[MAIPC] advice for removing bradford pear

[Mary Travaglini]

Are you stump grinding/removing stumps and replanting the spots? If so, I wouldn't expect and root resprouting issues. In a natural area, they can resprout from stumps, but resprouts can be much more easily controlled than other species if you are trying to avoid herbicide use, and might not come back at all if you get really lucky with timing. The hardest thing we experienced years ago in a dense stand in Maryland was how hard the wood was and it ate up power saw blades quickly. The folks for Maryland DOT should have a lot of experience from their efforts the past few years along 95 and 50 and other roads...anyone here have a connection with folks involved in that effort?:) Mary

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  On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 11:01 PM, Muth, Norris (MUTH)<MUTH at juniata.edu> wrote:   Anyone have any best practices or advice for removing bradford pears from sidewalk plantings? How much do we need to worry about re-sprouting from any inaccessible residual root material?

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