copper nails in eucalyptus

[easy-lift guy]

Pretty petty and stupid. Doing things like this only make working on trees in the future more dangerous while at the same time I believe this person should be put on notice that he would be liable in the future for foolish actions in the present.

easy-lift guy

[Dean O]

On the up side the perp is probably wasting his time any way - Ive never seen this work.

would of thought some roundup would do a better job

[fergusonforestry]

seen this quite a bit around edinburgh

[djbobbins]

Based on the size of that euc, I think it'll need a hell of lot more copper nails than that to finish it off. I have seen stumps painted with creosote which still covered themselves in new sprits of growth.

 

I would have thought there is more risk of infection from the quality of some of those cuts...

 

But at risk of creating controversy, I could understand the neighbour being aggrieved about the presence of the tree. I would be decidedly unhappy with a euc of that size so close to my house, risk of land heave, structural damage, leaf shedding etc. It's just not a suitable tree for that location. Not that this justifies the measures taken, but just my opinion...

[treequip]

It’s an urban myth

 

The only way a copper nail will kill a tree is if the diameter of the nail is greater than the diameter of the tree

[smithers1603]

I ,ve taken down more eucalyptus in the last 6 month or so, not that many seem to have survived the winter we had last year.

[arbogrunt]

'can I kill a tree if I drive copper into it'

 

- 'only if its the size and shape of a large axe'