How do you kill a magnolia tree?

This tree is almost half dead now, and I wanted to hasten the deadening so that the Property Owners Association will cut it down sooner.

How do you kill a magnolia tree?
Don't sprinkle salt around it! That will kill everything... ask Genghis Khan. Use a razor blade, and cut a complete circle around the circumference of the trunk. The live tissue of any woody plant is beneath the bark. If that is interrupted, the flow of water and nutrients will stop. You've got to get through the protective bark, and deep enough to sever the vascular tissue.





Now... if the association figures you killed it... then they might figure you have to pay to have it down... or the replacement tree?


Becareful here, you may be representing yourself fraudulently. To make the cut 'less noticeable' try to only make one cut, and make it low on the trunk, below where people 'comfortably' would look. Near the ground.





Good luck,


I hope that this helps
Reply:If you're sure it cannot be saved, try sprinkling salt around the roots.
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Reply:Try trimming it, maybe it can be saved.
Reply:I would try to save it...Magnolias are beautiful in the summer... However, I could see your point with the big ole waxy leaves.