[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Grace Cangialosi]

Atlantis does, however, make good charcoal, and that's one of the projects our Master Naturalist group helps with.
As for getting rid of it, the best method is known as "hack and squirt." You do have to hold your nose, figuratively speaking, and use a Monsanto product--Roundup, or its generic equivalent, glyphosate.
Take an axe or a hatchet and make diagonal cuts around the tree near the bottom of the trunk and squirt full-length Round-up into each gash. This is the best time of year to do it, as the sap is retreating down into the roots for the winter. The tree will be dead by spring.

The bane of my existence here is a plant called white mulberry or sometimes paper mulberry. It puts out rhizomes and can create huge thickets in rather short order.  We'd all but eradicated it last year but didn't keep up with the mowing, so it's back with a vengeance. The fruit is almost non-existent, so it doesn't even have that going for it...

On September 8, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

They do here, and so do tulip poplars. S/O refers to both as being "not
good citizens". He refers to the ailanthus by other names, all unprintable.
My late ex called them "weed trees". I do not find them at all attractive,
besides which, they stink when cut and are not useful for firewood.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 9/8/2015 2:51:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> Hackberry and ailanthus here, not to mention the  blackberries.>>>>>
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> Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) actually is a rather nice
> landscaping tree, and ought to be planted more than it is.
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> At least in my areas of Wisconsin, there is not a problem from their
> seeding
> in everywhere.  Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) has not made it to
> NW and West Central Wisconsin yet, and I haven't noticed any in
> Minnesota.  They are certainly here in Pennsylvania, and climb  up
> the mountains along the roadways.  There are a few large and  actually
> rather beautiful trees locally, but they are mostly a pest.
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> David Strang.
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