Garden owners are not always aware of how quickly relatively small self-seeding trees take root so hard that it is difficult to pull them out of the ground.And trees like to plant in places where it is difficult remove them, e.g. along the wall of a barn or other shed, a retaining wall, fence, in cracks in a cracked surface, in a hedge or even a long uncleaned gutter.The roots grow relatively deep and branch widely, therefore they support the above-ground part of the tree very stably.
Removing a young tree by cutting it above the ground is a temporary solution, because the sleeping buds on the remains of the trunk wake up quickly and in the next year you can notice a few regrowths.Willows, ash maples and black locust grow the fastest.Such outgrowths grow very quickly and instead of one trunk we deal with several.
Seedlings about 20-30 cm high can most often be removed along with the roots by a strong pull, sometimes supported by a small spatula, but the taller ones will require the use of a spade to undermine the roots.5-6-year-old trees can already have quite thick roots and a spade alone is not enough.You will have to reach for the ax. Digging up such a tree with the root will require exposing the root collar to reveal the main roots, which need to be cut off with the ax.
If we are dealing with a fairly large root stump from poplar or ash maple, and it is not possible to remove it mechanically, it can be cut (milled) below the ground level and covered with soil - the root will decompose over time.You can speed up this decomposition and, before backfilling, drill a few holes about 10-15 cm deep in the carp and pour ammonium nitrate into them. Remember also that with larger carp the holes should be deeper.
Fast-growing self-seeders
Some tree species grow very fast. Thickness increments of trunks depend on the conditions in which the tree grows, but it is assumed that poplars at the age of 10 (cutting down trees that are not more than 10 years old does not require official permission) have a trunk circumference of 130 cm above the ground already 47 cm, willows and ash-leaved maples - 43 cm, and birches - 35 cm. Therefore, these are already quite large trees, sometimes reaching 6-10 m in height, and thus - their roots are also quite large.It is therefore worth removing the noticed still small self-seeding trees together with their roots, preferably when they require a relatively small amount of work.
