Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Huge oak tree in neighbour's garden
Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 8/5/2013 1:22 PM, Lisa T wrote: My neighbour has a huge oak tree literally on my boundary fence. It's so massive that it takes all light from the middle section of my garden. The trees on my side (an apple and rowan tree) are bending, trying to look for light. I've been in this situation before, including having the passive-aggressive neighbor who is fully aware that the tree is a nuisance to you - but instead of candidly discussing the problem, she prevaricates, promises, and complains. I'll tell you what I finally resorted to (and this was after a third of the tree crashed down onto my parked car during a storm, leaving me responsible for the removal and cleanup, since it fell onto my property): I acquired a bottle of brushkiller (failing that, the most highly-concentrated formulation of Roundup could be used). In the middle of the night, I quietly went to the tree and dug away some of the soil to expose a spot on one of the larger roots. I scraped off a small patch of the root's surface with the knife, applied a goodly spoonful of the brushkiller to the exposed area. I then patted the dirt back over the spot and went back to bed. Within a week, the tree began to show some browning of a branch or two. I said nothing, but repeated the process in a couple of weeks, this time finding another root to treat, as well as hitting the original root with another dose. By the time the damage from the second application showed up, the neighbor noticed the tree was in distress and had it removed. Good thing; I was prepared to continue until the tree died. You can also kill a tree by girdling it - removing a collar of bark from the base of the tree - but that is much easier to detect than a few scraped patches on some roots. I had an elderly neighbor that didn't like a shrup growing on his neighbors yard edge. He sprayed it with some weed killer at night. His neighbor hired a sprayer to spray his fruit tree, and the sprayer asked about the dying shrub. The sprayer took it upon himself to notify the local state EPA equivalent about it. They sent an investigator who tested the plant to determine the chemical, then cornered the elderly neighbor and had a long talk with him. He could have been prosecuted, had the investigator chosen to. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Huge Yew Tree or Huge Yew Bush? | United Kingdom | |||
compelling neighbour to remove dangerous tree | Australia | |||
Neighbour's tree encroaching | United Kingdom | |||
Can I make my neighbour prune his tree? | United Kingdom | |||
OT politics : Was Can I make my neighbour prune his tree? | United Kingdom |