This is an EXECLLENT presentation EXCEPT you missed the most important thing against this awful plant (at least to environmentalists like me!) and that is it feeds no one, no caterpillars, and thus no animals. It further smothers out natives that would contribute to a healthy ecosystem (you did mention this regarding those chemicals that inhibit other growth). Thank you for this great info and thanks UA-cam for keeping this info out there.
This was so helpful. The same happened with us when the utility company cleared out under the power lines. This was the first video that explains how to eradicate this plant. Now I know why cutting doesn't work! Thank you so much! Zone 7 - NC
I got one two yards down that must be 6 stories tall. My other, immediate neighbor let one get started from a seed from that tree. She finally let me cut it down and poison the stump in the fall. I let the inevitable suckers grow until they were a foot or so, then cut and poisoned all of them too. It did the job. Early fall is the best time because all the energy is getting sucked back into the roots. I hate using poison for anything, but it is a necessary in this case.
Thank you so much for the video! ❤️🤩As a kid growing up I thought I knew everything there was to know about Stinky Trees except for their proper name: Tree of Heaven. I have memories of my sister and I having to come in and wash up because we would play among these smelly trees The rancid smell remind us of yesteryear. They were our stallions when we played cowboys, our swords and daggers when we were in a fight. (Lol against the neighbor boys) They are great for mud pie making and mud soup recipes. (yes real mud! We are talking kid days here 😊) If your younger brother ever needed a boost of self esteem, you can always tell him use his super strength to pull a young tree out of the ground. 🦸 Usually they come up really easy you can almost pull them out with one hand depending on the size. It feels so satisfying.👍 Our cousins used taller sticks as poles for a teepee. In more practical uses we roasted marshmallows, and they were a source of fire wood. We have had those trees around our house forever... until a drought came and killed some massive trees that were over 30 years old (also just about every other tree on the property...!) The dead trees provided fire wood and kindling that we used for 2 winters. It has been at least 2 years since the drought and doesn't look like the trees will recover. Kinda sad 😔 I had no idea they were such a problem! 😱 But I can see why others would not have such fond memories of them as we do. It is good to FINALLY know what this plant/tree is called!!!
I am always curious when something or someone is vilified. There are apparently many good qualities of the Tree of Heaven, but the benefits would challenge pharmaceutical company profits - and lumber companies. The casual dismissal of any good qualities of this tree are suspect to me. I think it might be good to study the tree further than this video. :) I like your story of the fun you had with your Trees of Heaven. I am thinking this might be what comes up between the cracks between the concrete of the sunroom and the outside patio - I clear the little 'starts' every year. But now I might let one grow into a bush, just to study it. Smelly, hmm??? haha... The best medicines can be rather unpleasant, so they chase away the germs or parasites or whatever it is that is making us ill. :) This is a very good rundown of the benefits of the tree - you will be heartened, I believe, to know them: www.healthbenefitstimes.com/tree-of-heaven/
Hammer a few copper coins or copper nails into the trunk. It will die ..traditionally we use a circle of pennies around the trunk and sprinkle salt on the roots. It kills sumac trees quickly
It took two months, but it's dead! Not good with a hatchet, so I drilled spaced holes in the bark at a downward slant the then dripped the herbicide into the holes. The upper new growth died first and then the rest of the tree and working out to the suckers. Sprayed the suckers and then took down the tree. Started in early August and into October. Before this, I had dug up suckers down to the ball or the root. This only encouraged it to grow more suckers, even in the same place. Thank you so much for this method. It works!
Warning, this tree is extremely hard to kill. Like he said, don't cut them down, even small ones spread like crazy when cut. I tried for years with the advice of many so called experts on what to use to eradicate without any luck. This cut and spray method is the only thing that seems to work.
Thank you, I live in Tasmania, Australia and have been trying to get rid of this pest for 12 years but I was digging the sucker trees up and it's got away from me so today I called NRM North for advice and they told me what to do and to contact them back if it doesn't work :D
This tree is the preferred host of the Spotted Lantern Fly. The Berks County, Pennsylvania invasion of SLF feeds very heavily on these trees, with little relief in sight. One control measure is to eliminate female trees, reduce male trees and treat the remaining males with a systemic insecticide using the tree as a bait insecticide station.
Lived and moved from a house that had just 1 large tree of heaven. It was never ending trying to keep up with hacking down all of the suckers. After any good rain there were dozens, and if left unsnipped they would grow to 3 feet in a month or 2. I hate this tree and all the invasives like it. So many invasive plants are truly scary when first learning and witnessing the shear destruction and cost they inflict. Really sad.
I've always noticed this tree as a kid, I called it, "the weed tree." It has a smell that it gives off. Everyone knows this tree. It's like a weed and it grows pervasively and fast and everywhere. It will grow out the side of a building. Usually when you see it in old abandoned buildings and you see branches up in the cornices etc.. It's most likely that weed tree, "the Tree of Heaven."
There are a couple variants in this family. The asians seem to have found beneficial uses : medicine from the bark, moths make Ahimsa or Peace silk from leaves, gum from sap, cheap wood products, dead leaves leave fertile soil.
We had that happen here in 2007 when the Davey Dummies clear cut under the power lines. My nice trail to my vernal pond was destroyed and it grew like a jungle after that. The ToH and buckthorns went crazy. 2 years ago I started working on a new trail. This video will help a lot!
@@aron8949 THAT IS THEE SINGLE WORST PIECE OF DIS-ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE ON THESE. You start hacking these down they will re-grow fiercely everywhere. If you don't like these, DO NOT cut them down.
