How To Kill a Tree | Hack and Squirt
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2016
- Bobby Watkins explains a very simple method to use when removing undesirable trees from your property. The hack and squirt method is a very effective way to remove any unwanted trees. This method allows sunlight to reach the forrest floor and encourage growth of native browse vegetation for wildlife.
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All the negative comments clearly come from people who do not own their own land. There are trees that are quite a nuisance and will wreak havoc on your yard equipment. Not to mention they will also prevent the growth of desirable trees. I remove trees from my land but I also replant with trees that I want such as fruit and nut trees.
You're not kidding. Mulberry trees are the devil incarnate.
@@SeanKecskes Mulberry trees at least give you mulberries to eat. I have a 5 ft diam Hawthorn tree I need to kill. Nothing but massive thorns.
. @@SeanKecskes Mulberry trees are what brought me to this video. I can see mother nature's genius in them but, at the same time, not in my back yard.
I normally wouldn't care but they're under the power lines in mine
you are true, very true
I use the Stihl method - very effective - usually less than an hour.
That method doesn't work on mulberry, box elder, etc.
Is that discreet ?
I think my electric company’s trimmers use Tordon in their bar oil.
Doesn't actually kill the root system. I.e. it can grow back
Hmmmm.. killing a tree is not my cup of tea.. hmmmm.. are you sure..?? !!
Love the accent & results
Deyead trees...
My city did Oak Savanna restoration recently nearby and I'm loving the light coming through and opening up views, not sure if they killed the trees before cutting them down, mostly Buckthorn had been filling in, big money for eradicating that
East Tennessee....tulip poplars are the state tree!
I live in old growth beech, oak and poplar woods.
Avg age is 175-200 yrs.
Dan'l and Davey walked this ridge and valley.
I'll have to look up the age to qualify for "old growth "..
235 yr old beech hit the house 5 yrs ago....now the soil that was underneath is like concrete! Been in the shade for a looong time. Cool to watch succession take place...all new forest floor plants
Killthemall
These people have no clue what that is and wanna cut the small trees under the big trees not realizing the big tree is meant to die so the small one can take over
So they would rather poison their land they live and eat on
Where have you been all my life? I can sure use this information, Thank you and God Bless you...
Many thanks just the advice I needed 👍
What kind of herbicide??? How much too?
When I'm seventy I might try that. Some of those trees previously known as junk wood are part of a cycle that when die out improve the Forrest soil and fertilize those more valuable trees. Sugar makers now recognize Some Ash and Basswood trees help keep a sugar maple stand healthy. The trees do all suck and are somewhat at war. In gardening it's called thinning and yea it can create healthier trees. Too much thinning can be counter productive. It takes a knowledgeable person to choose what stays and what goes, and those decisions are not always correct. The people that know the most about trees are also the ones who have made the biggest mistakes, the Forrest service. Now we have them to learn from.
For those that dislike the idea of killing any tree, you need to consider that the net effects of the hack and squirt method will likely be positive GAIN, not a net loss. How is this possible? Because the extra space created for the trees left behind and the removal of competition for water, nutrients, etc. allows for the beneficial species to thrive and grow faster and larger than would otherwise be possible. That allows the hard and soft mast producing trees to expand their mast production and thereby provide far more food for wildlife. Also, with hack and squirt, the dead tree is left standing and creates a dead snag. Dead snags are hosts for all sorts of wildlife for nesting and dens. In most forests, there is a shortage of dead snags so creating more dead snag trees greatly benefits wildlife. Overall, done correctly, selectively killing tree species that are not beneficial to wildlife or economically valuable for timber can greatly improve the forest and wildlife habitat. Killing for the sake of killing isn't being advocated in this video. Wise removal of unwanted species so that the net effect is a far more beneficial forest is what this video promotes. Thanks for sharing a great video!
This is also a wonderful way to take out an invasive species of trees.
Trees are evil and malicious (in fact, they are all racist). They are responsible for a wave of lethal criminal harms and should be justly sentenced to death.
Absolutely! And well said too.
He literally explained this in the video and they still didn't get it, there's no convincing these people, they're like flat earthers.
