Posted by Green-Fingers on October 16, 2011, 10:03 pm
I've heard about ring-barking but that's a little too obvious for my
purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?
Posted by Who_me? on October 17, 2011, 12:54 am
On 17/10/2011 12:03 PM, Green-Fingers@BadISP.gov wrote:
> I've heard about ring-barking but that's a little too obvious for my
> purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
> surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
> vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
> something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
> explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
> swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
> roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?
It sounds as though you are trying to piss someone off.
Killing any vegetation isn't hard, there are all sorts of chemicals
designed for exactly that purpose - without going to the extent of Agent
Orange. The various highway and main roads departments use them all the
time to control undergrowth adjoining roadways.
You could always hitch it to the back of your car and simply tow it out
of the ground. That's always fun.
Posted by Brooklyn1 on October 17, 2011, 10:02 am
Who_me? wrote:
>Stink-Fingers wrote:
>>
>> I've heard about ring-barking but that's a little too obvious for my
>> purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
>> surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
>> vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
>> something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
>> explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
>> swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
>> roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?
>>
>It sounds as though you are trying to piss someone off.
Stink Fingers sounds like a sneaky low life. Two years old is not a
tree, not even a sapling, it's a seedling, just pluck it out of the
ground.
Posted by Green-Fingers on October 17, 2011, 10:06 pm
>On 17/10/2011 12:03 PM, Green-Fingers@BadISP.gov wrote:
>> I've heard about ring-barking but that's a little too obvious for my
>> purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
>> surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
>> vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
>> something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
>> explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
>> swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
>> roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?
At least this group is not dead as I thought it was.
>It sounds as though you are trying to piss someone off.
Not really. The only people who might be pissed off are some
tree-huggers or some parasites known as arborists but then what they
don't know nor see won't hurt them.
>Killing any vegetation isn't hard, there are all sorts of chemicals
>designed for exactly that purpose - without going to the extent of Agent
>Orange. The various highway and main roads departments use them all the
>time to control undergrowth adjoining roadways.
Names please? Where to buy?
However, I don't think you have the message. I'm not talking about
something like RoundUp which might (?) work but has to be sprayed on
the leaves. Note the original parameter: it can't be an airborne
spray.
>You could always hitch it to the back of your car and simply tow it out
>of the ground. That's always fun.
Ridiculous.
Have you seen the damage that was caused by Hurricane Irene? Huge
trees uprooted and crushing cars and other useful structures. Large
trunks simply broken in two. Like spiders, crocodiles, mosquitoes, and
other dangers to humanity, trees must be separated from us and
preferably placed in the country, not where they can destroy private
property such as automobiles, sewers, and sidewalks. Unfortunately
tree-huggers don't agree. I can't do anything about the overall
problem but I can do something about one tree that damages my car's
paint, slaps me in the face when I walk by, and I'm sure, is slowly
penetrating my sewer (or will in the next few years). Wouldn't it be
sad if it suddenly died?
One of you was right about one thing though: it's not two years old.
It was placed in the ground two or so years ago when it had a trunk
diameter of about 4 inches at the base. It's now about six inches and
12 feet high. It's hardy though. I put bags of sodium chloride and
magnesium chloride on it last winter and it still thrives. So much for
"sowing the fields of Carthage with salt". Professors of ancient
history don't know what they're talking about.
If you don't want to answer the question, that's your prerogative.
Posted by raycruzer on October 18, 2011, 1:54 pm
On Oct 17, 7:06 pm, Green-Fing...@BadISP.gov wrote:
> >On 17/10/2011 12:03 PM, Green-Fing...@BadISP.gov wrote:
> >> I've heard about ring-barking but that's a little too obvious for my
> >> purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
> >> surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
> >> vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
> >> something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
> >> explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
> >> swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
> >> roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?
> At least this group is not dead as I thought it was.
> >It sounds as though you are trying to piss someone off.
> Not really. The only people who might be pissed off are some
> tree-huggers or some parasites known as arborists but then what they
> don't know nor see won't hurt them.
> >Killing any vegetation isn't hard, there are all sorts of chemicals
> >designed for exactly that purpose - without going to the extent of Agent
> >Orange. The various highway and main roads departments use them all the
> >time to control undergrowth adjoining roadways.
> Names please? Where to buy?
> However, I don't think you have the message. I'm not talking about
> something like RoundUp which might (?) work but has to be sprayed on
> the leaves. Note the original parameter: it can't be an airborne
> spray.
> >You could always hitch it to the back of your car and simply tow it out
> >of the ground. That's always fun.
> Ridiculous.
> Have you seen the damage that was caused by Hurricane Irene? Huge
> trees uprooted and crushing cars and other useful structures. Large
> trunks simply broken in two. Like spiders, crocodiles, mosquitoes, and
> other dangers to humanity, trees must be separated from us and
> preferably placed in the country, not where they can destroy private
> property such as automobiles, sewers, and sidewalks. Unfortunately
> tree-huggers don't agree. I can't do anything about the overall
> problem but I can do something about one tree that damages my car's
> paint, slaps me in the face when I walk by, and I'm sure, is slowly
> penetrating my sewer (or will in the next few years). Wouldn't it be
> sad if it suddenly died?
> One of you was right about one thing though: it's not two years old.
> It was placed in the ground two or so years ago when it had a trunk
> diameter of about 4 inches at the base. It's now about six inches and
> 12 feet high. It's hardy though. I put bags of sodium chloride and
> magnesium chloride on it last winter and it still thrives. So much for
> "sowing the fields of Carthage with salt". Professors of ancient
> history don't know what they're talking about.
> If you don't want to answer the question, that's your prerogative.
If I wanted to kill a tree, such as Ailanthus altissima, for example,
an invasive weed, I would use a long pole and attach some rags or mop
head soaked in roundup to apply to the leaves within my reach. Use
your imagination.
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> purposes. How can I kill a small, maybe 2 year-old, tree
> surreptitiously in the dead of night. There's no surrounding
> vegetation but whatever has to be done can't be an airborne spray nor
> something obvious nor something that would injure other people (like
> explosives). Ideally we're talking about an easily-available
> swiftly-degradable poison. How about just plain boiling water into the
> roots, or lacquer thinner, or alcohol?