@@aron8949 I had four of these filthy "trees". I cut them down. I have fought these re-populating invasive bastards now for 15 years. This year I am ripping out the concrete patio and ripping out the whole damm root system. They are filthy hell trees. Cutting them down was the biggest mistake I ever made with trees. I should not have listened to the guy who told me to cut them and bore a hole in the stumps and pour in fuel oil. All that did is piss them off.
I’ve had great success with basal bark treatment. 20% triclopir, 10% adjuvant (cidekick brand) and 70% Diesel fuel - spray 18 inches high full coverage
We have two of these trees in my backyard, one is about twelve feet tall, the other just a baby. The big tree will have to go because we are replacing a sewer line and it's right above it. The baby we are going to transplant. I think they are beautiful trees and are incredibly hardy.
Damn tree is weak too. 40mph wind gusts and the top half of the tree (30' tall) snapped in half and now it's just dangling there over my fence. My back yard has native wild cherry, redbuds and hackberry. This piece of crap snuck in and before I knew it skyrocketed above everything. If you kill it with the herbicide and cut it down, burn the seeds too, keeps them from germinating. Sounds extreme but this tree IS extreme... an extreme pain in your behind. Btw im in southern Illinois
When I was growing up on a farm in Virginia we called those things schumach trees we had a Grove of them in what corner of the field of cows use to lay under them
I used to have an old giant male that someone had planted in the center of our back yard. It seemed to be nearing the end of its life because it did have a few dead branches on it. The base of the trunk was about 6 feet wide and you could see wear the tap root was going into the ground. The tree really is not the bad looking, but the never-ending root-suckers were a problem. I would simply mow over them like grass every few days.
"cluck old hen, cluck and squall, you ain't laid an egg since way last fall..." tree of heaven, also known as stinkweed, can get much taller than thirty feet. if you saw into it on a sweaty day, the sawdust can give you a nasty poison ivy-like rash... which i am now uncomfortably dealing with.
We have one in our backyard. We made the mistake of cutting it down twice. The first time it grew back to its full size within a couple months. Now we are waiting for it to grow back so we can properly kill it.
While large ones might not be common, here in PA there are some over 60 feet. If you just girdle it and no spray it'll die and be on ground in a year the wood is that weak.
Call expert tree removers? I will say however, that's what our nextdoor neighbors did before we bought our house, and now we are dealing with them ALL over our backyard still.
@MrChangeordie they were already established in our city. They are the most horrible trees. You cannot contain them. Constant clean up, constant mess. They will quickly overwhelm you. The shade is nice, but not worth it. Mine are huge now and will cost thousands to eradicate them.
@@LisaKnobel oh... .the more u talk the more I want them! 1🤯 its like a mother telling her son "dont mess with these type of women" and what's the son do? 🤣...but I really wanna give them a try now... I got 9 acres of nothing but weeds, it would be fascinating to have some trees that grow wild 🤣...ur messages have really helped my decision ...what part of the world u live in?
I'm helping to restore a public park that was neglected for decades. Lots of tree of heaven. Initially I made the mistake of completely girdling the trees. They produced lots of suckers, which I had to spray with herbicide. But eventually I won the battle. All of the trees of heaven are dead. But it was a lot of work.
Please tell me you’re exact recipe.. I am a 59 year old woman whose neighbor cut down three of these trees ( have lung cancer and care for my elderly mother) I can’t keep up with the suckers.. I am finding them growing out of the patio completely taking over our yard and now finding them coming out of the cement walkway connected to the house.. I am terrified and desperately trying to slow this tree s root system down.
@@sherryabbotbrooks3132 -- I sprayed the suckers with a systemic herbicide that contains the active ingredient "triclopyr". Other herbicides (for example, "Roundup") kill only the parts of the plants on which the spray lands, so the herbicide doesn't kill the roots of the plants. A "systemic" herbicide reaches and poisons all parts of the plant. In the USA the "Ortho" company sells an herbicide that's intended to kill poison ivy (and "Poison Ivy" appears in large red letters on the label); that's what you want. Also, you don't want the pre-diluted form in a spray bottle; you want the concentrated form. I used a plastic spray tank to apply the herbicide, and I recommend that you use a tank as well. The instructions recommend adding 4 fluid ounces (118 ml) of concentrate to 1 gallon (3.78 litres) of water. However, the tree of heaven is tough, so I used 6 fluid ounces (177 ml) per gallon of water. Also, don't apply a dainty, light spraying; give the suckers a thorough spraying. (Triclopyr won't kill grass, but it will kill flowers; so be careful when spraying.) Triclopyr spreads slowly through the plants: For about 18 to 21 days after you've sprayed the suckers, they will appear to be completely unaffected. You'll think that the herbicide is ineffective and that you've wasted your time, money, and effort. However, suddenly after 18 to 21 days, all of the suckers will wilt and start to die. (It's quite impressive.) A few suckers may sprout after the first batch dies, so be prepared to spray them as well. I cared for my parents during their last years, so I have an inkling of your situation. God bless you.
They make cool ornamentals with beautiful flowers and no I am not confusing it with the mountain ash which it resembles. The flowers look more like crabapple or cherry.
Man I hate these trees. They look bad, smell bad, and are nigh-impossible to kill unless you can cut down them at ground level and poison them. And of course, they love to grow in fences or other annoying places. At least they're not too hard to cut or break unless they're super-old.
