posted via Mobile Device
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