@@otallono Trees are evil and malicious. Kill them ALL! No mercy!
Best video on this subject and I watched all of them available. Great Job Bobby Watkins!
What's the spray?
Great video. I have some invasive trees I need to get rid of.
Thanks for the advice. The council has now decided to remove a dead tree from my nature strip that they refused to remove when it was alive. They replanted a new one the same that accidently got ran over and will probably continue to be accidently run over.
haha what you mean nature strip
terrible....
@@LuisC7 in australia the land between property and road owned by council
@@johnnybgood3909 oh, you mean a tree in front of your house blocking the view
@@LuisC7 What of the traffic?
Niffy I've got oodles of scrub trees. I've been cutting them off, but they come back with multi branches at the cut off. Going to try this method, thank you.
SJ R use the coppiced stems for hurdle making.
Hickory seems like a tree to keep to me. Great forage for wildlife.
Paul, let me comment a little more about the strategy being applied to killing trees in this video. This video clearly states the goal is to promote mast production trees that will generate food for wildlife, particularly for deer and turkeys, perhaps even squirrels. But equally important is to kill off trees certain trees that do not have the potential to become a marketable and profitable tree for timber harvesting.
If you will look carefully, and listen closely, the very first small hickory tree that is hacked and squirted is a hickory that has branched about 5 feet off the ground into two trunks. In the video it is stated "This tree will never make a log" which is true. So it has no real timber harvest value and therefore needs to be removed. Essentially, the best trees which are the most likely to grow tall, straight marketable timber are given preference and all other twisted, distorted, curved, or multiple branching trees are sacrificed.
No exceptions were shown in this video, but most tree removal programs would make exceptions for especially beneficial trees for wildlife, such as a wild persimmon tree, a crabapple tree, a wild cherry tree, or some other fruit bearing tree that happened to be in the forest. Some of those kinds of trees just don't produce a lot of marketable timber but their wildlife food value is huge.
I fully agree that hickory, chestnuts, and other nut trees should be left in a forest where wildlife benefits were the major concern. But clearly here, the focus is also heavily weighted toward timber production. If the time horizon is long enough, it makes great sense to leave a hickory tree, for instance, in the forest to grow. But most timber growers want to generate a profitable harvest within a prescribed time period, usually 30 years or so, and thus they favor faster growing timber. FYI, the average life span of a shagbark hickory is 200 years with some growing to be 300 years old.
On my land which is purely managed for wildlife first and only secondarily managed for timber production, I do leave all hickory trees. I also leave Osage Orange trees and certain other species which add variety to the forest. Nature thrives best in mixed environments where there is "something for everyone" so to speak. My forest is a streamside management zone which hasn't been cut in almost 50 years. It has a wide variety of both hardwood and evergreen species native to Mississippi growing in it. And it is extremely attractive to all forms of wildlife. I even leave dead snags and blown down timber as those element create great homes for many wildlife species. But I also do have to create thinned areas where the sunlight can get to the ground so that native vegetation can grow. This approach, along with small clearings planted with food plots really allows wildlife to flourish.
The real point of this video is that human intervention which utilizes timber stand management practices in a wise manner will produce much better results than simply allowing whatever springs up in the forest to grow rampant and out of control.
So I had a Bradford Pear tree cut down and stump grinded but, some of the underground roots remain and are constantly pushing up new chutes. So I don't have to painstakingly dig up the remaining roots, can I just expose any part of the root and do the same thing?
I have done similar to that. We would always use straight poison.
It doesn't seem enough the small cuts, but it obviously works if you made this video.
Can I ask what you use?
Just strait round up, this was doing land care projects. They said it like translocated poison not residual. Just the glyphosate basically.
@@Sticky1 Ok then, thanks.
it works crazy well. look up the pdf of arsenol AC. That shit OBLITERATES vegetation. It kills it...to death.
Thank you Mr. Watkins - Very interesting and good work for a great purpose. 👍🏼
What is name of the same medicine
How come is it good 😤
@@shahidyousuf174 You call and incredilby poisonous liquid a medicine. Imagine getting this on our skin. This is one of the reasons why so many people get cancer
There should be a Kill counter on the corner of the video.
haha
More than Commando!!!
