OK so the lone rental house on our street has a huge mature cottonwood tree in the front yard that is snowing in our yard and others. I'm getting pretty tired of it. For the benefit of myself and all my neighbors I am thinking of trying to kill it in some way. Anyone have any ideas? Its almost to the point that I wouldnt mind spending the $1000 or so it would cost to remove the tree myself, but I'm looking at all options, including 2:00am incursions into enemy territory to dump gasoline on a tree.
Kill a Cottonwood Tree
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hollisdude
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Dude, cottonwoods are pretty cool trees. I'm not a hugger, but why don't you move?
Sasquatch69
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Have you contacted the owner about it? Killing someone else's tree, if you get caught, could land you in a world of shite...
Horny Ringman
250+ Posts
Bio says he's an urban planner from Norman. They teach you to kill trees in those urban planning classes? RELAX!
I've got two 100+ year old live oaks in my yard. For a few weeks a year, they dump leaves and pollen everywhere. As such, I am thinking about killing them. Any suggestions?
by the way, a mature tree like a cottonwood, is probably worth more than you make in a year (i.e. >$50,000), so I'd lay off the criminal plans
by the way, a mature tree like a cottonwood, is probably worth more than you make in a year (i.e. >$50,000), so I'd lay off the criminal plans
So the cottonwood tree is worth more than the land that it is on? Please. Its against some city ordinances to even plant a a true cottonwood tree.
Yup I was an urban planner and I live in Norman. Ive moved up a bit since the bio entry 3 years ago. GIS/Environmental project management/planning would be the best description of my job now. The $50,000 was passed a couple years ago and well surpassed with the completion of my second graduate degree. We live in our present house rent free, so there is not an incentive to move. We are planning to buy outright a house in 3-4 years. To get an idea of how bad it gets I vacuumed parts of my yard yesterday with a shop vac. It actually worked rather well, aside from the odd looks I got.
Also I am friends with the renters who actually live in the house, the idea is to kill the tree, then once it dies the slumlord will have to remove it, hell I wont even be poisoning it, the guy living there will.
Tropheus
Its real easy to kill a tree in your own yard, you chop it down.
Yup I was an urban planner and I live in Norman. Ive moved up a bit since the bio entry 3 years ago. GIS/Environmental project management/planning would be the best description of my job now. The $50,000 was passed a couple years ago and well surpassed with the completion of my second graduate degree. We live in our present house rent free, so there is not an incentive to move. We are planning to buy outright a house in 3-4 years. To get an idea of how bad it gets I vacuumed parts of my yard yesterday with a shop vac. It actually worked rather well, aside from the odd looks I got.
Also I am friends with the renters who actually live in the house, the idea is to kill the tree, then once it dies the slumlord will have to remove it, hell I wont even be poisoning it, the guy living there will.
Tropheus
Its real easy to kill a tree in your own yard, you chop it down.
I was being sarcastic about killing my oaks hence the
A 12-18 inch in diameter pecan tree or live oak tree last time I checked was well over $10,000 to replace. My oak trees in excess of 48 inches in diameter are likely irreplaceable, same goes for a mature cottonwood tree.
If I caught the ****** who tried to kill my mature cottonwood, live oak, pecan tree or any other tree I consider desirable, I'd sue the crap out of them and I guarantee you I could support damges at the replacement cost of a tree that large. They are crazy expensive.
As for my assumption about salaries, good for you making over $50,000, that means you'll be able to pay the judgment when sued for killing a tree worth thousands of dollars.
case in point
A 12-18 inch in diameter pecan tree or live oak tree last time I checked was well over $10,000 to replace. My oak trees in excess of 48 inches in diameter are likely irreplaceable, same goes for a mature cottonwood tree.
If I caught the ****** who tried to kill my mature cottonwood, live oak, pecan tree or any other tree I consider desirable, I'd sue the crap out of them and I guarantee you I could support damges at the replacement cost of a tree that large. They are crazy expensive.
As for my assumption about salaries, good for you making over $50,000, that means you'll be able to pay the judgment when sued for killing a tree worth thousands of dollars.
case in point
Wow what is up with all the hatred and name calling, I'm not aware that I provoked anything?
Since every neighbor and tenant that I have talked to (about 6) hates the thing I wouldnt feel too bad since it wouldnt have an impact on the property value, the thing is destroying the driveway.
That is an interesting point on the replacement value though, since the tree is not replaceable given its size, yet would have been replaced already if it wasnt a rental property.
Since every neighbor and tenant that I have talked to (about 6) hates the thing I wouldnt feel too bad since it wouldnt have an impact on the property value, the thing is destroying the driveway.
That is an interesting point on the replacement value though, since the tree is not replaceable given its size, yet would have been replaced already if it wasnt a rental property.
do what you want to do, I just thought I'd throw some things out there for consideration. I am very confident about the damages point, regardless of the tax value or FMV of the lot.
That and it isn't yours to destroy. If it qualifies as a nuisance, sue on that basis. I think you will lose.
As far as the 'hatred', remember many of us live in Austin and Austin has a 'horrible' reputation for loving trees more than money, development or people....
That and it isn't yours to destroy. If it qualifies as a nuisance, sue on that basis. I think you will lose.
As far as the 'hatred', remember many of us live in Austin and Austin has a 'horrible' reputation for loving trees more than money, development or people....
Cottonwoods tend to be love'em-or-hate'em trees. Cut the Sooner some slack...I am a tree lover and have often thought of ways to rid my neighbor's (uninhabited) property of several horrific hackberries and half-dead sycamores. Sometimes trees endure years of neglect and mistreatment, eventually becoming little more than trash-dropping eyesores.
My suggestion would be to contact the prop. owner and talk to him about it. Maybe even propose he/she plant a new (say, 3 or 4-inch) oak or pecan near the property line (if feasible) that might offer shade and lasting beauty to both yards, or maybe take it upon yourself to plant one close to the offending cottonwood - which will, if it's in sad shape, eventually lose out to the new tree.
Also, if the prop. owner is as apathetic as you imply, poisoning/killing the tree may make it even more of an eyesore (and a hazard as well) if the owner simply lets it rot instead of paying to have it cut down and hauled off.
My suggestion would be to contact the prop. owner and talk to him about it. Maybe even propose he/she plant a new (say, 3 or 4-inch) oak or pecan near the property line (if feasible) that might offer shade and lasting beauty to both yards, or maybe take it upon yourself to plant one close to the offending cottonwood - which will, if it's in sad shape, eventually lose out to the new tree.
Also, if the prop. owner is as apathetic as you imply, poisoning/killing the tree may make it even more of an eyesore (and a hazard as well) if the owner simply lets it rot instead of paying to have it cut down and hauled off.
Thanks for that post. We finally got some rain which has seemingly dispersed/carried away all the damn cotton that had saturated my house/yard. We havent had rain in weeks, corresponding to cottonwood season, thus making the cotton extrememly annoying this year. If it wasnt so damn big I would take out the tree myself, and it definitely is an eyesore.
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