In message , DaveDay34
writes

Hope this helps, though I understand the offending trees have now been
removed by mechanical means. Best thing that could have happened to
them.

Thanks Dave - no, you misread something. I've reduced the trees to ~7ft
and banged Cu nails into as many of the upward facing trunks/branches
over 1/2" diameter as I could. The larger trunks have had up to 5 nails
banged vertically into the living tissue around the edge.

Now it's just a case of waiting to see what the new tenants do and, if
they do nothing as I rather expect, whether the copper will deter the
trees from starting their upward march again.

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