What's Up With The Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Last year, I found a large Tree of Heaven up near the cabin. I applied a two pronged approach to destroying it. First I girdled the tree to stop the flow of nourishment up the phloem and hormones down the cambium. This alone will kill the tree while it stand erect on the stump. This is a convenient way to get good, dry firewood after about a year. Secondly, I applied mixture of triclopyr and diesel fuel to the trunk from the ground up to about 18 inches. This wasn't necessary but it did drive an extra nail in the coffin. The diesel fuel is a carrier that soaks the solution into the tree bark, ploem and cambium.
About a month ago, my friend John and I took down a larger Ailanthus in the back yard of our Heartwood home. I let it lay there for a month and did not mow the surrounding area. I expected to see a rash of suckers and sprouts as a result of this totally mechanical and traumatic method of removal. Sure enough. In this video you will see that the whole back yard was covered in Ailanthus sprouts. The tree from a year ago died peacefully without generating new growth.
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It's been too long! There is SOOOO much going on here these days. I hope to get more videos out as time permits. These are exciting times for Suzie and me. I won't spill the beans here so please stay tuned. Hit the like button. Leave a comment. Please subscribe! Love to you all!
Unfortunately triclopyr is not longer available in italy😢
@@Perasperaadastra787 that is unfortunate. If glyphosate is available or products like Roundup, Tordon 101, Pathway, then you could use them with a girdling or frilling (hack and squirt) technique.
@@WaynePolcin ok thank you.For these tecnics in which quantity?
Great name WP, well thought out by you and Suz the Q. Have a good one and enjoy the sprouts from Heartwood that will grow for you both.
Hi moofdogg! Thanks buddy.
Hi Wayne and Suzie!!😀😀
Glad to hear that you have settled on the name for the 13 acre house. I like it!!💚👍
Great to see you.
Have a great 4th of July!!😀😀
Take care my friend!!😀😀💚💚
Logger Al
Thanks, Al! I hope you had a great Independence Day Weekend!
Thanks for the info. We have some to get rid of - happy we didn’t just cut them before researching.
As an added protection, keep mowing the surrounding area. After a few seasons, you will have ended or prevented all new sprouts from emerging. I appreciate your comments. Thank you!
I just did a cleanup on a property that was completely surrounded by tree of heaven. literally sprouts where everywhere, suprised it didn't take the house away in a beanstock.
I know what you mean. They are relentless pests!
Great new name, looking forward to more great videos
Hey Mike! Life's a whirlwind here. So much to do, so little time to do it. Thanks for the encouragement. I will do my best to get some more videos out soon! Stay well!
Heartwood! I love it! Ok, ok, I admit it's much better than Polcin Manor 😂 Good to see a new video from you! I'm still keepin' on keepin' on. Parts to fix the little HHR should be here this week, my C10 Ghost is surviving my using it as a daily driver for now. Still working on my health, it's an uphill fight. I'll get there, but slowly. Love to you and Suzie! Hi to everyone in the comments. Peace.
Hi Angie! Thanks for the kind words as always. Make sure to baby that C10. It sounds like it's taking great care of you! Good luck with HHR whenever those parts arrive. I hope you don't have to work outside in the high humidity! Love you, Angie!
@@WaynePolcin Thanks Wayne 🙂Will be working outside, but I have a canopy to set up over the car. Humidity yes, but sun, not so much.
Congratulations on Heartwood. I am not familiar with this type of tree. I am definitely going to do some reading on this.
Hi Darrin! Under the Ohio CAUV (Current Agricultural Use Value), we get a huge property tax break for having at least 10 acres tree crop value. In order to participate, there are requirements based on the type of agricultural use of the property. In our case, we must make an effort to eliminate all invasive plant species like, Tree of Heaven, Multiflora Rose, Autumn Olive, etc. The forester who walked our property and wrote up our plan provided us with a boatload of information specific to the content of our property, along with instructions and resources on how to do the work required to meet and maintain the CAUV. So this is a work in progress and a continual learning experience for us.
@@WaynePolcin that sounds like a great program. We have clean and green programs here but it is just more about keeping agricultural and forest lands from being developed. Significant tax savings by participating! I hope to learn more from your work in Ohio. We definitely have our share of invasive species as well.
Great name Wayne. All trees at some point do have heartwood. (I have even seen a few stand for years with it all rotted out)
This was a very good video. It had a little bit of everything.
OK, Who am I kidding? I been having fun watching all the videos and going on this journey with Suzie and you, Wayne.
Hey Ironwood. I hope you’re having a great Independence Day! I hope to be getting a break from some of the busy projects Suzie has me working on. When I do, I’m gonna give you a call! Thanks for the kind words my friend!
@@WaynePolcin The fireworks just started :D Thank you Wayne. I hope you guys are enjoying America's B-day as well. I hear ya on the projects, It's all good Wayne. I have been cleaning this little farm up cutting the trees out of the ditches and digging them out with a backhoe. But, I am not even advertising and I have people calling me to take care of their trees. The farm is like working two full jobs and the arborist work is a full time job. If I'm right, Your are doing about the same thing. Working about three jobs! Lol :-)
Spot on, Ironwood. I'm trying to pace myself a little slower on the tree jobs that are more than 20 miles from Heartwood. Fuel costs and drive time really wear on me. I get a lot of jobs up in Canton, OH, about 40 miles north because Suzie works at a hospital up there and she likes to advertise my services. There's enough local work to keep me busy.
