I have an elm tree out front of my place

It has one really low branch that is head height and a nuisance.

I saw it off but the dang thing just grows back even harder?

How can i cut this off and keep it from growing bacK?

Any chemical i can put on the "nub" after sawing it off to achieve
that?

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I have an elm tree out front of my place

It has one really low branch that is head height and a nuisance.

I saw it off but the dang thing just grows back even harder?

How can i cut this off and keep it from growing bacK?

Any chemical i can put on the "nub" after sawing it off to achieve
that?

I suppose that you tried just painting it.
It's hard for us to picture what is going on with the tree. a branch
usually doesn't grow back from the exact spot. I would make sure that
you are cutting the branch back further, even to the trunk if it's not
too big. Remember, trees try to seek the light. When you create an
open area of light the tree will go there. I like to trim branches at
the trunk to a level as high as I can reach without a ladder so people
can walk below.

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:13:15 -0500, someone wrote:

I have an elm tree out front of my place

It has one really low branch that is head height and a nuisance.

You sure about that?

There are not many elms in the US any more, what with Dutch Elm
Disease. An if you did have one - an elm is a notably vertical and
towering tree, even small ones sold by tree farms don't usually have
low branches sticking out to the side. Elms reach up up up.

-v.

I suppose that you tried just painting it.

No I haven't painted the cut area

If I do that will it keep it from growing back?

In article ,
v wrote:

There are not many elms in the US any more, what with Dutch Elm
Disease. An if you did have one - an elm is a notably vertical and
towering tree, even small ones sold by tree farms don't usually have
low branches sticking out to the side. Elms reach up up up.


Could be a Chinese elm.


Dimitri

There is a special paint for that, but I don't know what it is called. It
is black, and looks like tar. It is supposed to "heal" a severe cut or
other damage, and I think would prevent the limb from growing back at that
spot.

--James--

(v) wrote:
There are not many elms in the US any more, what with Dutch Elm
Disease. An if you did have one - an elm is a notably vertical and
towering tree, even small ones sold by tree farms don't usually have
low branches sticking out to the side. Elms reach up up up.

Plenty of Siberian Elms out Idaho way (heck, they're one of the few trees that
will establish from seed in this climate). The young ones (say, 15 yrs old)
will often have branches sticking out "head height"). Never had one grow back,
'tho, if it's sawn off good and close to the trunk. Wouldn't surprise me to
see a branch that was lopped off a couple feet from the trunk re-sprout, 'tho.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:41 -0400, "James Nipper"
wrote:



There is a special paint for that, but I don't know what it is called. It
is black, and looks like tar. It is supposed to "heal" a severe cut or
other damage, and I think would prevent the limb from growing back at that
spot.


"Pruning spray". Any nursery or home store with a garden dept should
have it.

John

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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:13:15 -0500, someone wrote:

I have an elm tree out front of my place

It has one really low branch that is head height and a nuisance.

You sure about that?

There are not many elms in the US any more, what with Dutch Elm
Disease. An if you did have one - an elm is a notably vertical and
towering tree, even small ones sold by tree farms don't usually have
low branches sticking out to the side. Elms reach up up up.

-v.

Low, drooping branches are an occasional fault in all species of elm.
An elm that is prone to this may need repeated pruning. Using sterile
tools to prune and sealing pruning cuts are good precautions. Cut elm
wood should never be kept for firewood or anything else, as woodpiles
host the beetles that carry DED.

There is a lot of work in developing DED-tolerant American Elm
varieties; "Valley Forge", "New Harmony", "Princeton", and "American
Liberty" are already available, and there are more on the way.

Anybody who still has a legacy American Elm has their hands full
keeping it disease-free. There's lots of information on DED; one of
the best sites is at the Kansas State Ag Extension:

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/path-ext/fa...%20Disease.asp

--
Chris Green