Do you have to mix the herbicide with diesel or other oil? What are the dangers of broadcast spraying for seedlings? I mulch my gardens with leaves & collect hundreds of bags locally; as well as wood chips from my municipality. Year before last I must have gotten loads full of seeds. The seedlings look like grass. I thinned what I could but some are already staying put. I burned what I could to kill any other seeds but know I need to spray to get a handle on the issue. I am willing to kill everything to eliminate the TOH, but can't find literature on how long to abandon the site. Do I tarp or solarize? Mother nature covers herself so...I need a plan. If I don't, other invasives will just take its place. And the vicious cycle continues. Thanks
Please advise me if you discover any way to remove these roots and small saplings.. my neighbor cut down three of them and now I am dealing with a out of control weed making its way towards our house.. I am terrified
Not the video poster ,but bit of a plant-life info gatherer here.. Spring is the best time as it gathers most of the elements from the soil and the liquids flow the fastest. (also if you kill it in spring, its easier to cut afterwards and you can dry it when summer arrives for firewood-ish) Spring is best for sap gathering/ herb planting stuff and killing trees this way. Summer.. eh debatable, depends if there is a drought or heavy rains , if its humid weather you can. Autumn/Winter : Nope, too cold and tree circulatory system is closed up ready for hybernation. (Have this damn thing in the yard reaching over 3 meters , killing grape vines and roses),and proly close to destroying a wall, should proly kill it before the 4 tiny ones around get taller
Yes late summer , you want to hit it right before fall . When fall comes the tree sends its nutrients back to the roots as well as any herbicide that has been sprayed into the tree. You have to gets this to the root system for it to be effective .
That's interesting. I wonder if they have adversely affected the occupants of those two cities - Detroit & Chicago - since they are two of the highest in crime. They can be good medicine if used wisely, but might be harmful if just allowed to grow and overtake the land and water. ?
I wonder if you can graft onto the tree something else like a branch from a cherry tree since that tree of heaven cant be killed so easy would it think the cherry tree is part of it and provided all nutrients to it
They stink, they'll grow out of cracks and crevices, in between the mortars of bricks in walls and did I say they stink. I hated them as a kid when I climbed one and came back smelling of this stinky tree.
Yes, they stink but I grew up with them. 🦸 Maybe I have gained the super power of immunity to the bad smell from the Tree of Heaven. Bwahaha!!! I wouldn't mind having our jungle back. ( Not much grows around our property anyway and it was the only shade and green looking plant/tree in the area.) Seriously drought kills them. If you can pull their water supply you have them as good as gone. ( Of course everything else in the area is dead too but at least you might have a chance of starting over without them)
Why not just plant our native Staghorn, smooth, or winged sumac if you want a jungle? They grow in the same environment, look similar and spread similar by their root system. Both tree of heaven and Staghorn Sumac are very widespread where I live. But tree of heaven unfortunately is next to my yard on neighbors side who he won't do shit about :(
Why not just keep them small so the benefits can be tapped but they don't grow out of hand? I am realizing I have them all over my yard, but they haven't grown to maturity because the baby trees have been regularly mowed. I'm going to experiment with a controlled growth - not let them grow huge.
No economic value to the timber industry? We need to persuade Rhinos to swap out their horns for trees of heaven (sometimes it's a good thing to have no economic value). On another note - I've had one of these in the garden for twenty odd years - no way is it as vigorous as the ones in this video. It's actually quite a sad little tree. I don't know what I've done wrong! I think my wild seeded native Ash tree might be bullying it.
Where we live, about 45- 60 minutes away from the mountains and the dry deserts, there are few native species of trees around here, except perhaps for native sycamores or willows and they grow mostly near water, not in urban inner city areas. Nothing else except grass, dandelions and small weeds will grow here..... I don't hate any trees (as someone else has said), here summers are excessively hot, and especially now that we're in the middle of a severe drought, we need more trees. They provide much needed shade and coolness in the summer months, (our home would be that much hotter in the summer, were it not for the many trees we have in our front and back yards, some of which are tree of heaven), provide places for local bird species, and local stray cats for shade during the summer as well as places to hide (and another reason people hate them because they hate stray cats). We have no local "lumber industry" here and I notice most of the groups that made this video film possible (i.e. USDA, US Fish and Wildlife, etc.), all have money driven agendas that support companies and groups that I do not necessarily support or feel the need to listen to...... We cut back and trim, as our local city ordinances demand, but we will not cut down or kill our few trees here because we're poor and can't afford commercially grown trees to plant, and all the trees we have, including the notorious Tree of Heaven, were not planted by us, but a 'gift' as I see it....from Heaven. (if you live in some other part of the country where they are genuinely 'invasive' and interfering with your local native species of trees or plants....Fine, I can understand and respect your need to be rid of them).
First- Our local birds use all our trees- even the "Tree of Heaven", Second- I think it depends on where you happen to be and I've already said a little of my area, which as I said is in a *severe drought*, and this tree that you and so many hate is one of the few that grow naturally on their own, not sycamores, nor other native trees as a rule, although ours grow symbiotically with our local native trees. Third- we did not plant them, God, the angels or "mother nature" simply did....we have no money to either buy other 'alternatives' such as cottonwoods, or willows, although I love those trees very much as well, and in a severe drought such as ours with no budget for trees just trying to survive in our hard hit area during this recession, it's not an option..... If you are fortunate enough to live somewhere where you have no drought, money and jobs are plentiful and you can afford to plant nice trees for shade or whatever- good for you...... It doesn't apply to us so we will just keep our trees- native or otherwise, thanks. ;)
metta108 beautifull thoghts.It is a verry invasive tree but its verry valuable because the wood its good and it fixes nitrogen for otther plants to grow ,in dessert it reduces the evaporation of the water from soil thats beneficial to otther plants as well (not all the otther plants are affected by its toxins).The wood its also verry good and looks like mahogany( its actually precious wood )but it smells bad when its cut but the smell gets away as the wood dryes.A lot of the invasive species thrive in an attempt to save the land from humans like the much hated big head chinese carp that its beneficial because he eats all the planctonic algae that bloom heavily in lakes as a result of increase in phosphates and nitrates from detergents and sewage pipes.Ussualy the soo called ,,enviroment protectors,, that likes to kill ,,allien,, fish and plants ,dont know nothing about ecosystems and i bet that a lot of them are even climate change denyers or flat earthers.
