Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.

Paul S. wrote:
Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.


He'll probably kill everything within 100 feet too.

--
Yard and Garden Handyman

Paul S. wrote:
Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.


He'll probably kill everything within 100 feet too.

--
Yard and Garden Handyman

"Paul S." wrote in message
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Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a
half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.

He could have used total vegetation killer. But this brings up the issue of
why anyone would kill a tree with herbicide when they are then faced with a
more serious problem of having a dead tree that will eventually fall and/or
break. Since you have to remove the tree, dead or alive, it seems like a
waste of time and money to kill it first - all other issues aside related to
the indiscriminate use of herbicides.

GFRfan wrote:

Paul S. wrote:
Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.


He'll probably kill everything within 100 feet too.

--
Yard and Garden Handyman

Why not just gird the tree? By that I mean cutting all around through the outer
layers and get slightly into the real wood of the tree. Keep the channel open and do
not let it grow together or grow over. The tree should die, given time.

Hoyt W.

Paul S. wrote:

Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.



Sounds like an apocryphal story to me. "Five gallons of Roundup" costs
a small fortune.

Cut the tree down while it's alive (it's a lot safer that way), then
paint the freshly cut stump with undiluted "Brush B-Gone" if you want to
prevent it from resprouting.

Bob

"Paul S." wrote in message
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Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a
half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.



yeah? nice. I have a tree out front that isn't coming back, after 6 years.
Oh, and I have a grass loving neighbour next door.

"Paul S." wrote in message ...
Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup", FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.

I do hope he is on a well.

I think that is the exact recipe for the infamous Vietnam war defoliant
Agent Orange.

--
The sick in soul insist it is humanity that is sick, and they are the
surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sick room. And
when they get humanity strapped on the operating table, they operate on it
with an axe.
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"Paul S." wrote in message
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Just when you thought you heard everything:

A friend relayed a story to me of a neighbor who decided that he wanted
to
get rid of a tree.

He decides, for whatever reason, that it would be best to kill the tree
before cutting it.

His method to kill the tree: mix together FIVE GALLONS of "Roundup",
FOUR
GALLONS of "Weed B-Gone", a bag of Scott's granular weed killer, and a
half
gallon of TURPENTINE ("for extra good measure"?) and pour the concoction
into the ground at the base of three tree.

I do hope he is on a well.