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Sapling removal?

How do I remove a sapling that is too close to the house? It looks like a squirrel may have buried a nut there...I couldn't dig it up, so I have been cutting it down every year & it keeps growing back. Is there something I can inject in the trunk to kill it? It is growing up through my rose bush and geraniums and it right up against the house. Thanks!

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  • 2 decades ago
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    if you have any old paint around the house next time you cut it down paint the entire trunk.

  • 2 decades ago

    depending on the size, cut the sappling down low to the ground and apply concentrated Round-up or Brush Be Gone on the exposed "stump". This is if digging it up isn't possible.

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