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I'm going to make this short. I just got back from a new client/job removing a dead tree. He had a decent size maple that was in great condition a couple years ago. Also, a couple years ago, a bordering neighbor moved in and cut down all the trees in his yard and any neighbors' tree boughs that were hanging over his new pool he installed.
My client noticed something weird going on around his tree (on his property) that hangs over this neighbor guy's pool. He didn't know exactly what happened, he just said the area around the base of the tree looked different, he suspected someone (ie neighbor) poured something around the tree. The time of year was winter. The HO told me the tree was pretty much dead by the following summer. And all around the tree base nothing was growing anymore (grass, etc). It was still pretty bare when I was there today, two something years later.
I, just guessing, based on what the HO told me, was that this neighbor might have dumped salt or chlorine (for his pool) around the tree base. It could have been salt because it was winter and everyone uses salt - plus it is pretty cheap (as opposed to chlorine). But, it could have been chlorine because this guy could have stocked up in the winter because it is cheaper then. And, I am guessing that chlorine would be more powerful a killer than salt.
My question is, of the two, chlorine or salt, which is more likely to kill a tree so quickly (if that is in fact what happened).
I know that the Romans used to salt the fields of peoples they conquered to kill their crops and pretty much ensure that nothing would grow for some time, but I have no idea how fast this can happen (vs chlorine).
Thanks
My client noticed something weird going on around his tree (on his property) that hangs over this neighbor guy's pool. He didn't know exactly what happened, he just said the area around the base of the tree looked different, he suspected someone (ie neighbor) poured something around the tree. The time of year was winter. The HO told me the tree was pretty much dead by the following summer. And all around the tree base nothing was growing anymore (grass, etc). It was still pretty bare when I was there today, two something years later.
I, just guessing, based on what the HO told me, was that this neighbor might have dumped salt or chlorine (for his pool) around the tree base. It could have been salt because it was winter and everyone uses salt - plus it is pretty cheap (as opposed to chlorine). But, it could have been chlorine because this guy could have stocked up in the winter because it is cheaper then. And, I am guessing that chlorine would be more powerful a killer than salt.
My question is, of the two, chlorine or salt, which is more likely to kill a tree so quickly (if that is in fact what happened).
I know that the Romans used to salt the fields of peoples they conquered to kill their crops and pretty much ensure that nothing would grow for some time, but I have no idea how fast this can happen (vs chlorine).
Thanks