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    May 13, 2012, 02:20 PM
    Voluntery maple tree near house
    I see a small maple.. apx 2' high right next to my garage.. I mean less than a foot away. What shld I do... try to remove it... asphalt drive is next to it as is the slab for the garage. I wld like to transplant it. How.
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    May 13, 2012, 02:35 PM
    You need to move it, as it grows to a 20 foot tree it will cause issues.
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    May 13, 2012, 07:21 PM
    Many varieties of maples are little more than a weed. Sugar maples drop thousands of helocopter like seeds that can even grow in a crack in a side walk. Kill it now by pulling or a shovel full of earth taken from under ir.
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    May 13, 2012, 07:55 PM
    Cut it off, pour some undiluted roundup on the stump.findd another seedling in the fall and use that. Maples are notorious root issue trees..

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