Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree

RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (05/28/2007) If you don't have garden tools for heavier cutting, try using a wood-saw, as low to the ground as possible. Also, remember that nothing can grow without leaves. Have the children to keep pulling the leaves off it, every time they're there, until you can get it cut down. Then, if any sprouts return, pull them off at their connection to the main trunk/base of the tree. It's likely a nut tree planted by a squirrel or dropped by a bird flying overhead. God bless and help you. : ) RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post by Mythi (18) | (05/25/2007) Profile | Contact Try using boiling water mixed with vinegar and pour it on it. It kills weeds and may kill the tree. RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post By Rasta (Guest Post) (05/22/2007) I would saw or lop it down to ground level and drill a hole in the center of the trunk and put salt or stump remover in the center. Get stump remover at Lowes or Home Depot. RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post by natasha h (1) | (05/21/2007) Contact It's a wooden set. However, the place where the tree is coming out of is where I plan to put the sandbox. I can't pull it out. I just end up ripping my hands and stripping the tree. Would I just sprinkle the salt on? RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post by Beth - MA (26) | (05/20/2007) Contact Can you pull it out? I'd say dump salt on it otherwise, but if your kid's swing set is metal, it'll corrode. You could just snip the top off, too. Good luck! RE: Getting Rid of a Volunteer Tree Post By Jess (Guest Post) (05/20/2007) You know, if it's not too big, just dig it up. Make sure to get as much of the roots as you can.