metta108 I live in LA and out trees are dying out at an alarming rate and I believe the tree of heaven can be a blessing to our urban jungle. In south-central you see them grow and I have one in the backyard and it's been a blessing in this harsh summer
@@mihaiilie8808 No one denies that climate changes, the fraud is the big lie of man made climate change. Having said that, I have two of these trees in my backyard, one is about twelve feet tall, the other just a baby. The big tree will have to go because we are replacing a sewer line and it's right above it. The baby we are going to transplant. I think they are beautiful trees and are incredibly hardy.
Someone has videos about making deserts into lush gardens... very inspiring. The ground needs to be covered so it can soften enough to accept seeds & plants. As my sister-in-law, a biologist, once said, "We get a lot of rain in Austin; we have a lot of trees." Any tree is going to draw water from the ground and it will evaporate into the air, making clouds & rain & moisture for plants. Straw is also good for reclaiming garden space. Deserts need trees. People need trees. Trees provide us with oxygen. There is a movement to destroy all trees - ostensibly to 'save the planet from global warming' - where is the science in that? hahahaha... Everything has been turned upside down.
I had a house in a poor section of town and it had these on both side property lines. Tried injecting roundup I think, copper nails, and girdeling the trun,k Eventually had to cut them down and dig up the roots. A real pain. I had a landscape architect friend that called it the James Dean tree. It pops up in poor areas, run down rentals, vacant lots, abandoned gas stations and the like. Very hard to get rid of. Not strong, bad firewood. A big effing weed.
Killing a tree is wrong. The tree of heaven gives home to creatures. Humans and money…it something produces no immediate money to humans, humans kill it. Despicable
It was the biggest and the most impressive Heaven of tree he saw, and yet he kills it before our eyes to demonstrate how to do it. He could have least spared that one. It is still a tree, that provides oxygen and shade and is not bad looking at all!
William Girard you obviously have know idea what you are saying and are simply an ignorant tree hugger. These trees are bad for the local native environment. Horrible actually
Nothing wrong with being a “tree hugger”.... in a world where global warming and greenhouse effect is the norm, drought is common place, we don’t need to be ashamed of caring for trees. I’m not. There are plenty of worse things to be than a “tree hugger”. I agree with William completely! Kudos!!
@@bluetigerlozano59 'I agree with William completely' Then you're a fucking idiot. these trees are a blight. They are super invasive and worse, they poison the ground in which they grow so no other trees but themselves can flourish.
@@bluetigerlozano59 I think you're agreeing for the wrong reasons. I agree that we need to care for trees in general, but 1.) this isn't a tree so much as 2.) a dangerous and invasive species of weed.
You understand that this video is produced by a state conservation organization? They look like they've done their research, too, instead of just being sentimental about any old weed. Of course he killed the biggest one, as it was the one that causes the most damage to the rest of the area.
This is an EXECLLENT presentation EXCEPT you missed the most important thing against this awful plant (at least to environmentalists like me!) and that is it feeds no one, no caterpillars, and thus no animals. It further smothers out natives that would contribute to a healthy ecosystem (you did mention this regarding those chemicals that inhibit other growth). Thank you for this great info and thanks UA-cam for keeping this info out there.
It feeds the dreaded spotted lanternfly
? @#ailanthusAltissima? #Historically?
This was so helpful. The same happened with us when the utility company cleared out under the power lines. This was the first video that explains how to eradicate this plant. Now I know why cutting doesn't work! Thank you so much! Zone 7 - NC
I got one two yards down that must be 6 stories tall. My other, immediate neighbor let one get started from a seed from that tree. She finally let me cut it down and poison the stump in the fall. I let the inevitable suckers grow until they were a foot or so, then cut and poisoned all of them too. It did the job. Early fall is the best time because all the energy is getting sucked back into the roots. I hate using poison for anything, but it is a necessary in this case.
You’re saying I can snip the tops of the suckers and then spray them? Or dig them out completely, then spray?
Thank you so much for the video! ❤️🤩As a kid growing up I thought I knew everything there was to know about Stinky Trees except for their proper name: Tree of Heaven. I have memories of my sister and I having to come in and wash up because we would play among these smelly trees The rancid smell remind us of yesteryear. They were our stallions when we played cowboys, our swords and daggers when we were in a fight. (Lol against the neighbor boys) They are great for mud pie making and mud soup recipes. (yes real mud! We are talking kid days here 😊) If your younger brother ever needed a boost of self esteem, you can always tell him use his super strength to pull a young tree out of the ground. 🦸 Usually they come up really easy you can almost pull them out with one hand depending on the size. It feels so satisfying.👍 Our cousins used taller sticks as poles for a teepee. In more practical uses we roasted marshmallows, and they were a source of fire wood. We have had those trees around our house forever... until a drought came and killed some massive trees that were over 30 years old (also just about every other tree on the property...!) The dead trees provided fire wood and kindling that we used for 2 winters. It has been at least 2 years since the drought and doesn't look like the trees will recover. Kinda sad 😔 I had no idea they were such a problem! 😱 But I can see why others would not have such fond memories of them as we do. It is good to FINALLY know what this plant/tree is called!!!
I am always curious when something or someone is vilified. There are apparently many good qualities of the Tree of Heaven, but the benefits would challenge pharmaceutical company profits - and lumber companies. The casual dismissal of any good qualities of this tree are suspect to me. I think it might be good to study the tree further than this video. :) I like your story of the fun you had with your Trees of Heaven. I am thinking this might be what comes up between the cracks between the concrete of the sunroom and the outside patio - I clear the little 'starts' every year. But now I might let one grow into a bush, just to study it. Smelly, hmm??? haha... The best medicines can be rather unpleasant, so they chase away the germs or parasites or whatever it is that is making us ill. :) This is a very good rundown of the benefits of the tree - you will be heartened, I believe, to know them: www.healthbenefitstimes.com/tree-of-heaven/
Hammer a few copper coins or copper nails into the trunk. It will die ..traditionally we use a circle of pennies around the trunk and sprinkle salt on the roots. It kills sumac trees quickly
I read they have great medicinal value!!
It took two months, but it's dead! Not good with a hatchet, so I drilled spaced holes in the bark at a downward slant the then dripped the herbicide into the holes. The upper new growth died first and then the rest of the tree and working out to the suckers. Sprayed the suckers and then took down the tree. Started in early August and into October. Before this, I had dug up suckers down to the ball or the root. This only encouraged it to grow more suckers, even in the same place. Thank you so much for this method. It works!
Warning, this tree is extremely hard to kill. Like he said, don't cut them down, even small ones spread like crazy when cut. I tried for years with the advice of many so called experts on what to use to eradicate without any luck. This cut and spray method is the only thing that seems to work.
What spray did you use?
Once the leaves brown and look dead do you dig up the root ?? Can you cut the dead tree down??
@@sheranrigg8033 I would wait as long as possible to be sure.
@@BUDDYSNORES will do ... thank you!
Hi.what liquid you use for after cuts?
Been waiting for this video forever! Thanks
I see Alot of them in urban areas.
Around abandoned building and vacant lots.
Thank you, I live in Tasmania, Australia and have been trying to get rid of this pest for 12 years but I was digging the sucker trees up and it's got away from me so today I called NRM North for advice and they told me what to do and to contact them back if it doesn't work :D
This tree is the preferred host of the Spotted Lantern Fly. The Berks County, Pennsylvania invasion of SLF feeds very heavily on these trees, with little relief in sight. One control measure is to eliminate female trees, reduce male trees and treat the remaining males with a systemic insecticide using the tree as a bait insecticide station.
What good does it do to reduce the population by reducing male trees?
Lived and moved from a house that had just 1 large tree of heaven. It was never ending trying to keep up with hacking down all of the suckers. After any good rain there were dozens, and if left unsnipped they would grow to 3 feet in a month or 2. I hate this tree and all the invasives like it. So many invasive plants are truly scary when first learning and witnessing the shear destruction and cost they inflict. Really sad.
I've always noticed this tree as a kid, I called it, "the weed tree." It has a smell that it gives off. Everyone knows this tree. It's like a weed and it grows pervasively and fast and everywhere. It will grow out the side of a building. Usually when you see it in old abandoned buildings and you see branches up in the cornices etc.. It's most likely that weed tree, "the Tree of Heaven."
Excellent, informative video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for this excellent advice! Much appreciated…
There are a couple variants in this family. The asians seem to have found beneficial uses : medicine from the bark, moths make Ahimsa or Peace silk from leaves, gum from sap, cheap wood products, dead leaves leave fertile soil.
Growing up I always called it skunk weed
We had that happen here in 2007 when the Davey Dummies clear cut under the power lines. My nice trail to my vernal pond was destroyed and it grew like a jungle after that. The ToH and buckthorns went crazy. 2 years ago I started working on a new trail. This video will help a lot!
This was extremely helpful. Thank you for producing this smartly presented video. (Esp the instructions on how to best remove a Tree of Heaven.)
On hot muggy days, it stinks like Hell?
We always called them Stink Brush in Southern Ohio.
Mimosa is coming up everywhere, since all the rain!
I have so many of these popping up on my property, ruining the other "wanted" trees. Which herbicide works best?
I have been using Tordon with great results!
A shovel and a pick axe.
@@aron8949 THAT IS THEE SINGLE WORST PIECE OF DIS-ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE ON THESE. You start hacking these down they will re-grow fiercely everywhere. If you don't like these, DO NOT cut them down.
@@MrDoyle07 yeah if you do it once and walk away.
@@aron8949 I had four of these filthy "trees". I cut them down. I have fought these re-populating invasive bastards now for 15 years. This year I am ripping out the concrete patio and ripping out the whole damm root system. They are filthy hell trees. Cutting them down was the biggest mistake I ever made with trees. I should not have listened to the guy who told me to cut them and bore a hole in the stumps and pour in fuel oil. All that did is piss them off.
I’ve had great success with basal bark treatment. 20% triclopir, 10% adjuvant (cidekick brand) and 70% Diesel fuel - spray 18 inches high full coverage
We have two of these trees in my backyard, one is about twelve feet tall, the other just a baby. The big tree will have to go because we are replacing a sewer line and it's right above it. The baby we are going to transplant. I think they are beautiful trees and are incredibly hardy.
Damn tree is weak too. 40mph wind gusts and the top half of the tree (30' tall) snapped in half and now it's just dangling there over my fence. My back yard has native wild cherry, redbuds and hackberry. This piece of crap snuck in and before I knew it skyrocketed above everything. If you kill it with the herbicide and cut it down, burn the seeds too, keeps them from germinating. Sounds extreme but this tree IS extreme... an extreme pain in your behind. Btw im in southern Illinois
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When I was growing up on a farm in Virginia we called those things schumach trees we had a Grove of them in what corner of the field of cows use to lay under them
They can grow MUCH higher than 30ft. Try 90ish.
I used to have an old giant male that someone had planted in the center of our back yard. It seemed to be nearing the end of its life because it did have a few dead branches on it. The base of the trunk was about 6 feet wide and you could see wear the tap root was going into the ground. The tree really is not the bad looking, but the never-ending root-suckers were a problem. I would simply mow over them like grass every few days.
"cluck old hen, cluck and squall, you ain't laid an egg since way last fall..." tree of heaven, also known as stinkweed, can get much taller than thirty feet. if you saw into it on a sweaty day, the sawdust can give you a nasty poison ivy-like rash... which i am now uncomfortably dealing with.
I hear Tordon works really well.
Thank you very much for the info
Nice job on the video.
I am having a hard time. once I cut these trees down, the more they grow.
You'll know what to do instead if/when you watch the video, and, take notes!
We have one in our backyard. We made the mistake of cutting it down twice. The first time it grew back to its full size within a couple months. Now we are waiting for it to grow back so we can properly kill it.
While large ones might not be common, here in PA there are some over 60 feet. If you just girdle it and no spray it'll die and be on ground in a year the wood is that weak.
Grub them out with a sharp mattock, and put coarse salt on the roots!
mimosa here in mountain home ar. are being killed by some kind of bug that gets into the bark
what is the name of the herbicide used to spray in the cuts?
This stuff makes Bamboo look lazy.
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this tree is from the Asia region
Wow that was fascinating!!
These things are real bastards. I'll have to try this this summer, they have been taking over a section of my property for decades
Great video but it would be help to go further and tell how to down it carefully before it falls on my building. And when to cut it down.
Call expert tree removers? I will say however, that's what our nextdoor neighbors did before we bought our house, and now we are dealing with them ALL over our backyard still.
This tree looks like if it came straight from the jungle.
I want it if it can survive in the desert!
These thrive in my desert region. You will regret planting it.
@@LisaKnobel 👀.... did u plant Yours?
I see these growing on their own in southern CA living off of natural water, wonder if I can propagate them.
@MrChangeordie they were already established in our city. They are the most horrible trees. You cannot contain them. Constant clean up, constant mess. They will quickly overwhelm you. The shade is nice, but not worth it.
Mine are huge now and will cost thousands to eradicate them.
@@LisaKnobel oh... .the more u talk the more I want them! 1🤯 its like a mother telling her son "dont mess with these type of women" and what's the son do? 🤣...but I really wanna give them a try now... I got 9 acres of nothing but weeds, it would be fascinating to have some trees that grow wild 🤣...ur messages have really helped my decision ...what part of the world u live in?
@@MrChangeordie better check with your county and city. It is probably illegal to plant them. They are despicable trees.
I'm helping to restore a public park that was neglected for decades. Lots of tree of heaven.
Initially I made the mistake of completely girdling the trees. They produced lots of suckers, which I had to spray with herbicide.
But eventually I won the battle. All of the trees of heaven are dead. But it was a lot of work.
Please tell me you’re exact recipe.. I am a 59 year old woman whose neighbor cut down three of these trees ( have lung cancer and care for my elderly mother) I can’t keep up with the suckers.. I am finding them growing out of the patio completely taking over our yard and now finding them coming out of the cement walkway connected to the house.. I am terrified and desperately trying to slow this tree s root system down.
@@sherryabbotbrooks3132 -- I sprayed the suckers with a systemic herbicide that contains the active ingredient "triclopyr". Other herbicides (for example, "Roundup") kill only the parts of the plants on which the spray lands, so the herbicide doesn't kill the roots of the plants. A "systemic" herbicide reaches and poisons all parts of the plant.
In the USA the "Ortho" company sells an herbicide that's intended to kill poison ivy (and "Poison Ivy" appears in large red letters on the label); that's what you want. Also, you don't want the pre-diluted form in a spray bottle; you want the concentrated form.
I used a plastic spray tank to apply the herbicide, and I recommend that you use a tank as well. The instructions recommend adding 4 fluid ounces (118 ml) of concentrate to 1 gallon (3.78 litres) of water. However, the tree of heaven is tough, so I used 6 fluid ounces (177 ml) per gallon of water. Also, don't apply a dainty, light spraying; give the suckers a thorough spraying. (Triclopyr won't kill grass, but it will kill flowers; so be careful when spraying.)
Triclopyr spreads slowly through the plants: For about 18 to 21 days after you've sprayed the suckers, they will appear to be completely unaffected. You'll think that the herbicide is ineffective and that you've wasted your time, money, and effort. However, suddenly after 18 to 21 days, all of the suckers will wilt and start to die. (It's quite impressive.)
A few suckers may sprout after the first batch dies, so be prepared to spray them as well.
I cared for my parents during their last years, so I have an inkling of your situation. God bless you.
@@sherryabbotbrooks3132 -- Please post your e-mail address. I replied to your request but my reply was deleted.
They make cool ornamentals with beautiful flowers and no I am not confusing it with the mountain ash which it resembles. The flowers look more like crabapple or cherry.
They're weeds and the males smell disgusting when they drop flowers in the spring.
Man I hate these trees. They look bad, smell bad, and are nigh-impossible to kill unless you can cut down them at ground level and poison them. And of course, they love to grow in fences or other annoying places. At least they're not too hard to cut or break unless they're super-old.
Hello. It grows all over the downtown area of Dixon. I do my part by cutting them down as often as I can!
Then you're just making more of them.
Great video, they are not that common in Phoenix yet, but I know where a few are growing. Oh darn the cat won't let me type any more. thanks
just like a plum tree throws tons of off shoots and spreads rapidly
this is most good looking tree should I don't grow one or two tree only ???
Do you have to mix the herbicide with diesel or other oil?
What are the dangers of broadcast spraying for seedlings? I mulch my gardens with leaves & collect hundreds of bags locally; as well as wood chips from my municipality. Year before last I must have gotten loads full of seeds. The seedlings look like grass.
I thinned what I could but some are already staying put. I burned what I could to kill any other seeds but know I need to spray to get a handle on the issue.
I am willing to kill everything to eliminate the TOH, but can't find literature on how long to abandon the site. Do I tarp or solarize? Mother nature covers herself so...I need a plan. If I don't, other invasives will just take its place. And the vicious cycle continues.
Thanks
Please advise me if you discover any way to remove these roots and small saplings.. my neighbor cut down three of them and now I am dealing with a out of control weed making its way towards our house.. I am terrified
i like this tree, it looks like a palm tree
I thought they kinda smelled like Fritos chips.
What time of year are you doing hack n squirt
Not the video poster ,but bit of a plant-life info gatherer here..
Spring is the best time as it gathers most of the elements from the soil and the liquids flow the fastest. (also if you kill it in spring, its easier to cut afterwards and you can dry it when summer arrives for firewood-ish)
Spring is best for sap gathering/ herb planting stuff and killing trees this way.
Summer.. eh debatable, depends if there is a drought or heavy rains , if its humid weather you can.
Autumn/Winter : Nope, too cold and tree circulatory system is closed up ready for hybernation.
(Have this damn thing in the yard reaching over 3 meters , killing grape vines and roses),and proly close to destroying a wall, should proly kill it before the 4 tiny ones around get taller
Is there a season when its more efficacious to spray than others
Yes late summer , you want to hit it right before fall . When fall comes the tree sends its nutrients back to the roots as well as any herbicide that has been sprayed into the tree.
You have to gets this to the root system for it to be effective .
Detroit is full of Tree of Heaven.
Gordon Soderberg Yes. Especially in my yard.
Gordon Soderberg hell yeah😒😒😒😳😳😳
Yes and in chicago
That's interesting. I wonder if they have adversely affected the occupants of those two cities - Detroit & Chicago - since they are two of the highest in crime. They can be good medicine if used wisely, but might be harmful if just allowed to grow and overtake the land and water. ?
We have plenty of those and Siberian Elms around here. Absolutely annoying pests. Siberian Elm rivals the Tree from hell (as I call it).
I wonder if you can graft onto the tree something else like a branch from a cherry tree since that tree of heaven cant be killed so easy would it think the cherry tree is part of it and provided all nutrients to it
what is the blue chemical that is being sprayed into the cuts?
not sure, he probably added a dye
Tourdon is that color.
What's the name of the herbicide that should be used?
What herbicide is that? How long till you see effects/ the tree is dead?
ktshoema1 he said about a year
The smell of the male flowers in spring is TERRIBLE.
man, I have to find this tree in my horticulture class.....and take pictures of it...then i'll kill it :p
I personally like this tree, I hope we get some jungles around here
They stink, they'll grow out of cracks and crevices, in between the mortars of bricks in walls and did I say they stink. I hated them as a kid when I climbed one and came back smelling of this stinky tree.
Yes, they stink but I grew up with them. 🦸 Maybe I have gained the super power of immunity to the bad smell from the Tree of Heaven. Bwahaha!!! I wouldn't mind having our jungle back. ( Not much grows around our property anyway and it was the only shade and green looking plant/tree in the area.) Seriously drought kills them. If you can pull their water supply you have them as good as gone. ( Of course everything else in the area is dead too but at least you might have a chance of starting over without them)
Why not just plant our native Staghorn, smooth, or winged sumac if you want a jungle? They grow in the same environment, look similar and spread similar by their root system. Both tree of heaven and Staghorn Sumac are very widespread where I live. But tree of heaven unfortunately is next to my yard on neighbors side who he won't do shit about :(
Does this spray thing work if the trees are small and thin enough to be cut with cutters?
D. N. works even better, just DO NOT cut it. It will grow back and fast.
yam yam how exactly? Do I cut it in half and then put some weed killer on top or do I still make Incisions?
Why kill that massive tree??! Kill the small ones but that massive one? Come on...
Why not just keep them small so the benefits can be tapped but they don't grow out of hand? I am realizing I have them all over my yard, but they haven't grown to maturity because the baby trees have been regularly mowed. I'm going to experiment with a controlled growth - not let them grow huge.
No economic value to the timber industry? We need to persuade Rhinos to swap out their horns for trees of heaven (sometimes it's a good thing to have no economic value). On another note - I've had one of these in the garden for twenty odd years - no way is it as vigorous as the ones in this video. It's actually quite a sad little tree. I don't know what I've done wrong! I think my wild seeded native Ash tree might be bullying it.
Are you dumb? Or confused?
Where we live, about 45- 60 minutes away from the mountains and the dry deserts, there are few native species of trees around here, except perhaps for native sycamores or willows and they grow mostly near water, not in urban inner city areas. Nothing else except grass, dandelions and small weeds will grow here..... I don't hate any trees (as someone else has said), here summers are excessively hot, and especially now that we're in the middle of a severe drought, we need more trees. They provide much needed shade and coolness in the summer months, (our home would be that much hotter in the summer, were it not for the many trees we have in our front and back yards, some of which are tree of heaven), provide places for local bird species, and local stray cats for shade during the summer as well as places to hide (and another reason people hate them because they hate stray cats). We have no local "lumber industry" here and I notice most of the groups that made this video film possible (i.e. USDA, US Fish and Wildlife, etc.), all have money driven agendas that support companies and groups that I do not necessarily support or feel the need to listen to...... We cut back and trim, as our local city ordinances demand, but we will not cut down or kill our few trees here because we're poor and can't afford commercially grown trees to plant, and all the trees we have, including the notorious Tree of Heaven, were not planted by us, but a 'gift' as I see it....from Heaven. (if you live in some other part of the country where they are genuinely 'invasive' and interfering with your local native species of trees or plants....Fine, I can understand and respect your need to be rid of them).
