getting rid of conifers

iwanttosave_2

Hi

We are going to get rid of the conifers which were in our garden when we moved in, basically because there is no room for them, I think the previous owners thought they were minitures or something.

We have 6 of them now and getting quite big, I have cut them back loads and the tallest is now about 6ft smallest about 4ft.

Thing is they are really pretty and dont just want to chuck them, do you know of anyway where to find people that may want them or who we could donate them to.

Thank you

loanranger_4

You could offer them on you local freecycle.org?

iwanttosave_2

I dont have one local unfortunatly, but something like that would be great. I doubt the local council would want them for any of the local parks

xela_17

That's so annoying: we're looking for conifers that size to put in our garden but Manchester is a long way from Hertfordshire! Maybe you could advertise in your local paper. That's where we'll be looking.

iwanttosave_2

lol thats always the case isnt it.

Thank you for the PM loneranger, I didnt realise we had one, I am not that familiar to freecycle so will have a look on there if we cannot find something to do with them.

I was thinking about ringing the local council up to see if they want them for a park nearby or something

RedOnRed

You've got me thinking now. I've got a conifer about 3ft from the side of my house which is about the same height as the house.

I think it could be due a trim.

Wig

I think the hassle & expense involved in moving them would outweigh any desire to have them.

Buy a chain saw 150 quid good one, chop em down yourself, saves loads of money and you'll have a chainsaw which you can then sell for 1/2 - 2/3rds of cost.

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I found these guys were the cheapest, they used to display the price, now they say they are not allowed to, probably Stihl told them not to display the price....and this is supposed to be a free market !!! I bet the price will be 149 inc delivery.

Weymouth_Man

We had a similar problem with over grown conifers, and had the idea of digging them up, seems such an easy task, until you see the root system they have produced.

Even if you do manage to uplift the beasts you may find it will eventually die, we were lucky to have one of these scorpion B& D thingies, fantastic for cutting down these conifers.

PS. DON’T FORGET TO SHOUT TIMBER AS IT FALLS OVER.:rotfl: :rotfl:
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iwanttosave_2

I think chopping them down might be the best option, just had a look on freecycle and its not very easy to navigate around there.

We wont be going round the chainsaw route though, nothing sharper than a bread knife is allowed in this house because I am a proud ower of a clumsy lot :rolleyes:

Weymouth_Man

iwanttosave wrote:

I think chopping them down might be the best option, just had a look on freecycle and its not very easy to navigate around there.

We wont be going round the chainsaw route though, nothing sharper than a bread knife is allowed in this house because I am a proud ower of a clumsy lot :rolleyes:

One Clumsy Clot to another, I still have all my fingers & toes, and other parts.:eek:
Would strongly recommend the Scorpion saw it's great, for other tasks as well, price around £40.;)

shelly

I heard once that conifers spread roots outwards for each foot tall they are. i.e 6ft tall means 6 feet roots. I'd not wanna try digging that up My uncle bought a chainsaw round to chop ours down, got it as low as he could then chopped into the stump with the chainsaw from above (if that makes sense) then poured petrol onto the stump (or might have been creosote,can't remember) Killed it a treat, if you don't kill the stump it will just come back.