With the high kill count the kill counter most likely died.
@@blueyonder1233 hahah
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Can you make a video for making the mix, bedst regards and love👏🤘
Very good information sir, thank you for posting this!
Hi what is the name of the product please
@karamlazieh4298 That's what I was wondering myself
@@karamlazieh4298 Arsenal herbicide is what he said he used. It is good stuff, not sure what it cost these days but, ask at agricultural supply houses, someone near you sells it.
@@christinefarrugia9824 He says Arsenal herbicide was what he used.
Thank you Sir.. 😊
Interesting. Now that was something to learn about. Love to see the after when it’s all said and done
Great video!! About how long does it take to kill the smaller trees shown here from the time they’re cut and sprayed?
Will this work for a raintree ? which herbicide are you using and what’s the dosage and time required to kill it ?
What mixture did you use ?
That shared neighbor tree planted next to my driveway brought me here
My neighbors too...😂
People are so inconsiderate. They asked for it.
@@badmofo Ask him to remove it if its on the property line. If any of the tree falls over the property line its fair game. including the roots. if the roots are on your property they belong to you, do as you see fit, but do not walk over the property line and spray his tree, you could find yourself getting sued for damages.
The fact he's blocking a view to a lake Might be a violation its self.
2 ways you can handle this, buy his property from the bank making you the lender, and foreclose on him.
Or go talk to the guy in a cavil manor ask if your doing somthing to upset him and can you fix that?
You might find out the guys not a real big jackass he didn't know it block your view.
That dosn't work like I said the roots under your property are your's do as you like with them. Just be careful with herbisides on lake property you could damage the lake. in fact you shold be caarefull with any thing you put on you lawn. run off into the lake can cause all kinds of problems.
Same here. Lol
Funny
very useful, thank you. that hikory looked like good firewood btw
“That’s gone die” lol love it
yep I heard they're doing that to people now too!
My neighbor is going to have a heart attack
I understand. We have a few that are splitting. Soon to fall. A tornado took alot but now have widow makers. Many reasons. White ash I believe is like a pencil. Snaps super easy. To many to list.
I have tulip trees popping up everywhere, one next to my greenhouse, need to get rid of it, not sure how to do it, these trees are hard to get rid off. I even cut a brunch and put it upside down for support of other plant, now this brunch is growing too.
I'm in lower Michigan and I need this done immediately.
I worked in southwest Michigan for four years. As a result I am a firm believer that the best part of Michigan is under water.
Is this method good for oak trees? Thank You
So so much timber fuel for stove cooking and winter fires. This man is blessed
Especially the hickory.
Great video thanks
This is very helpful & well made. Thank you very much ♥
Roots from an oversized tree has broken my main sewer. Tooter co. cleans the line as needed but the roots grow again. I want to kill this tree the cheapest way. Please advise me to get rid of it forever. Thank you.
Would this method work on poison Oak or poison sumac??
I found some of the very large ones on my property. OBVIOUSLY you can't just cut them or burn them.
Here in Indonesia, traditionally, we use fermented "Chilli sauce with shrimp paste". We call it "Terasi".
Just put near the root.
I call that breakfast.
@@kevindunlap5525 my mrs cunt has shrimp paste in the folds of her dirrrrty meaty
this aint indonesia hommie
@@newslavecity8311 Pretty cool place if you've never been. It's interesting with chili peppers, they can be food or the opposite!
@@newslavecity8311 shush
Awesome video!
We have a couple box elder's that need to go because we're being invaded severely by the bugs the last couple years. Can you recommend a product that's fairly cheap for a couple trees?
Never would’ve thought a hickory tree would be thought of as undesirable.
To an old man like this he knows he will die sooner or later he don’t care he was taught that oaks are the best and should be the only ones around and he’s tryna pass his beliefs into random people happens in every aspect of life.
@@justafig where’s the pine? And if you dunno how a healthy forest manages itself u need to go back to school bud
That particular hickory he was gesturing that it wasn’t a good quality hickory based on the co dominant top and poor structure.
