OT: Poisoning trees

[Sandra Bodycoat]

Hi
I have some Chilean willows & a few palms that I want to poison & would like
some suggestions on how & what products to use, I am in Australia.
cheers
sandra

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"Sandra Bodycoat" <sandybody@westnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I have some Chilean willows & a few palms that I want to poison & would
> like some suggestions on how & what products to use, I am in Australia.
> cheers
> sandra

have you had a look at aus.gardens? they're a nice group (a bit quiet).

glyophosphate (e.g. roundup, zero) works if you must poison them. look on
the instructions, but generally for trees & such you need to cut it to a
stump, & then paint the stuff onto the raw top. sometimes you have to
re-apply once or twice it i think, and you use a stronger solution than you
would for weeds.

might be worth asking a gardening group, though - i do most things in the
garden without chemicals & zero is the only one i know! i did, however, use
it to very good effect to get rid of years' worth of weeds, & the kind i
have (it comes in various concentrations for you to dilute further, all the
instructions are there) can certainly be used for trees if one is so
inclined :-)
kylie

[Sawney Beane]

Sandra Bodycoat wrote:
>
> Hi
> I have some Chilean willows & a few palms that I want to poison & would like
> some suggestions on how & what products to use, I am in Australia.
> cheers
> sandra

If you keep cutting off the foliage, plants will be dead before
long. I even go after poison ivy and poison oak that way, with
hand tools and a string trimmer. With poison, I'd have to spray at
the right time, then wait to see if it worked.
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[Sandra Bodycoat]

Thanks for the advice & no I hadnt seen aus.gardens.
cheers
sandra
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> "Sandra Bodycoat" <sandybody@westnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:43fd6c70$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
>> Hi
>> I have some Chilean willows & a few palms that I want to poison & would
>> like some suggestions on how & what products to use, I am in Australia.
>> cheers
>> sandra
>
> have you had a look at aus.gardens? they're a nice group (a bit quiet).
>
> glyophosphate (e.g. roundup, zero) works if you must poison them. look on
> the instructions, but generally for trees & such you need to cut it to a
> stump, & then paint the stuff onto the raw top. sometimes you have to
> re-apply once or twice it i think, and you use a stronger solution than
> you would for weeds.
>
> might be worth asking a gardening group, though - i do most things in the
> garden without chemicals & zero is the only one i know! i did, however,
> use it to very good effect to get rid of years' worth of weeds, & the kind
> i have (it comes in various concentrations for you to dilute further, all
> the instructions are there) can certainly be used for trees if one is so
> inclined :-)
> kylie
>