Neighbor has a tree that shits leaves and gunk all over our back patio and the roots are coming under our fence and fucking up our concrete. I want to start spraying the limbs hanging over our fence with salt water and pour buckets of the stuff down on the roots if necessary. Approx how much salt am I going to need and how long do I need to keep dousing it to see this tree dead? Tree is approx. 20 foot tall and 10 years old.
If it’s causing damage to your property talk to the city - you might be able to cut back some of the root growth extending into your property depending on ordinances…
But, like, don’t be a vigilante asshole - also… have you tried talking to them about it?
Ofc. The tree has been a problem for years. It was planted by the previous tenants about 10 years ago, and they actually dug up their sapling and took it with them when they moved out. Enough of the roots remained that the tree grew back over the years, e last 5 years or so have taken care of it. Now it’s too big and needs arborist services, but the landlord won’t pay. Our HOA won’t pay. We paid the HOA arborist once to cut the tree over our property line and we were threatened with legal action. We’ve just had another argument the other day and we’re told if it’s over the line, it’s our problem. Thus, I want to kill everything over the line. I want to salt our side of the fence to even saplings can’t take root. It’s already decorative gravel anyways. I just want to know what concentration of salt I need to kill everything on my side and make sure it won’t grow back.