Theres a jamaican(?) strangler fig i need to remove. It already smothered and killed a mango tree. Is it possible(preferably affordably) to kill it without paying for a professional?
Saw it off at ground level. I deal with Florida Strangler Figs all the time at work. You have to cut them off at the base and paint the cut with 41% glyphosate mixed 1:1 with water within like 60 seconds after cutting.
Internal-Test-8015
Leave it, lol, it already has won the battle decades ago its just nature doing what it was supposed to do.
No_Neighborhood7614
You’re going to need an Australian strangler fig
Successful_Call8051
If you kill it without removing it then you’ll have a big dead tree and those are more expensive to remove.
brutus_the_bear
Remove the small trees around it and let it go apex
Fruitypebblefix
You kill it, you will compromise the tree and will still have to pay to have it torn down cause if it falls and damages something, you’ll pay more. Just hire a professional to cut it down.
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Saw it off at ground level. I deal with Florida Strangler Figs all the time at work. You have to cut them off at the base and paint the cut with 41% glyphosate mixed 1:1 with water within like 60 seconds after cutting.
Leave it, lol, it already has won the battle decades ago its just nature doing what it was supposed to do.
You’re going to need an Australian strangler fig
If you kill it without removing it then you’ll have a big dead tree and those are more expensive to remove.
Remove the small trees around it and let it go apex
You kill it, you will compromise the tree and will still have to pay to have it torn down cause if it falls and damages something, you’ll pay more. Just hire a professional to cut it down.