Best way to kill a tree
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Copper nails do not kill trees, it's an old wives tale
Actually ones not enough you need a box for a tree that size the copper oxidizes and creates a poison to the tree also it will damage the growth cells of the tree
Copper nails do not kill trees! If this were true, then the thousands of lightning protection systems installed in trees would be killing the trees. I have installed numerous systems without killing one tree.
If I were to take any type of nail and girdle the trunk with them, its possible the resulting damage could kill the tree. One copper nail killed the tree? BS.
If I were to take any type of nail and girdle the trunk with them, its possible the resulting damage could kill the tree. One copper nail killed the tree? BS.
Ahh, the voice of reason.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
listen your wrong flat out , they damage in numbers oxidize and poison the tree they need to be installed at a slight angle down towards the roots about on inch apart they will also destroy the growth cells , and if you wanna research before opening your mouth thats a accepted practice here as well .... And its not a wives tale its a wise tale hopefully you already know that ....
Treeclimber101- I am unaware of research that indicates a copper nail will kill a tree. If you have some studies that demonstrate a copper nail will kill a tree, I would be interested in reading them. I had trouble understanding your post. What exactly are you talking about?
Corymbia
ArboristSite Operative
Copper nails are moderately phytotoxic and can result in localised narcosis of parenchyma. On the other hand, copper is readily isolated and not translocated or systemic in a tree. I guess if you nailed enough copper nails in circumferentially and close enough to each other in a species of tree that had abundant parenchyma you could cause tree death. However, as has been pointed out above, the occasional copper nail used in lightning protection is seldom a problem.
ArborItaly
ArboristSite Lurker
i don't agree to killing a tree without a good reason especially if its not yours,
but for anybody who need to get ready of a tree for a reason, i have a good way...
drill a hole on the tree and on the root if you can and put inside a good dose of pure herbicide without mix it with water....the tree is done!
also work gasoline and salt.
copper nail???? won't work.
but for anybody who need to get ready of a tree for a reason, i have a good way...
drill a hole on the tree and on the root if you can and put inside a good dose of pure herbicide without mix it with water....the tree is done!
also work gasoline and salt.
copper nail???? won't work.
So, you are saying to create a tree hazard requiring removal? Why?
The best way is a base cut, not create a problem at some one else expense.
Jeff
Pelorus
Uva uvam vivendo varia fit
Narcosis might occur if the tree is growing submerged in deep water.
Goose IBEW
ArboristSite Operative
I have heard that ringing the base with a saw will kill a tree. Haven't tried this on my property nor any neighbors.
ArborItaly
ArboristSite Lurker
no im not saying that to create a tree hazard removal, im not that kinda of person, and i never did anything like that, in the region im living there's many farm, wine fields, and acres of nut-tree and chestnut tree, so i heard it from an old italian farmer, you know, farmer that fights for the land and stuff like that, since the dude ask whats the best way to kill a tree(except chainsaw)... of course i agree with you the best way to kill a tree its a chainsaw.
z50guru
errr..
I have heard that ringing the base with a saw will kill a tree. Haven't tried this on my property nor any neighbors.
That method works well for dispatching Alanthius or "tree of heaven". On federal property, the technique is preferred as it creates standing dead habitat for forest critters.
ArborItaly
ArboristSite Lurker
B Harrison
ArboristSite Guru
Yeah, she is cute!
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Localized :hmm3grin2orange:
Corymbia
ArboristSite Operative
Sure! Necrosis may extend from a few millimetres to a 50 mm or so resulting in the death of the adjacent cambium and phloem.
many of the aquatic herbicides are compounds of quarternary copper (+4 valence), the effectiveness might be related to what chemicals are available to react with the copper, also I would think you would want to leave some of it exposed
copper nails did not work on a willful attempt by other on a gum tree down here. When need arise, I use various methods of drilling or just saw bar plunge adding various brews as different trees respond in different chemicals in ways.
more often my ways work thou sometime a stubborn tree will push on regardless of my efforts got to admire that
more often my ways work thou sometime a stubborn tree will push on regardless of my efforts got to admire that
