On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 08:35:35 -0000, "sid"
wrote:

Is there a way to kill a large sideshoot coming from
a sycamore tree at near-ground level without chopping
it down? Is it true that trees can be killed by sawing
a ring through the bark e.g. half cm deep? (I read
somewhere ages ago that trees transport nutrients
upwards just under the bark?) Does creosote help
with this sot of thing?

Cut two rings 1 or 2 inches apart, and strip off the bark between. You
may still get some leaf activity from the upper part for a year or
two, so-called 'proud growth', due to the sap remaining in the trunk,
but it'll die eventually. The ones I treated that way did.


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Chris

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