Are you sure that is Tree of Heaven? TOH has smooth edges around the leaf margin except for 2 near the base. The leaf margin in your video has many serrations around it.
I appreciate your follow up i saw all 3 videos..this is the way !!!! All the other videos around dont prove it works
I was also a skeptic. That’s what motivated me to prove it to myself. Thank you so much for the kind and positive feedback!
Heart Wood 👍🏼🧡🔥👊🏼
I sat on that Thirteen Adventures Ridge for a long time. It has a great ring and it certainly describes us. Suzie and I both decided we wanted something short so Heartwood it is! I hope you're having a great Independence Day!
3:28 That looks like sumac, not Tree of Heaven since the leaves are serrated. Tree of Heaven has smooth leaf edges and a smell of rancid peanut butter when crushed.
I love tree of heaven! good shade and its fast growing properties provides unlimited logs for mushroom farming. Use a powerwash and spray your tree with neem oil/water and there won't be any pests
It’s always good to know there are pros and cons to every plant and animal species. Most people, including myself, enjoy seeing whitetail deer passing through our yards, yet if you ask the farmers and law enforcement, they will tell you that, in order to keep our roadways safe and crop fields plentiful, we keep the deer population down. I also admire the Ailanthus tree, but it is taking over the territories that were once populated by much needed hardwood and fruit bearing trees. So controlling the spread of this aggressive species is a necessary action to balance the habitat. Sorry for the long reply. I just wanted to make my point clear. Enjoy your trees of heaven and your mushroom harvesting! Thanks for taking the time to comment! Stay kind!
@@WaynePolcin When they say that, I say how about keep the human population down?
I got deer feeders in my backyard and some salt licks (almost gone) gotta replace soon. I'm actually thinking of making them a salt lick lamp where the lick lights up the area with the feeder. I got 3 federal cats that came down the mountain and adopted themselves here (all fixed now) Taking care of the mice and the poor chipmunks. Also got a friendly groundhog I named Fatso I feed lettuce and carrots. Fatso lives under a hole under the backyard fence. I even got seagull friends at the beach! I just shake the bag and they start coming over, sometimes one stands or sits on my head!
Haha! That’s awesome! My daughter wants to start an animal daycare center. She absolutely adores all animals as you do. Thanks for sharing your viewpoints and don’t let anyone try to change the way you live! Stay kind!
Tree of heaven releases quassanoids into the soil which means it releases herbicides into the soil and it kills everything around it. It's a shitty tree. I killed it with the drill a spray method for the NPS
Hey Wayne, we have a tree of heaven growing through the crawl space of our kitchen addition into the kitchen 😮.. it appears to be a sucker, and yes our neighborhood is full of them, so finding THE tree and dealing with it isn’t an option. How would you suggest we treat the roots and suckers we have access to?
I would treat the sucker by applying Crossbow or any herbicide containing Triclopyr to it. Depending on the season of the year, you may have to apply it twice. Late fall or early spring is best, but I’ve had good results year round. Good luck!
By the way, great video message.
Is the wood from this tree good for firewood??
I have several 30-40 ft trees i would like to harvest
Well, it will burn, but it will burn fast. It won't burn like oak or cherry, but more like pine. Thank you for the kind words!
Well.... you've successfully proven that trees are sentient beings.
I have to name everything too.....but from being south central Georgian......we have to double name everyone and everything...hope all is well....be careful..stay safe
You mean like Billy Bob, Barbara Ann, Ellie May, Bobby Sue?
Love the name!!! Simple and to the point!! I'm glad you kept the ❤️ in the name.... after all it's where your feelings come from and it kind of ties both properties together! About the tree....is a boxwood tree similar to the " Tree of heaven" ? In so far as it being an invasive species......or is it a crappy tree that just happens to be our inconvenience to deal with?? Just wondering if you know or not. 😊😊
Sorry my mistake... I mean boxelder tree!!
Are you sure you're talking about a boxwood or a boxelder. The boxwood is more of a shrub than a tree. The boxelder is a nasty, fast growing, brittle tree. Around here, people call them river maples. Due to the those characteristics, it is considered t be an invasive species.
There are so many things happening here at Heartwood I haven't had time to do much video work. I've been shooting footage but it's kinda like CZcams constipation at the moment. If I ever get a little down time, look out cuz CZcams diarrhea will follow. I know, that's a crappy analogy!
Yes I meant boxelder. They never seem to want to die!!! Very hard to get rid of!!
It's such a busy time of year I can just imagine trying to get free time to do any videos.....but like you said when everything slows down again you'll catch up!!! Have fun and enjoy this busy time it brings a lot of memories to hold on to! 😊😊
A Year Has Past... How did Mowing Work?
Mowing? Dumb!!! Spray Baby Trees with the Same Chem. in August or September?
“Dumb” is pretty harsh. But I will say, mowing only works if you do it often. That’s not practical unless the plants are in your yard. Chemical treatment gives best results. Mechanical methods, like mowing, will trigger a survival response and you end up with a slew of suckers
I have been trying to kill this damned weed all my life.
Yeah. It’s a weed that keeps on giving year after year! You really have to keep after it. Easy to say, but hard to do. Good luck to you!