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Poplars of that age will have black bark. Do they? Also they flower in the spring and the fall color of the diamond shaped leaves is a very bright yellow. Does that match up? Lombardy Poplars also have an average life of about 15 years because of diseases. Your neighbor is extremely lucky if only one tree has died from what can be seen in the picture. The diseases can be mitigated but it takes a lot of attention and work which from what you've described doesn't sound like your neighbor. All in all a better tree than the Aspen though so you're better off being right about the species.
You say you have huge roots that are visible? I have a buddy who kills his stuff in the back 40 by drilling the trunk or root and using Roundup. It kills the root and brings it up into the tree. Never did this myself, but he swears by it. He is a bit touched, so.......... lol
You say you have huge roots that are visible? I have a buddy who kills his stuff in the back 40 by drilling the trunk or root and using Roundup. It kills the root and brings it up into the tree. Never did this myself, but he swears by it. He is a bit touched, so.......... lol
Touched or not that should work to kill the tree if it gets enough or if the right strength of Roundup is used. Is Roundup still available in different strengths? This is the same principle as the Epsom Salts except the salts only kill the root out of thirst.
The killing of the tree reminds me of the killing of the oak tree at Toomer's Corner in Auburn Al for the Auburn vs. Alabama Iron Bowl game. Then the idiot who did it, a regular caller to the Paul Finebaum Show who everyone knew, called the TV talk show and bragged about his crime. This bought him a 3 year sentence to prison. Right up there with the bank robber who writes the note on the back of one of their utility bills.
I thought you were referring to weeping willows, those can be a handful...specially once they become monsters lol.
Well prune it right up to the property line, then slice the roots
That work?
Weeping Willows for the exposed roots, and Poplars for the shoots/suckers. Sorry guys, I guess my message there got kind of garbled up.
Originally Posted by akdoggie
You say you have huge roots that are visible? I have a buddy who kills his stuff in the back 40 by drilling the trunk or root and using Roundup. It kills the root and brings it up into the tree. Never did this myself, but he swears by it. He is a bit touched, so.......... lol
The roots are visible, yes. I thought about doing Roundup, but I am afraid it may also kill my lawn?
Originally Posted by River1
Poplars of that age will have black bark. Do they? Also they flower in the spring and the fall color of the diamond shaped leaves is a very bright yellow. Does that match up? Lombardy Poplars also have an average life of about 15 years because of diseases. Your neighbor is extremely lucky if only one tree has died from what can be seen in the picture. The diseases can be mitigated but it takes a lot of attention and work which from what you've described doesn't sound like your neighbor. All in all a better tree than the Aspen though so you're better off being right about the species.
They are starting to die.... I have no idea how old they are. Check out this pic.
I got my interwebs connections all hooked up today and also mounted my downstairs WAP to the wall. Also got all of my plug/switch covers and RJ45 ports finished. All I need to do now is finish my cold air return I added into the wall. I didn't want to cut the hole until he was done sanding, etc.
Last edited by white89gt; Sep 28, 2019 at 06:43 PM.
He drills a big hole in the root or trunk, and just fills it up with roundup 2 or 3 times over a couple days time, to soak it up. It doesn't kill anything if you don't drill thru the root. The root is the conduit (RJ45), lol.Same w the trunk., but drill at an angle so you can fill it. He just called, so I asked him.
Maybe it's not a Weeping Willow, but it is for sure some variety of a Willow tree. I've looked to see if I can find a picture of it in the summer, and this is all I can find, LOL. That first pic is in early spring, so it's not really going yet. I get the long stringy leaf things all over the place. They fill up a garbage can pretty quick.
