Just cut down some Maple trees

15 years ago

I just got back from the woods in back of my house and chopped down all the maple trees that I could. The big one that's on my side of the fence will be gone in the spring. I've got one more to get, but need a bigger saw.

We also cleared out a 12 foot area in back of the fence and put down the slug bait. OMG, people have been dumping garbage in those woods for years. Last year the township cut down some dead trees and just left a huge mess.

I also cut down limbs that were hanging over the fence that were dropping diseased leaves onto my hostas.

When my hostas get too big, I'm going to divide them and plant them on the other side of the fence. My pachysandra's have grown through the fence and are starting to keep the weeds away. I wonder how long it will be until I get into a fight with the township over this. But, it looks so nice now!

Look at my poor Blue Cadet that I planted in July. The maple tree root went right through the center of it.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
did you drip roundup or stump killer on the cambian ... presuming you just cut them to the ground ...

ken
Gesila
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15 years ago
I knew there was something I was missing. Going to get roundup now. Thanks Ken.

Gesila
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15 years ago
When we cut down some 50 year old azaleas in the new strip of land we bought from our neighbor, my DH drilled 3/4 inch holes in the really fat portion of the stump. It was around March. It took about 3 hours after that and then I noticed that all the fresh cuts were oozing sap. That's when I poured all the Roundup into the little wood bit holes. Very few of the azaleas grew during this summer.

Of the ones which did, we will cut them back again, and treat them with Roundup. I usually buy the undiluted containers. And have tried Ortho's brush killer as well.
The hardest kind of tree to kill is the blasted camphor tree.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
at the link below.. you will find a very high tech container for applying the thin band of killer on just the green edge of the cut ...

label instructions on roundup indicate 100% from the concentrate.. which is 41% ...

since you are not diluting it.. put it back into the labeled container.. and clean out the applicator ...

dont waste the roundup.. and dont use excess, as that is pollution

ken

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