poisoning roots _

[Dr.Green]

Not sure where to post this but if its in the wrong place please move it thanks

 

Anyways , i have a beech tree to remove , the customer wants me to poison the roots as he is afriad they will cause problems , personaly i would rather not do this if theres is a possibliltiy its going to effect the surrounding area.

 

There are 2 vegtable patchs within 3metres and a conifer hedge that surrrounds the borders.

 

The stump will be approx 40cm across , ive quickly read about driling or making sink cuts around the stump the pouring in glysopate ????????

 

 

ive got a feeling if i do poison the roots it could all go wrong down the line and id rather have both sides of the coin when i advise the punter

 

any adive would be greatfully recieved.. cheers

[easy-lift guy]

Dear Doctor: IMO glysopate will not leach from the root system of the tree stump you have been asked to treat by your customer. I have treated tree stumps with the active chemical in the past with good results. Since the material smothers the root system or whats left of the tree to final soil temp. I would use and not have any concerns. When I have used said product in the past I make my cut as low to the soil level and carefully pour the material to the edge of the trunk 360 degrees. I believe the material is carried thru the Cambium layer of the tree. Never have figured out why one bores holes in the trunk?. Hope this helps.

elg

[David Goss]

Stump grinder?

[Paul Jenks]

Give this guy an email Darren Clark [[email protected]] and check out eco plugs, just google.

Minimum order is 100, 49p each, need the special drill bit. Sooooooo easy and no protective gear needed.

A very sweet solution. For a 40cm beech stump you'll need about 10. Therefore £5 for materials £10 to apply.

[skyhuck]

IME Beech don't tend to coppice well, so chances are it will not sprout.

 

I would wait and see if it does, if there is regrowth I would simple treat the growth with Glyphosate (sp) or if the owner simple keeps cutting off any regrowth it will soon give up.

[Paul Jenks]

I think you're right Skyhuck beech don't usually respond well to coppicing. This is a fairly young beech so it may come back. Eco plugs are glyphosate.

Or you could quote for the grind as David suggested.

[Dr.Green]

i dont think this old dude will be wanting it ground out , cost wise -

 

quote the old man 'the roots are going to lift up my greenhouse even when the trees gone, i want it poisoned'

 

il look into the eco plugs and thanks everyone as usual, the whole process sounds alot simpler now. you have tought the doctor something , i shall pass it onto my patient's

[daveindales]

Iv'e posted this before, but be careful with glyphosate as it can translocate to adjacent trees of the same species. It happened to me once when a few adjacent trees started to die. I'm 99% sure it was the glyphosate.

[RobRainford]

How could roots cause problems when they are not actively growing and are beginning to decay? I don't poison roots because I don't want any runoff, especially neat glyphosate. I've only had a eucalyptus grow again, within a month it had put another small clump about an inch high. It was getting ground anyway. But most trees don't come back.

[Le Sanglier]

How could roots cause problems when they are not actively growing and are beginning to decay? I don't poison roots because I don't want any runoff, especially neat glyphosate. I've only had a eucalyptus grow again, within a month it had put another small clump about an inch high. It was getting ground anyway. But most trees don't come back.

 

cut down many poplars lately?