While you want to space out your pruning most years, if you see dead.

Mow your lawn with a lawn mower to kill maple seedlings that have sprung up in your grass. If the seedlings don't die after one mowing, they will with subsequent mowing and normal lawn activity, such as walking and playing in the yard. Step 2 Hoe a garden bed if seedlings have sprung up there. Sep 21, Fertilize the lawn several times during the growing season. Apply a tree seedling herbicide if the above steps fail to remove the maple seedlings from the lawn. How to Kill Maple Tree Seedlings Step 1.

Fill a garden sprayer with an herbicide containing the ingredient triclopyr amine or triclopyr ester, which kill Step 2. Add water to the garden sprayer to dilute the herbicide to the amount recommended by the bottle instructions.

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Step 3. Close the garden. It is easier to pull unwanted plants out of moistened soil, so be sure to water the area with the tree sprouts slowly Remove as much of the root system as possible by pulling or digging up small tree seedlings by hand. Any amount of the For large sprouts too big to pull or dig up, cut them.

Sep 09, Prime the tank of the sprayer to build pressure by grasping the pump handle and working it up and down.

They leak sap when pruned, especially if you do it early in spring.

Hold the tank by the handle with one hand and the wand with the other hand. Point the sprayer at the maple tree and depress the trigger of the wand to release a jet of hormone. First, where do you need to clean up those maple seeds? If your maple seeds have fallen on a patio or deck, you may be able to simply rake or sweep them.

But, if your maple is dropping seeds in a pond, you may need to get out a pond vacuum. And, if your tree is dropping seeds in a gravel path, that’s going to be extra challenging.