<story><title>Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them</title><url>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/25/bradford-pear-trees-smell-invasive-species-banned/73040722007/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aidenn0</author><text>What herbicide do you use?  I have a tree growing under my roofline that keeps growing back.  I tried glyphosate last time, but it came back.</text></item><item><author>tomohawk</author><text>I thought you were going to say something about how large branches will just pop off and crush anything beneath them at random times.  This is due to how multiple branches will come from the trunk at the same point, and are weakly attached.&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;p&gt;Having finally eradicated all of the ones from our land, the best method is to immediately pour herbicide onto the trunk after cutting it down.  The herbicide will get sucked down into the roots this way.  If you don&amp;#x27;t do this, you&amp;#x27;ll get new suckers all over the place for a few years.</text></item><item><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>The company that I worked for, had a row of these across the primo parking spaces.&lt;p&gt;During the fall months, these parking spaces were always available.&lt;p&gt;I found out why.&lt;p&gt;If you park under one of these things in November, you come out in the evening, and it looks like every incontinent buzzard on Earth sat over your car.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SEJeff</author><text>How did you apply? For something fast growing &amp;#x2F; invasive like a Bradford pear, or a honeysuckle, you really need to get Glyphosate into the roots for it to die. I was taught this trick by an Arborist:&lt;p&gt;Cut the tree down and leave 4-6” above the ground. Take a small drill and put a 3&amp;#x2F;8” drill bit in it. Try to find the small hole in the very middle of the trunk and drill down into it. This is how the sap flows through the tree. Carefully spray 3-4 good sprays of Glyphosate into the hole with gloves and eye protection. The tree and gravity will take this down into the roots where they will die. The small amount of Glyophosate will stay in the roots for approximately eight years, and it won’t leak out into the soil as it’s held by them.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bradford pear trees banned in few states – More are looking to eradicate them</title><url>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/25/bradford-pear-trees-smell-invasive-species-banned/73040722007/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aidenn0</author><text>What herbicide do you use?  I have a tree growing under my roofline that keeps growing back.  I tried glyphosate last time, but it came back.</text></item><item><author>tomohawk</author><text>I thought you were going to say something about how large branches will just pop off and crush anything beneath them at random times.  This is due to how multiple branches will come from the trunk at the same point, and are weakly attached.&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;p&gt;Having finally eradicated all of the ones from our land, the best method is to immediately pour herbicide onto the trunk after cutting it down.  The herbicide will get sucked down into the roots this way.  If you don&amp;#x27;t do this, you&amp;#x27;ll get new suckers all over the place for a few years.</text></item><item><author>ChrisMarshallNY</author><text>The company that I worked for, had a row of these across the primo parking spaces.&lt;p&gt;During the fall months, these parking spaces were always available.&lt;p&gt;I found out why.&lt;p&gt;If you park under one of these things in November, you come out in the evening, and it looks like every incontinent buzzard on Earth sat over your car.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Turing_Machine</author><text>Supposedly painting it on the cut end of the trunk on a periodic basis (and on the cut ends of any sprouts that do come up) is more effective than a one-time drench. Glyphosate has a pretty short half-life.&lt;p&gt;Also, a spot treatment of the ends means considerably less herbicide entering the soil.</text></comment>