New home owner and never had a yard before. Trying to get it sorted as the weather warms up. Probably about 5 or 6ft tall, no leaves or anything on it. Any suggestions?
Whatever it is if it’s that close to the house it absolutely cannot stay there.
mycatisgrumpy
These look like ailanthus altissima, Chinese tree of heaven. They’re bad news. Extremely invasive, and they’ll grow into full size trees, which is the last thing you want up next to your foundation like that.
In addition, they have an extensive root system which acts as a kind of dead man’s switch, and if they are cut down they’ll sprout like crazy from the roots. Either cut them down and apply a stump killer, or let them leaf out and then apply a strong dose of Roundup to the foliage.
Bechimo
Anything that close to your house needs removed.
ufc205nyc
Kill it now
smshinkle
I’m so sorry you have this nightmare of a plant in your new home. The root system will destroy your foundation.
This is the way to kill Tree of Heaven AKA Tree of Hell, which is highly invasive. In the fall, when it’s putting out roots in preparation for winter, cut a notch at the base and paint it with KILLSALL super concentrate or another brand of glyphosate. It is a system weed killer and the roots will carry it down and kill the plant. Quite frankly, I’m not sure I could wait that long; it’s such a noxious tree.
It causes dermatitis in some people so wear gloves and cover your limbs when dealing with it. It is also the home of the spotted lantern fly, which is invasive and destructive. In some places you have to report a ToH and are required to exterminate it.
I’m trying to get rid of Japanese knotweed which is highly invasive but not the nightmare ToH is. So, even though I had missed the window of opportunity and it was the wrong season, I used a cotton swab and painted every stem after chopping them at the base. I plan to repeat that every time a plant comes up. Be ware glyphosate will kill every plant it in which it comes in contact.
This may not be sound advice but, if it were me, I would lop off each stem of the ToH in the same way and apply the glyphosate. I would do that repeatedly until they were gone, only because I couldn’t stand to wait until fall and do it when it’s supposed to be done.
I hope someone will jump in here and tell me that I am wrong and it should wait until autumn —if that is the case.
noideawhereisthecat
Ewwww I can smell that
Leaf-Stars
Cut it and put a couple drops of roundup on the fresh wound. Do it to every sprout that you’re going to have pop up all summer long.
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Whatever it is if it’s that close to the house it absolutely cannot stay there.
These look like ailanthus altissima, Chinese tree of heaven. They’re bad news. Extremely invasive, and they’ll grow into full size trees, which is the last thing you want up next to your foundation like that.
In addition, they have an extensive root system which acts as a kind of dead man’s switch, and if they are cut down they’ll sprout like crazy from the roots. Either cut them down and apply a stump killer, or let them leaf out and then apply a strong dose of Roundup to the foliage.
Anything that close to your house needs removed.
Kill it now
I’m so sorry you have this nightmare of a plant in your new home. The root system will destroy your foundation.
This is the way to kill Tree of Heaven AKA Tree of Hell, which is highly invasive. In the fall, when it’s putting out roots in preparation for winter, cut a notch at the base and paint it with KILLSALL super concentrate or another brand of glyphosate. It is a system weed killer and the roots will carry it down and kill the plant. Quite frankly, I’m not sure I could wait that long; it’s such a noxious tree.
It causes dermatitis in some people so wear gloves and cover your limbs when dealing with it. It is also the home of the spotted lantern fly, which is invasive and destructive. In some places you have to report a ToH and are required to exterminate it.
I’m trying to get rid of Japanese knotweed which is highly invasive but not the nightmare ToH is. So, even though I had missed the window of opportunity and it was the wrong season, I used a cotton swab and painted every stem after chopping them at the base. I plan to repeat that every time a plant comes up. Be ware glyphosate will kill every plant it in which it comes in contact.
This may not be sound advice but, if it were me, I would lop off each stem of the ToH in the same way and apply the glyphosate. I would do that repeatedly until they were gone, only because I couldn’t stand to wait until fall and do it when it’s supposed to be done.
I hope someone will jump in here and tell me that I am wrong and it should wait until autumn —if that is the case.
Ewwww I can smell that
Cut it and put a couple drops of roundup on the fresh wound. Do it to every sprout that you’re going to have pop up all summer long.