How much to remove this tree in your opinion?

ceebeeby

Just a query, but do you HAVE to replace the tree? Would it not just be easier to chop it down (which we've established can be done for free) and as a previous poster suggested make it into a bird table or something?

beer2006

As britbrat says, you shouldn't plant a new tree in the place of the old one.

How about chopping it down, (easy, do it in bits) leaving a small stump and treating it with a tree killing technique (I haven't got a clue) and planting the other tree quite closeish (but not too close!), in a whille, when you are sure the stump is dead, you can just chop up the stump and roots to a short way down and the rest will just rot.

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Btw, try freecycle to get someone around to chop it down and take most if not all of it away! If you have to ask "what is freecycle?" then you need to find out.

fsdss

i wish i lived near you - i'd be round in a flash armed with my chainsaw, and for a week or so after i would be keeping my house warm on FREE wood!:D

on another note we've just had the roots ground out of an old tree at a cost of £94

beer2006

fsdss wrote: »

and for a week or so after i would be keeping my house warm on FREE wood!:D

Well you should be seasoning it for at least a year :rolleyes:

CFC

dellfanatic wrote: »

Thanks again - we actually cut down a larger tree in our back garden ourselves with a good quality saw. The difference here is that we're going to plant a new tree in its place hence me wondering about the roots...

We don't have garden refuse collections, just household recycling and rubbish so looks like a trip to the tip will be in order.

Are you really sure you want to replace the tree?

Digging out roots is an awful lot of work, and expensive to get someone else to do. Plus it's quite close to the house, and if the roots either cause problems with your mains services or get into your foundations, you're looking at a lot of money....it's not for the next 5 years you have to worry, but the next 15. Plus if you think that you're going to sell, you've still got to worry about it, because the above thoughts will be in any purchaser's mind...consder it carefully before you replant.

giftbouquets

Hi,
Don't know if this helps, but when we had a tree cut down years ago the stump was left in, but then had 'slits' cut into the top and was treated with something that killed the roots (not sure what). It took a few years to die off, but then stump was easy to remove.

wmfd

giftbouquets wrote: »

Hi,
Don't know if this helps, but when we had a tree cut down years ago the stump was left in, but then had 'slits' cut into the top and was treated with something that killed the roots (not sure what). It took a few years to die off, but then stump was easy to remove.

In the past I've used sodium chlorate weedkiller to do this job (available from most garden shops). Slit the top of the stump, heap it on and then cover with a plastic bag (which stops it washing away and also stops any animals/kids picking it up).

Kills the stump and helps it rot down too, be careful it does persist in the soil, so do try not to spill it.

dellfanatic

Towing it out?!!! :think: If only I had a towbar on m'car :wall:

Good points against planting a new one in its place regarding roots and house foundations. Our neighbours across the street actually got rid of their tree about 10 years ago and didn't replace it. We'll have to consider what we do but it's clear that replanting isn't going to be an option with all factors considered.

I'm aware of freecycle and the birdtable sounds like a good idea. Question is I've got the option of two trees from the Yeo valley offer

Biggles

dellfanatic wrote: »

Question is I've got the option of two trees from the Yeo valley offer

Dellfanatic, compared to those, yours is a huge tree! They are 4 inch seedlings, not trees!

Seriously, you can find a wide range of seedlings and saplings just by wandering through the nearest woods. We padded out a thin beech hedge some years ago with saplings found in the woods, some up to three feet high.

I wouldn't worry about the roots, though, I doubt that they'd do any harm without the tree; just be ready cut off at ground level any shoots that they may put up for the first year or two.

dellfanatic

Biggles wrote: »

Dellfanatic, compared to those, yours is a huge tree! They are 4 inch seedlings, not trees!

Seriously, you can find a wide range of seedlings and saplings just by wandering through the nearest woods. We padded out a thin beech hedge some years ago with saplings found in the woods, some up to three feet high.

I wouldn't worry about the roots, though, I doubt that they'd do any harm without the tree; just be ready cut off at ground level any shoots that they may put up for the first year or two.

Really? Their website says it will grow quite tall (around 10-15m I think!) after a few years