Hello. Ready for some drama? I'm hoping there is something I can do to save this tree.
A couple of years ago... neighbor claimed my elm tree was killing his lawn. Yeah....it wasn't. The tons of rocks and weeds in his yard was killing his lawn.
One day, I discover he has drilled holes into the cervice of my tree and dumped most likely root killer down the hole. I discovered this because I saw a bunch of yellow stuff down the side of it and upon inspection I discover freshly drilled holes and a couple that were started but not finished. They were obviously drill holes. I can provide pics of that for anyone that doesn't believe it. The biggest is about a foot into the tree.
I confronted him and called the police. He denied it. Cops did nothing. I may or may not have threatened him by saying he wouldn't be having a nice day if I ever caught him in my yard and what a great guy he was for trying to cost a single woman thousands of dollars by possibly having to get the tree removed.
I called a tree guy...guy said tree would probably be okay.
Mr. Neighbor From Hell moved.
Well over the last season, small branches grew beneath the drill site so I thought tree would he okay. But today I decided to cut those branches back because they are getting out of control and...well I don't think the tree guy was right.
Is there anything I can do to save the tree? The dark spot in the top middle is where the hole (the big one) was drilled.
Also, the dark bark above the spot where the tree is losing all it's bark is just from me putting water in the hole to clean it out and determine how deep it was. There were all kinds of bugs in there.
A couple of years ago... neighbor claimed my elm tree was killing his lawn. Yeah....it wasn't. The tons of rocks and weeds in his yard was killing his lawn.
One day, I discover he has drilled holes into the cervice of my tree and dumped most likely root killer down the hole. I discovered this because I saw a bunch of yellow stuff down the side of it and upon inspection I discover freshly drilled holes and a couple that were started but not finished. They were obviously drill holes. I can provide pics of that for anyone that doesn't believe it. The biggest is about a foot into the tree.
I confronted him and called the police. He denied it. Cops did nothing. I may or may not have threatened him by saying he wouldn't be having a nice day if I ever caught him in my yard and what a great guy he was for trying to cost a single woman thousands of dollars by possibly having to get the tree removed.
I called a tree guy...guy said tree would probably be okay.
Mr. Neighbor From Hell moved.
Well over the last season, small branches grew beneath the drill site so I thought tree would he okay. But today I decided to cut those branches back because they are getting out of control and...well I don't think the tree guy was right.
Is there anything I can do to save the tree? The dark spot in the top middle is where the hole (the big one) was drilled.
Also, the dark bark above the spot where the tree is losing all it's bark is just from me putting water in the hole to clean it out and determine how deep it was. There were all kinds of bugs in there.