Our farm supply ultimately suggested Tardon RTU (Ready To Use) which is premixed so it is not restricted handling as are more powerful concentrations that require license permits. Twelve dollars a quart. From his own experience the other supplier recommended Remedy Ultra but might not be as easy to purchase neither place was sure if the permit was required. He said they are using Arsenal which is the product name.
Can you use Tardon the same way? I just need a small bottle of something I can hack and squirt on a large living tree.
Simply superb
I need to get rid of some roots. That's just popped up in my backyard. I just need a root chiller to go on these trees. Could you tell me the best thing to do have a blessed day
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a specific brand of arsenal herbicide that you would recommend? Thank you.
Tordon
Appreciate your input! I have many, what I consider, 'trash' trees. I only have one acre lots of trash trees. I look forward to implementing your suggestion.
dont forget how important some species are for wildlife. not everything is tho
all that standing dead wood - do you not worry about forest fires? Or do you cut them out and utilize for firewood etc?
Where do you get arsenic chemical coz I want to get rid of unwanted trees in my coffee plantation which is shadegrown and there are excess number of trees in certain blocks which I need to get rid of.
Thank you sir because we have so many unwanted trees.i can’ t plant vegetables, flower and fruit trees because of those. I’m tired of cutting them. I told my husband those trees should be in the forest, not in our front and backyard.
I can’t grow grass out a garden in the front or back yard because of shade. For years I’ve cut down and pulled out over 50 trees and seedlings a year and still my yard is too shaded. Trees love our NC clay soil.
And then there will be no forest. We need to learn to live in the forest.
@@kirtiseth5614 ROTFLMAO Irrational romantic tree-hugger city-dweller identified.
@@kirtiseth5614 Take a deep breath, no one said anything about destroying the forests.
@@kirtiseth5614 then don't drive a car for sure because you're contributing to deforestation as much as anyone else, nevermind what someone does in their backyard, where as he says the trees are regenerating as fast as he can cut them. Your house also replaced part of a Forrest, shame on you for keeping it that way. I hope you're not one of those climate change activists who don't realize China is doing infinitely more damage than we are.
I tried this method using just 14% non-selective herbicide and in less than 1 week, the trees are dropping their leaves from the top down. I used a machete to cut multiple slices and then sprayed. Working great so far! Thanks for the tip! Cheers!
Hey I'm going to try your method and thanks for sharing. Would Home Depot carry the 14 % stuff you mention? Not sure exactly what that is but sounds like it worked. Thanks.
Richard Parker , I used a non-selective herbicide containing 41% glyphosate from Ace hardware. The label tells you how many ounces per gallon to make different strengths, and I mixed the 14% mixture in a gallon of water. I may try another gallon mixed at 20% strength in the coming weeks. Look for any product with 41% glyphosate and mix about 14 to 20oz per gallon and you're ready to go. Cheers!
@@jeffreycollier1805 glad i scrolled to some nonsense comment and found your. appreciate the info boss. thank you
@@bitcoinlife9227 thanks, I have been using 20% mixture for a few years now with great success in controlling and or killing hard to kill growth like wild privet and wisteria etc. The 14% mixture did kill a privet bush that was growing for decades and 20' tall after a few applications and whacks.
I think I'm going to use the straight solution, without deluding it any… I want to make sure that tree is good and dead!
🙌 love this tech!!!!!
Thank you for the infor. What is the name of the herbicide?
I use my cordless drill with a 3/8ths bit & drill several holes around the tree at a good downward angle, if it's a big tree I'll do 3 - 4 holes angled as deep as the bit goes. The angle of the hole keeps the RU from running out. The first squirt sucks in pretty fast so I refill the holes again if the tree is super thick & has Dutch elm, or a big ash tree with ash Boer I give the tree more RU. In a couple of weeks, it starts to die off. And soon I'm making firewood for hunting camp.
Do the same at your kids tey will grow more fast
@@alycinstantin9989 I don't think it would hurt them any but might not help them either.
RU is a brand of poison? What brand do you buy?
@Terry Winderweedle One large eye??
They be lucky if they had just one!
@@chrisfuller1268 I think he means Round Up.
