Hi greeneyes!
There is a tree that started out as an ornamental shrub (introduced) that has taken over my part of south Florida. It has nasty, greasy little flowers that destroy the paint on our cars and cause me sinus headaches and hives.
The stupid “hippies” on our city council will not allow our complex to remove them because they are “mature trees”, even though they are officially an invasive species.
Oh...and they smell like rotten meat.
Too bad chain saws at midnight would wake up the neighborhood!
There’s got to be something a little quieter, and not as obvious as to the cause. Something to pour out onto the soil around the tree, that would seep into the ground and kill the pesky suckers?
Round Up and salt are quiet.
You might try contacting the FL DNR.
Or, if you're like me and prefer to avoid any unnecessary contact with the gestapo, you could girdle the stinky trees with a draw knife, then squirt some Tordon on the cut.
Perhaps....over time....maybe significant amount of time....those trees might just mysteriously start getting sick...and never recover and eventually die.
It’s been known to happen..
What if you just prune your tree to death over a couple of years? Is it too big for a electric saw from the rental place?