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Originally Posted by Veevester View Post
I think it's a white poplar
http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/photos/i...detail&spec=15
I love lurker posts like this. In to save the day!
Goats LOVE all varieties of maple trees. I just fenced in a couple of acres for the goats. There were dozen, if not hundreds of small trees up to 3 or 4 feet tall. The goats ate those first, long before they touched any grass (and wild grape vines - both are like candy for the goats.) If your yard is fenced in, get a goat for 2 or 3 weeks. It'll turn those weeds into fertilizer for the grass.
I used to have the same problem with sumac trees. I cut down 10 or 15 of them, and before I knew it, I had hundreds of them. I'd pull the new ones out by the roots. For every one I pulled out, 3 would grow back in its place. After a couple years, I added goats to that area. A couple weeks later, zero sign of the sumacs even trying to pop their little stems out of the soil.
That's what I was thinking.
I'd love to have some goats around. but I don;t know what the city would say though. Imagine if a rent-a-goat service was available for my purpose?
My mom loves those things. I hate the freaking droppings.We had the same problem, except it was with a Japanese Mimosa tree. The shoots kept popping up from the original tree's roots for 2 years. We mowed the shoots down and used a weedkiller (but not Roundup--Roundup kills your grass too.)
The problem occurs because there's no way to remove all the roots when you cut down the tree--You'd have to tear up the whole yard!
I think the proper way to remove these trees is to first kill the tree (and the roots die), and then remove it.
Damned invasive species.
Update posted in OP:
After rooting the entire front yard:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink
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The entire front yard is scarred up and there are root marks everywhere. Enough roots and underground material was dug up to fill up 6 large lawn bags. Unfortunately, the lawn looks like crap now but it will heal in time. We are still plucking up new shoots everyday, on average 10-20 daily. As long as we stay on top of the new shoots, when they are small, they are quite easy to pluck and hopefully this way we can drain the remaining energy out of the remaining roots and the entire system will die. We spend about 30 minutes every 1-2 days to weed this portion of the lawn.
As long as we stay on top of the new shoots, when they are small, they are quite easy to pluck and hopefully this way we can drain the remaining energy out of the remaining roots and the entire system will die. We spend about 30 minutes every 1-2 days to weed this portion of the lawn.
That's weird the links in the OP work.
NetWareHead, if you go over the worst areas with a core aerator in the fall, then throw down seed, and then cover with a layer of peat moss, and keep well watered I think that lawn will recover quickly. Core aerators do a great job of loosening the soil up for seed without killing the grass you already have. Don't worry about the plugs the core aerator puts on your lawn they'll dissolve back into the soil.
Fvck this, netwarehead, you know there's only one thing to do, only one way to be sure.
Not to mention the Japanese porn industry.This tree is a rare genetic freak worth billions to the paper industry and for bio fuel harvesting.