How do I kill a tree..........? see details?

Question

I have a small tree (not sure what kind) growing in my clamatis plant. How do I kill the tree without killing my plant too? The tree has probably been there for about 1 1/2 years. My father (a former gardener) suggested putting salt on it but that did not work.

Answer 1

Try a saw.

Answer 2

Poison is not necessary. The best way to kill a tree is to girdle it. Make a cut in the bark near the base of the tree 1/2 to 1 inch deep(depending on the diameter of the tree) completely around the tree. Trees get their nourishment from their top layer, directly under the bark. Cut off the water, kill the tree.

Answer 3

Try doing what the Indians used to do to kill a tree without going to the trouble of cutting it down. they "girdled" it. What they did was cut through the bark to the sap- wood; it's the only part of the tree that's alive. If you cut a ring around the tree, cutting through the sapwood, the tree will not get any nourishment and it'll die.

Answer 4

Couple of things.  Pull or dig it out by the roots if you can.  You could try girdling it (remove the bark in a ring all the way around, low on the plant) to cut off the flow of sap to the top.   If it is vigorous it may try to resprout.  

If it is small enough to saw the trunk off, low, you can try that, then paint on some brush killer.  Available at any garden store.  You could spray the foliage with Roundup but don't drip any of that on your desirable plant because it kills everything.  It takes a week or so to do it tho.

Answer 5

cut it down as much as you can then drill a hole in the center of the  trunk as deep as you can and paw some diesel in to it

worked for me!