What kind of the chemicals you used? Please name and where to buy this?
Thanks
I completely girdled a Bradford pear and sprayed herbicide generously. That was over a month ago, and it is still green and healthy.
Will it work on Palo Verde trees? (I think they're considered bushes that look like a tree)
Thanks for the good advice. This is MUCH easier than what I have been doing in the past which cutting the bark all around the circumference of the tree down to the hardwood. I'm going to use this method from now on (except I'm going to wear rubber gloves when I am handling the chemical spray).
my brother-in-law is a biologist for BLM in OR. He told me he does this, but I didn't know precisely what it actually looked like. I thought you had to circle the tree with several hacks too.
What is the spray exactly?
@@Adrian-cw8yu i want to know
@@civilengineeringlabs6511 I used roundup, seems to have done the job.
What was the name of the poison he used please
I didn't hear very well when he stated what herbicide he used. Is it something available at a home hardware?
I didn't hear it either!
"One little hit, that's ghonnaaa diiiiie." Love it!
I girdled a large green ash around 6 years ago and let it stand. Bark starting to fall off now. Lots of birds use the dead tree, which is next to water. The other day, the tree had many dozens of swallows on it. They seem to bring their young there to perch, then feed them bugs they nab over the water. I suppose that eventually the young are coaxed to find their own meals
More reason to chop it down
What herbicide should I buy to achieve this? Any arsenal labeled products are expensive, would any of the brush killers work?
Roundup maybe
4 million views still no answer
I like that title! It reminds of some people I know. While they're standing there hacking up a lung, they're squirting in their pants at the same time...lol.
Imazapyr is not available to the public in Canada - is there an alternative product?
this seems like the perfect way to solve my city's bradford pear problem
does this work on pine trees?
Wow , there are some real fruit loops out there. Some of the comments are beyond belief.
Eco-fascism is spreading...
great job 👍
I have a huge Ash tree that I would like to remove. It has a very thick trunk and is somewhere between 60-80 feet tall. Will this stuff kill a tree this big? If so, what product are you using. I have been seeing Tordon videos but haven't seen anyone killing such a large tree yet. If this stuff will work, what is the application method?
We have a lot of big honey locusts. I take my portable drill out with a 1" spade bit and drill 4 holes near the base at an aggressive downward angle (hint, start drilling perpendicularly into the tree and once you are in a little bit radically change the angle. Once you have your 4 holes drilled I have a soda bottle with a piece of aquarium tubing glued to a hole in the cap. I fill the bottle with undiluted round generic up concentrate and squirt that into the holes, and top them off every other day for about a week. After a few days all the leaves will start to curl up and fall off. After a week the tree will be pretty much devoid of leaves. Top off the round up in the holes about once a week for a month. Now you can take the tree down and get rid of the stump and you *probably* will not have hundreds of little runners popping up from the roots. If you do not do a good job of killing off the root system, the tree will haunt you for many, many years sending up shoots everywhere along the roots. FWIW, I can not fathom one nick and one squirt of dilute round up doing a whole lot of damage to a big tree and it's entire root system. This does not cost a penny, but it is quick and really effective.
Also, if someone takes trees down on your property such as the utility and they cut them off a foot or so about the ground, you can do the same thing to try and kill off the roots. Our power company took a bunch of trees down in the right of way and man what a mess we had coming out of the stumps until I killed them off good.
Your method is way more tedious and a lot more obvious, but does works with roundup.
The guy in the video is not, he's using a much more potent toxin than round-up.
Mystery solved.
I'm going to try that. I hate locust trees.
What about the poison in the smoke when you burn that for firewood? It is more work, but for a firewood tree, girdling seems like a better way.
@@SY-zm6uh Locust wood is nasty and it stinks. Locust wood is not good for anything, including burning. Locust trees are an overgrown weed.
First off I can tell it was done early winter winter or early spring cause if you cut them down to about a foot in the middle of summer like your supposed to they will not come back up and if your in nor cal poisoning the forest just know it’s gonna grow anyways we get too much water goofy ahs
What's the herbacide you used in this video?
Arsenal. Tardon works also.
