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Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin

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Glenn FitzGeral

04-29-2006 05:53:21




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I wish I knew more about trees. The last two weekends I've been cutting nuisance tres out of fencelines and railroad beds on our church property There were sumacks, and some thorn trees, but what are some of the other common ones? I mean trees that never would grow into a big beautiful tree?...However I am more and more coming to the thinking that if it's a live tree, and it's not in the way, it's beautiful. Glenn F.

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KYfarm

04-30-2006 12:37:05




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
we have problems with "hedgeapple" or Osage tree here in KY. Cut one down and 3 come up, thorns all over every inch and if you push one down with a dozer it is taller laying on its side than it was standing up.



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oldfarmtractor

04-30-2006 05:04:37




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
To get rid of Box Elders, I have been successful with cutting the trees to within 1-2 feet of the ground, drilling holes in the stump and filling those holes with a Roundup mixture.

In the winter, I girdled the trunk with a few chainsaw grooves all the way around and a shot of Roundup in each of those. In Wisconsin, they use a machete to cut slivers and put Roundup in those groove. Saw that in "Outdoors Wisconsin"

Also, every time you cut off a box elder sprout, a bit of Roundup to the remaining sprout stem is a great help to getting rid of this nuisance. Since the previous owner of my property didn't do a thing about these trees, I have been attacking the female trees first. Eventually I will get to the males.

Then what should I use for my fenceline along the highway. I was thinking arborvitae? Any ideas?

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msb

04-29-2006 18:52:58




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
The ones I don't like are Mulberry,Black Thorn,Redhaw(sp?)Cedar,Box Elder and Hackberry.They are nuisance trees that I have to deal with.Probably some more that I forgot.Not a tree,but what I hate even more is Multiflora rose.



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Bill(Wis)

04-29-2006 10:00:29




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
Boxelders are a problem tree throughout Wis. Primarily because of the boxelder bugs that cover them (particularly the female pod bearing trees) in the thousands and then come into your house for winter. The only effective way to eliminate the bugs is to kill the trees and that is next to impossible. Cutting them down results in new shoots coming up from the roots and growing 5 to 10 feet per year. Industrial strength brush killer works sometimes. (The kind the county uses) Brush killing roundup is not very effective. Root systems are extensive. Truly a "weed tree".

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noncompos

04-29-2006 08:37:48




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
Cutting nuisance trees out of RR beds...fascinating, as the man used to say (one of my wifes' close friends)...anyway, in lots of places local gov't, looking for ways to please city voters, sees old RR beds as future rural hiking trails (nice easy grade) with sometimes resulting complaints from adjacent landowners re' trash, vandalism, shot livestock, break-ins etc etc...the mentioning of which is probably decidedly un-Christian, and is not to be construed as a comment on your local citydwellers, if any...and the ownership of old RR beds can sometimes come back to haunt you...

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Mattlt

04-29-2006 06:51:49




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 Re: Nuisance Trees In Wisconsin in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 04-29-2006 05:53:21  
The prickly ones are probably what I call Prickly Ash. Most worthless tree ever. They may not even be in the Ash "family", but that's what I've called them. They typically grow wild in small clumps. The trunks usually get to be around 2" in diameter if you let them go.

Another one that's a very popular windbreak tree, but a real pain to deal with is Russian Olive. They have about 1" long spines all over the branches. Make a nice windbreak, until it comes time to clean it out.

Amur Maple is another common windbreak tree.

Check out a seed catalog (Gurney, for example) for their windbreak trees. Then do some Google'ing on each type to learn more.

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