tree poisoned

[branching out surgeons]

hi guys

 

new to the site looks really good,

 

i have a question, i have 2 7 metre silver birch a 1 5 metre rowan in my own garden close to my neighbour they were all perectly healthly last year but this year all have died very quickly before they came in to leaf i suspect that he has killed them, does anyone know of a way of telling.

 

one of the birch snapped out 2 metres of the top the other day when it was windy unfortately landed my side and not on him. i have left them up cos they won't bother me.

 

any help would be great!

[Stevie Mac]

Hi and welcome to Arbtalk.

 

Why do you think the guy next door killed your trees? Do you not get on with each other?

From what I understand I think it is rather hard to poison a tree unless you know what your doing. ( am sure more experienced arbs will be along to tell you how it could be done)

 

He could ring bark it but am sure you would have caught him doing that.

 

 

Stevie

[branching out surgeons]

cos he's renowned for being someone who would do that he's stole land off others as well. i forgot to mention i have had it out with him over the trees but he obviously denied it, but then i asked if he had any problems with me planting more in their place and he asked if they would push his pavers up and would they cause hay fever and other rubbish like that so he definately has concerns, i thought he may have poured some weed killer over them or the roots possibly. they died very suddenly and are very brittle already.

 

cheers guys!

[raker]

Doesnt copper nails and brake fluid kill trees?Might be some evidence of that.

[dangerous brian]

before you go off on one,weve seen trees die suddenly down here but weve had a hell of a winter and long dry spells,which our trees are not used too,id take all this in account before passing out blame,but do give your trees a good look over,ive heard that salt can kill trees off if enough is forced into it cheers hope you sort it and welcome to arb talk.

[armchairarborist]

he sounds like an uneducated oaf, think like him, how would you kill a neighbours tree? nip into their garden and pour some oil based liquid or other harmful substance into the ground near the tree base, are there signs of ground disturbance? nearby vegetation suffering? a quick dig around in the soil might show up foul play. dont forget a lot of rowans are dying of a vascular disease at the moment, any photos? Ed.

[Stephen Blair]

drought i reckon, don't let your paranoia get in the way here. I know of a few birches and 1 rowan that have died since last year in my own town. If he has poisoned them then if their was grass around them that would have died also, lift some soil and smell it, stuff like diesel, oil, brake fluid etc will still be very obvious.

[Stevie Mac]

Maybe this guy is a serial tree killer and is responsible for all sudden tree deaths.

 

A lot of my neighbors trees have died suddenly and its a bit of a mystery. They all have died after I have worked on them

 

I am known as the Jessica Fletcher of the tree world.

[Stephen Blair]

They better call Miss Maple then to investigate it:001_rolleyes:

[Mark Bolam]

Classic Stevie.

 

Sherlock Holm Oak couldn't crack this case.