08-19-2014, 04:49 AM
I girdle with a machete,
Vertical cuts up and down in a ring around the trunk until you penetrate the xylem. This prevents the uptake of water and will be very detrimental to the trees growth often resulting in defoiliation and then death.
I agree that trees with excessively large diameters would be difficult to girdle.
Strap on a tool belt and go at it with a battery powered hand drill and a bottle of tricloplyr!
Vertical cuts up and down in a ring around the trunk until you penetrate the xylem. This prevents the uptake of water and will be very detrimental to the trees growth often resulting in defoiliation and then death.
I agree that trees with excessively large diameters would be difficult to girdle.
Strap on a tool belt and go at it with a battery powered hand drill and a bottle of tricloplyr!