Jim Boyd
Senior Member
How is that better than simply cutting the tree down?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
uturn - Here's what I use for hack n squirt. Do it while trees are dormant. The day I did this treatment was Jan 25th, 2020. Walked thru several acres releasing crop trees and killing competing trees and other junk trees I didn't want growing. 100% kill on trees I treated and some were quite large.I’ve been reading for a time on the hack and squirt method…would love some real guidance from someone my small track has literally a thousand trees on the 10 acres and at least half are sweetgum…we are active, living on and working on improvements daily!
Always concerned about widow makers especially so if I begin to hack and squirt a large quantity of trees!
Apologizes for railroading your thread Jim!
What I’ve read about widowmakers is this. The tree will die while standing. By doing this, it will also dry out and drop limbs and the trunk piece by piece until it it’s gone. The tree being lighter will make it less dangerous if it does happen to fall. Typically it will take a strong wind to make it “accidentally” fall.I’ve been reading for a time on the hack and squirt method…would love some real guidance from someone my small track has literally a thousand trees on the 10 acres and at least half are sweetgum…we are active, living on and working on improvements daily!
Always concerned about widow makers especially so if I begin to hack and squirt a large quantity of trees!
Apologizes for railroading your thread Jim!
I'm going to be trying this on a tree or two on my place.I killed a bunch of Sweetgums this past year ...took a Dewalt drill and a 1" paddle bit ... drilled 4 or five holes at a slightly downward angle .. Squirted Roundup into the holes and they were dead in a fairly short time ...
Im with you. Just lay em down.Makes a death trap if doing on large scale. Just lay em down. It has its place in management. Google mineral stumps amd see how beneficial they are to deer.