Chain Lubricant
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Kev Bailey
PaulH
Michael T
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Chain Lubricant
Is chainsaw lubricant toxic to trees? I cut a honeysuckle (lonicera) back and it died shortly thereafter.
Had plenty of green growth below the cut.
Just wondering if it was the chainsaw oil?
Had plenty of green growth below the cut.
Just wondering if it was the chainsaw oil?
Michael T- Member
Re: Chain Lubricant
I've used my chain saw on both branches and roots of pre bonsai material for many with no problems. I suspect something else is the reason.
PaulH- Member
Re: Chain Lubricant
Can you not use vegetable oil as a chainsaw lubricant? I'm sure I saw my friendly tree surgeon doing just that. I don't think that plants would appreciate a hydrocarbon based lubricant being pushed into their torn up cambium layer.
Kev Bailey- Admin
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I'm pretty sure they aren't all that excited about steel teeth biting into their cambium, either!
Jay Gaydosh- Member
Re: Chain Lubricant
Jay Gaydosh wrote:I'm pretty sure they aren't all that excited about steel teeth biting into their cambium, either!
Just the thing I was thinking Jay.
EdMerc- Member
Re: Chain Lubricant
I suspect that veggie oil would void the warranty, but I can't imagine that any plant that was so large you took a chain saw to it would be killed by the application of the oil to the cut site. I can't even figure how, physiologically, the plant would manage to "suck" the oil into its tissues.
So I'd say no.
So I'd say no.
JimLewis- Member
Re: Chain Lubricant
Jim/Michael,JimLewis wrote:I suspect that veggie oil would void the warranty, but I can't imagine that any plant that was so large you took a chain saw to it would be killed by the application of the oil to the cut site. I can't even figure how, physiologically, the plant would manage to "suck" the oil into its tissues.
So I'd say no.
In forestry we use a hack and squirt method to kill unwanted deciduous trees...where the operator uses a small hatchet (or other such cutting tool) to make a cut into the bark and then a herbicide is applied to the freshly cut cambium.
Also when we want to kill a tree without the use of herbicides we cut the tree as low as possible to the ground approximately 60 days after the leave flush (usually around late June/July up here).
So it might/might not have been the oil…..or the timing and how hard it was cut black.!?
Just an idea?
Cheers Graham
gman- Member
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