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Wildlife in your Garden

cronullasharks said:
Cheers mate, i work in that industry for local government and we're always trialling things with problem trees that the arborist crew remove such as chinese tallow and camphor laurels that sucker everywhere once they've been stump ground. Hadn't heard of that stuff, did some last week leaving the stumps at about waist height and drilling holes in with slow release glyphosate capsules to see if that stops them coming back.
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It's better to cut the stump as low as possible unles you make a seat out of it.....
After that stuff is applied you should be able to level it of pretty soon that stuff is more powerful than glyphosate are which is mainly a translocated herbicide acting on leaves pumpinig it down through the Xylem, and Phloem plant cells -
stump remover does the job better imo its horses for courses - drill holes as you know and pour it in many times let it soak in deep it will work leaving the stump high is making it harder imo cut it as low as you can - we used to use a mattic pick to remove the exces soil an surface roots the use that stuff a far neater job, plus it will rot the stump... ;)
 
Joey66 said:
It's better to cut the stump as low as possible unles you make a seat out of it.....
After that stuff is applied you should be able to level it of pretty soon that stuff is more powerful than glyphosate are which is mainly a translocated herbicide acting on leaves pumpinig it down through the Xylem, and Phloem plant cells -
stump remover does the job better imo its horses for courses - drill holes as you know and pour it in many times let it soak in deep it will work leaving the stump high is making it harder imo cut it as low as you can - we used to use a mattic pick to remove the exces soil an surface roots the use that stuff a far neater job, plus it will rot the stump... ;)
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This slow release stuff was recommended to leave the stump a bit higher than normal for some reason, didn't exactly make sense to me either. It's just a trial so i guess we'll see. Got some other ones other than the glypho as well, metsulfuron was one can't remember the others off the top of my head.
 
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Jacob said:
Its great that your pair return each year.. they must feel safe there. Our garden isnt laid to lawn more older shrubs/ pollarded trees Weve kept an old large privet bush down the back as sparrows started congregating in it about 3/4 years ago when numbers were dwindling countrywide. Theres an occasional predatory Sparrowhawk but he cant get into it. Counted them as best I could yesterday and hit thirty of them swaying about on it... should hear the racket when they kick off. Made up!!
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If you put food out all year round your Sparrow colony will slowly grow. My parents had a little colony of about six, which is now up to around thirty, as they’ve been feeding them for years now.

They’re a joy to watch on the feeders.
 
cronullasharks said:
This slow release stuff was recommended to leave the stump a bit higher than normal for some reason, didn't exactly make sense to me either. It's just a trial so i guess we'll see. Got some other ones other than the glypho az well, metsulfuron was one can't remember the others off the top of my head.
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The stump left higher is a ruddy eyesore mate - I know things may have changed but glyphosate is mainly used as a translocated good herbicide when the tree is in leaf ...... and that's a very slow process on a big tree - as long as you drill the holes in the stump and use that other stuff its a far neater professional job - if you left a 3 ft high stump in my garden now you would get told straight - Joey 66 former member of the institute of Horticulture... now retired
In my day a good Mattick you could dig out as low as possible with graft and saw off as low as possible then drill the holes mate we had big hand augers no cordless drills then.... it works a treat... , and looks neat , and professional...I was a council employee the Foreman from Liverpool corporation a dying breed knew his stuff....
 

Joey66 said:
The stump left higher is a ruddy eyesore mate - I know things may have changed but glyphosate is mainly used as a translocated good herbicide when the tree is in leaf ...... and that's a very slow process on a big tree - as long as you drill the holes in the stump and use that other stuff its a far neater professional job - if you left a 3 ft high stump in my garden now you would get told straight - Joey 66 former member of the institute of Horticulture... now retired
In my day a good Mattick you could dig out as low as possible with graft and saw off as low as possible then drill the holes mate we had big hand augers no cordless drills then.... it works a treat... , and looks neat , and professional...I was a council employee the Foreman from Liverpool corporation a dying breed knew his stuff....
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Haha, i should have mentioned that the stumps will eventually be ground. It's because when they've cut and paint the stump then ground it a few weeks later suckers eventually come up all around about a year later. This is to try and stop that happening so we didn't have to keep going out and spraying them year after year.
 
cronullasharks said:
Haha, i should have mentioned that the stumps will eventually be ground. It's because when they've cut and paint the stump then ground it a few weeks later suckers eventually come up all around about a year later. This is to try and stop that happening so we didn't have to keep going out and spraying them year after year.
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You don't paint the stump - drill holes in an apply the root killer - the suckers if they come back can be sprayed with glyphosate the main if killed and drilled no suckers should appear depending on the genus of course stump - to me this sounds like the modern way of lets fix it quick - I know you are carrying out orders etc -
That paint I was once told is just a bitumen look to make it look like its a job well done......
the stuff from ebay is the stuff you need in most cases..... even if you can cut it that low with that stuff the soil placed back over the top will help the rotting of the stump.... plus it is a safer way just a bit of harder work....
 
Joey66 said:
You don't paint the stump - drill holes in an apply the root killer - the suckers if they come back can be sprayed with glyphosate the main if killed and drilled no suckers should appear depending on the genus of course stump - to me this sounds like the modern way of lets fix it quick - I know you are carrying out orders etc -
That paint I was once told is just a bitumen look to make it look like its a job well done......
the stuff from ebay is the stuff you need in most cases..... even if you can cut it that low with that stuff the soil placed back over the top will help the rotting of the stump.... plus it is a safer way just a bit of harder work....
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It's painted with vigilant gel (active is picloram) which is good on small stuff but i agree is a waste of time on mature trees. It just stops new shoots from the top of the stump and that's it.
 

cronullasharks said:
Put some feeders out last week, birds haven't come near them yet unfortunately.
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They will when they know its safe. Weve had ours in various spots now for over 30 years and the birds that come will reward you. We even use a little electric chopper for the loose peanuts for a couple of the non seed feeders so theyre compatible for blue and great tits feeding young. Weve got a couple of them in view but safe in our old cotoneaster which is like a second home to them. You can put all sorts of good food in the empty wire feeders...loose fat balls etc. We've kept the same position on a pollarded tree for niger seed feeders the last twenty years and theyre never without two or three Goldfinches on. The record on them was twenty two between them once...the little ones even jogging in. Seems a lot of work I suppose to some but its rewarding seeing them and knowing youre helping them on their way.
 

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