@@ferraridan4883 do you mean Tordon?
The Hickory has beautiful yellow fall foliage. Absolutely stunning sir! Might should have left that one?
Do you think this would work with Sassafrass trees? It seems many underground roots keep pushing up new growth....i tend to get something like 30 to 40 shoots from trees cut down a couple yrs ago.
now that tree is dayyyd
liveonthesun xDD
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That's day-ed.
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Lolllll. Good vid tho
Why would you say that you are so been😡
When the guy put the axe on the tree, tree says OMG
What do you use to kill a MULBERRY TREE? The roots are huge and all over under ground of my garden. Thank you.
Works like a charm!
Does it work on pine trees?
Trees like these I'll dig up, apply rooting hormone, and replant them on hillside areas that have been prone to erosion. Have also used same method to create what amounts to be the natural equivalent of a privacy fence.
THx never tried it but will...I had good luck with TORDON rtu simular application....bought a RSC
I have never heard of arsenal, I have been using round-up but getting variable results . is it my herbicide or the method I use that needs improvement. also I have been trying to kill carragana , used 2-4-d , round-up, banvel and mcpa , so far with a 0% kill , do you or anyone else have any experience with carragana ?
thanx for the info. a shame so many comments are made by some seriously unhappy insecure people. tallow trees and sweet gum are my enemies. Best wishes .
what kind of "herbicide."
What’s the concentration of the Imazapyr you use?
Wish I had your forest situation to attend to. Honey locust that I can’t cut until pulling the greenbrier enough to cut the lower branches to gain access
His kdr is amazing!
😂😂
What's a KDR
Hello, I would like to know what your using for spray, and how long does it take until the tree dies please?
He mentioned that spray consists of 20 % arsenal herbicide and 80% water
Thanks. It was difficult to catch what he used.@@svma8529
Great Video. Thanks for the info.
I took out a Syringa tree and now I sit with hundreds sprouting out , its taking over my garden.
What is the active ingredient in the spray, and where can you get it?
My neighbor's plum tree roots are now messing up the cement at this rate within a 5-7 year it can possibly effect the water pipe.
This video is definitely helpful
has the trick work for u?
@@sailorbrothers7029 yep took some time to notice but now in summer it's clear that the tree is dying.. I doubled the dose he recommended.
@@amansingh1851 can u plz mention the name of ingredients here for me... Plz ❤️❤️
I mean, 20% arsenal, where can i get this
@@sailorbrothers7029 hloo bro
Got it the ingredients?
does systemic weed killer work? like round up or the like? thanks
what brand name are you using to mix with water?
I wish I had seen this video about 5 years ago. My neighbors had some ridiculously overgrown shrubs that I would have loved to do this to. They finally cut them down this past weekend.
A tree as your profile pic but wanna cut down your neighbors plants makes sense stay off my property I protect my babies with my 2A
Awww, memories, I was with Oregon State Forestry in the 70's and we did the same method for getting rid of large hardwoods. We used a product called Torodon 101. You didn't have to wait a year like your method. We would start in the morning and when we broke for lunch, the trees we started on we already losing their leaves and had big, black stripes going up the trunk. I doubt they could get away with that now.
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It’s actually called Tordon & it’s hugely toxic
Tordon works a lot better than whatever he's using.
@@ericamacleod7245 It is toxic but most other alternatives are far worse.
Why did y’all want to get rid of large hardwoods?
Could I use Garden Glyphosate Weedkiller instead?
Can you say the name of the chemical that you use thanks for your reply
Drill 2 or 3 3/4" holes in a big tree about 4 inches deep down at an angle pour it full of table salt, a small tree 1 hole will work...
I will do that only, I will make a liquid and do the hatch & squirt method. Also, I think I will use Diesel & Sugar Equal Parts when the leaves come down and see what happens!! Any suggestions??? Thanks
I tried that and it didn't work
Drilling holes works better and faster, then fill the hole with brush killer?
How is that faster than a chop and squirt?
True i used to drill holes around and squirt herbiside that will do the job
Would this work on big oak?
Would this work on a 2 foot diameter 150' + Douglas Fir tree? 🤔