Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: Getting rid of holly tree?

  1. 02-01-2025, 08:53 AM #1
    mello_collins's Avatar
    mello_collins
    mello_collins is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Sandy Run
    Posts
    2,914

    Default Getting rid of holly tree?

    I want to remove a holly tree. I want to kill it first. Don’t care if it takes a year to die, just want it dead, roots and all before cutting. Girdling doesn’t work, shoots come up from roots. Tried drilling and using roundup, didn’t work. I don’t want to fight the roots sprouting. Will the old “drive in a copper rod” work on a holly?

    Last one I cut down, dug out around stump several feet deep. Cut some of the roots and used a truck a chain to remove stump. Damned thing was still sending up shoots 10 years later. I want to avoid that.


    If a man is alone in the woods, says something, and a woman does not hear, is he still wrong?

    Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out. —George Carlin

    Common sense is not a gift. It's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone else who doesn't have it.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 02-01-2025, 08:59 AM #2
    Sasha and Abby
    Sasha and Abby is offline Black Duck
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Location
    Columbia, SC
    Posts
    3,890

    Default

    Don't know how big yours is but I killed a 100' oak with two drill holes about 4" deep (at a downward angle) and straight gly.
    "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went."
    Will Rogers
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 02-01-2025, 09:58 AM #3
    Catdaddy's Avatar
    Catdaddy
    Catdaddy is offline Black Duck
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    SC
    Posts
    26,403

    Default

    Cut it level with the ground. Drill a few holes and brush it with Triclopyr.

    Dig the roots up next year after its dead.

    Sent from my motorola edge 2024 using Tapatalk
    Last edited by Catdaddy; 02-01-2025 at 09:58 AM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 02-01-2025, 11:14 AM #4
    bigtimeduckhunter's Avatar
    bigtimeduckhunter
    bigtimeduckhunter is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Posts
    2,622

    Default

    Can you use Spike? Any desirable plants around it?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 02-01-2025, 11:44 AM #5
    DRDUCK's Avatar
    DRDUCK
    DRDUCK is offline In case you didn't know
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    FROG LEVEL
    Posts
    25,246

    Default

    Holly makes damn good brush piles
    Last edited by DRDUCK; 02-01-2025 at 11:44 AM.
    Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
    "Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 02-01-2025, 12:23 PM #6
    jwmetz
    jwmetz is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Posts
    1,222

    Default

    We got a lot of holly that has come up in our hardwood bottoms especially if a new cutover is beside it. Deer like them for cover but they are too thick. Hopefully there is a way to kill them without having to manually remove.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 02-01-2025, 01:36 PM #7
    AnythingFeathers
    AnythingFeathers is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2023
    Posts
    425

    Default

    50% Tryclopir, 40% water, 10% Imazapyr. In that order. If you put the two chemicals together first they will turn to sludge. Girdle or hack(1 hack per 4” diameter) to cambium layer, squirt it in there. Should do it.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 02-01-2025, 02:08 PM #8
    Catdaddy's Avatar
    Catdaddy
    Catdaddy is offline Black Duck
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    SC
    Posts
    26,403

    Default

    Roundup is not effective.

    Sent from my motorola edge 2024 using Tapatalk
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 02-01-2025, 02:46 PM #9
    Saltydog235's Avatar
    Saltydog235
    Saltydog235 is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Pawleys Island
    Posts
    37,661

    Default

    Cut it flush, drive a few copper nails in the stump. Dig it up in 6 months. Had a Magnolia we did that with after it kept coming back after the Round Up in the hole treatment. Pulled the rotten stump out by hand 6 months after driving the nails.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


    You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 02-01-2025, 03:37 PM #10
    Fish's Avatar
    Fish
    Fish is offline Getter of Goats
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Charleston
    Posts
    19,124

    Default

    I would rent a small excavator and bring all that shit to an end right now.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 02-01-2025, 04:06 PM #11
    JABIII's Avatar
    JABIII
    JABIII is offline Rush Chairman
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Wateree, South Carolina
    Posts
    52,309

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Fish View Post
    I would rent a small excavator and bring all that shit to an end right now.
    Of course you would. People want to make these things hard on themselves for some unimaginable reason...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules