How to kill a tree?

[sawdust]

The tree is on the town boulevard.
You need to meet my aunt, actually you probably have! Likely someone just like her. Pitbull in lipstick.
The town maintenance forman will not help pay for the root fixn or allow her to dig up the sewer because it would kill the tree. I gather she eventually called him some rather nasty things.

That leaves assassination. I don't want to try nails, some sawyer might get a surprise. But copper sulphate in solution might do the trick.

[Ron Scott]

Run Roebic Root Killer through the sewer line. Available in most hardware stores.

http://www.accentshopping.com/product.asp?P_ID=149996

[Radar67]

The town maintenance foreman will not help pay for the root fixn or allow her to dig up the sewer because it would kill the tree.

Well, fight fire with fire. As someone else said, if the roots have found their way into the sewer line, sewage is able to leak out. Call the EPA and report the foreman for not fixing the problem.

[Dodgy Loner]

It is not a good idea to mix Roundup and a 2,4,d product as they are not compatable!! Hivar and a host of others will get the job done.

Roundup and 2,4-D are most certainly compatible.  My standard brush-killer is a blend of Roundup (glyphosate) and Crossbow (2,4-D + triclopyr).  I use a 1.5% solution of Roundup (2 oz./gallon) plus 0.5% Crossbow (2/3 oz./gallon).  Works like a charm.

Perhaps you're confused because 2,4-D is a selective broadleaf weed killer that will not harm grasses, whereas Roundup is a non-selective herbicide that is effective against most plants.  If you're trying to kill everything, however, the addition of a small amount of 2,4-D will increase the effectiveness of the Roundup against hard-to-kill weeds.  There is no labeling that prohibits the use of these two chemicals together.

[Banjo picker]

Thanks for the input there DL .  I don't have the schooling you got , but I know it works top knoch.     Tim

[Dodgy Loner]

Just FYI, the Roundup label specifically states that it can be mixed with 2,4-D, as well as many other herbicides:

TANK MIXTURES: This product may be tank mixed with the following products provided
that the specific product is registered for use on such non-crop sites. Refer to these
products' labels for approved non-crop sites and application rates.

2,4-D
Arsenal
Barricade 65WG
Clarity
Diuron
Endurance
Escort®
Garlon®3A
Garlon 4
Hyvar X
Karmex DF
Krovar I DF
Manage®
Oust
Pendulum 3.3 EC
Pendulum WDG
Plateau
Princep DF
Princep Liquid
Ronstar® 50WP
Sahara®
Simazine
Spike® 80DF
Surflan
Telar
Vanquish

[Hans1]

2-4-D can definitly be tank mixed in AG applications.We spray hundreds of acres each year RUP is most effective on grasses and 2-4-D on broad leaves.