Posted by BAM on Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 5:49PM :
In Reply to: Paul in NY posted by Keith in Washington on Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 2:26PM :
Girdle the trees. About 4 inches wide and all the way around. Trim the watersprouts off . Drop the trees before they are dangerous. By girdling the tree you stress it out enough that it very often will die without shooting up water srouts. This can take a couple of years.
Other trick is to drop the trees off as close to the ground as possible and trim off the water sprouts for several years.