How do you kill trees without touching them?

Answer 1

You could cut a ring all the way around it through the bark. A chainsaw is easiest but a handsaw, hatchet or axe works too.

http://forestry.about.com/

You can chemically treat and kill trees

Go to Dr. Bonnie Appletons webpage and click on how to kill a tree -

http://www.treelink.org/docs/appleton_posters.php

Copper nails will do the trick also.

Answer 2

Yes, pure copper nail and not (plated) can actually kill a tree if the nail is long enough, usually the longest nails are the roof nails, you'd have to put hammer it in the roots and eventually the tree will get sick and die than you'd have to remove it

Answer 3

An easy way to discreetly kill a tree is to girdle it. This means to remove the bark and a layer of wood in a band at least 4 inches wide all the way around the tree. This will prevent the tree from getting nutrients and it will die.

Answer 4

An easy way to kill an evergreen tree is to girdle it. This means that you cut into the bark and first layers of the wood all the way around the tree, and make the gap at least four inches wide. The tree will not be able to get any nourishment and it will die.

Answer 5

Some kinds of palms can be pretty tenacious. You may need to dig up the root system to keep it from coming back.

Answer 6

get an ax and chop the tree down. But oak trees are good so i wouldnt chop it down if i was you unless you really want and need to,

the choice is up to you.

Answer 7

chop them up for firewood, mulch them

Answer 8

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