First- Our local birds use all our trees- even the "Tree of Heaven", Second- I think it depends on where you happen to be and I've already said a little of my area, which as I said is in a *severe drought*, and this tree that you and so many hate is one of the few that grow naturally on their own, not sycamores, nor other native trees as a rule, although ours grow symbiotically with our local native trees. Third- we did not plant them, God, the angels or "mother nature" simply did....we have no money to either buy other 'alternatives' such as cottonwoods, or willows, although I love those trees very much as well, and in a severe drought such as ours with no budget for trees just trying to survive in our hard hit area during this recession, it's not an option..... If you are fortunate enough to live somewhere where you have no drought, money and jobs are plentiful and you can afford to plant nice trees for shade or whatever- good for you...... It doesn't apply to us so we will just keep our trees- native or otherwise, thanks. ;)
metta108 beautifull thoghts.It is a verry invasive tree but its verry valuable because the wood its good and it fixes nitrogen for otther plants to grow ,in dessert it reduces the evaporation of the water from soil thats beneficial to otther plants as well (not all the otther plants are affected by its toxins).The wood its also verry good and looks like mahogany( its actually precious wood )but it smells bad when its cut but the smell gets away as the wood dryes.A lot of the invasive species thrive in an attempt to save the land from humans like the much hated big head chinese carp that its beneficial because he eats all the planctonic algae that bloom heavily in lakes as a result of increase in phosphates and nitrates from detergents and sewage pipes.Ussualy the soo called ,,enviroment protectors,, that likes to kill ,,allien,, fish and plants ,dont know nothing about ecosystems and i bet that a lot of them are even climate change denyers or flat earthers.
metta108 I live in LA and out trees are dying out at an alarming rate and I believe the tree of heaven can be a blessing to our urban jungle.
In south-central you see them grow and I have one in the backyard and it's been a blessing in this harsh summer
@@mihaiilie8808 No one denies that climate changes, the fraud is the big lie of man made climate change. Having said that, I have two of these trees in my backyard, one is about twelve feet tall, the other just a baby. The big tree will have to go because we are replacing a sewer line and it's right above it. The baby we are going to transplant. I think they are beautiful trees and are incredibly hardy.
Someone has videos about making deserts into lush gardens... very inspiring. The ground needs to be covered so it can soften enough to accept seeds & plants. As my sister-in-law, a biologist, once said, "We get a lot of rain in Austin; we have a lot of trees." Any tree is going to draw water from the ground and it will evaporate into the air, making clouds & rain & moisture for plants. Straw is also good for reclaiming garden space. Deserts need trees. People need trees. Trees provide us with oxygen. There is a movement to destroy all trees - ostensibly to 'save the planet from global warming' - where is the science in that? hahahaha... Everything has been turned upside down.
It’s hard to convey how absolutely horrible this tree is and detrimental to our ecosystems here in the US
More like tree of hell
Mow it and put black plastic over it.
It makes great bow wood :)
It reassemble marijuana and hemp look at the leaves
THAT BIG ONES IS NOT TREE OF HEAVEN . IT IS A NATIVE OAK!!!
You have pull out by its roots The only way.
Agent Orange will kill it.
I want to propagate this tree in my area. Can it grow from cuttings? Or seeds/roots only?
@@LORDVADER357 I hope your joking
I think I'll try Copper nails.
I had a house in a poor section of town and it had these on both side property lines. Tried injecting roundup I think, copper nails, and girdeling the trun,k Eventually had to cut them down and dig up the roots. A real pain. I had a landscape architect friend that called it the James Dean tree. It pops up in poor areas, run down rentals, vacant lots, abandoned gas stations and the like. Very hard to get rid of. Not strong, bad firewood. A big effing weed.
Nah. It can grow 100 feet
Killing a tree is wrong. The tree of heaven gives home to creatures. Humans and money…it something produces no immediate money to humans, humans kill it. Despicable
It was the biggest and the most impressive Heaven of tree he saw, and yet he kills it before our eyes to demonstrate how to do it. He could have least spared that one. It is still a tree, that provides oxygen and shade and is not bad looking at all!
William Girard you obviously have know idea what you are saying and are simply an ignorant tree hugger. These trees are bad for the local native environment. Horrible actually
Nothing wrong with being a “tree hugger”.... in a world where global warming and greenhouse effect is the norm, drought is common place, we don’t need to be ashamed of caring for trees. I’m not. There are plenty of worse things to be than a “tree hugger”. I agree with William completely! Kudos!!
@@bluetigerlozano59 'I agree with William completely' Then you're a fucking idiot. these trees are a blight. They are super invasive and worse, they poison the ground in which they grow so no other trees but themselves can flourish.
@@bluetigerlozano59 I think you're agreeing for the wrong reasons. I agree that we need to care for trees in general, but 1.) this isn't a tree so much as 2.) a dangerous and invasive species of weed.
You understand that this video is produced by a state conservation organization? They look like they've done their research, too, instead of just being sentimental about any old weed. Of course he killed the biggest one, as it was the one that causes the most damage to the rest of the area.