Left message on Mass EPA hot line with my name, number, and short
description of issue before posting......No return call.......I guess
that this is not an important issue for them. Local nursery suggested
flooding with water.

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:28:33 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

You really should talk to the local EPA or other experts. You could be
doing more damage by washing it in.

Bob

"Bill C." wrote in message
.. .
Thanks for the responses.....I am flooding the area with water to
help
dilute or wash away the chemical. Next step is to talk to the
neighbor.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:05:27 GMT, Bill C. wrote:

There is a city tree, an American Elm, that has a diameter of about
4'. It is a source of sewer backups, the roots get into the pipes.
This tree is on the tree belt and between two houses. I don't
really
care for all the extra trouble because of the tree but don't want to
see it destroyed. Today a neighbor told me that he had poured
copper
sulfate around the base of the tree. I understand that this is
poisonous to the tree roots.

Can this really kill a large tree?, it's about 80 ft tall with a
spread of at least 50'. Is there something I can do to neutralize
the
copper sulfate? If the copper sulfate does harm the tree what
should
I look for and what kind of timetable?

Is there something that I can put around the tree that will absorb
the
copper sulfate if the neighbor adds more?

The tree is in MA and I think that this is not legal. Any ideas on
how to best proceed to first save the tree and second stop this nut?