Post by featherduster on Jun 27, 2012 10:49:48 GMT -5
About 10 years ago I purchased a bottle of TORDON RTU to retard the regrowth after cutting down some trees along an old fence line.
At the time I purchased it a friend of mine made a comment to me that it can get into the root systems of nearby trees that you may not want to kill, use with caution!
Fast forward to this past February I decided to cut down some Mulberry trees that were growing among some pine trees that I planted years ago. These pines are about 12-15' tall and will never amount to nothing other than a wind break because the deer have have rubbed them up so bad over the years.
The mulberry's were within 1-3 feet of the pines, after I cut them down I applied some of this TORDON which was ten years old or older to the stumps.
This week while mowing my trails I noticed a couple of the pine trees were dying and sure enough when I checked it was the trees that were next to the stumps that I had applied TORDON to.
For those of you who may decide to use this chemical be very careful when you apply it even after 10+ years this stuff still kills.
At the time I purchased it a friend of mine made a comment to me that it can get into the root systems of nearby trees that you may not want to kill, use with caution!
Fast forward to this past February I decided to cut down some Mulberry trees that were growing among some pine trees that I planted years ago. These pines are about 12-15' tall and will never amount to nothing other than a wind break because the deer have have rubbed them up so bad over the years.
The mulberry's were within 1-3 feet of the pines, after I cut them down I applied some of this TORDON which was ten years old or older to the stumps.
This week while mowing my trails I noticed a couple of the pine trees were dying and sure enough when I checked it was the trees that were next to the stumps that I had applied TORDON to.
For those of you who may decide to use this chemical be very careful when you apply it even after 10+ years this stuff still kills.
