How to Kill a Pear Tree
- 1). Look at the tree from a distance and determine which way the tree is leaning.
- 2). Tie a 50-foot long rope around the tree just above its bottom branches.
- 3). Get a helper to hold the rope and walk in the direction the tree is leaning. Have the helper face the tree and pull on the rope.
- 4). Place the cutting chain of a chainsaw on the backside of the tree about 2 feet above the ground.
- 5). Cut the tree until it begins to lean in the direction the rope is being pulled.
- 6). Walk back to the vantage point and inspect the tree to ensure it is falling in the right direction.
- 7). Cut the trunk of the tree again until it falls.
- 8). Cut all of the branches off the tree, using the chain saw.
- 9). Cut the trunk of the tree into 12-inch rounds.
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Pour a bottle of tree killer, such as tricolpyr, onto the top of the stump, per label instructions. Allow the chemical to soak in and kill the root system. - 11
Wait a few months to see if the trunk or roots of the tree sprout suckers. - 12
Dig around the trunk of the tree with a shovel and pick axe until all of its outreaching roots have been exposed. - 13
Cut the roots off, using a chain saw. - 14
Hook one end of a chain around the trunk. Hook the other end to the bumper of a pickup truck. - 15
Pull the trunk out of the ground. - 16
Watch the surrounding area where the roots remain in the ground for sucker growth. If there are no spouts, the pear tree has been killed. If there are sprouts, let them grow to about 2 feet tall. - 17
Mix herbicide in a one-gallon milk jug, per label instructions. - 18
Cut 1 inch off the top of a sucker, using gardening clippers. - 19
Bend the sucker over and put it into the milk jug so that it absorbs the herbicide. - 20
Keep the sucker in the gallon jug until the solution is absorbed and the tree roots are killed. - 21
Watch as the other suckers wilt and die to ensure the root system has been killed. If the herbicide fails, dig up the roots, using a shovel.
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