We have THOUSANDS of these growing on the hill at church. Luckily it is not a huge area, but it is killing me trying to keep up with them. They STINK when you pull at them.

We had a HUGE tree of heaven in our front yard, and thankfully it was removed by the tornado. That thing STANK up the entire street when it came down and when they cut it up. We ended up digging out all the soil from where the tree grew and had it removed (to fill under a house), and swapped for several feet of better soil in an effort to get rid of the seeds and roots. Not a lot would grow in the direct vicinity of that tree, except other weeds. Tree of SATAN!

I feel for you!
We have been fighting them for 11 years.
I just found a two foot tall one growing in my veggie garden.
I swear it was not there a week ago. LOL

I don't know why i'm just seeing this post; however, I want to say THANK YOU for posting this because it will save me from anything disaterous with this plant/tree.
....and if it's any consolation, the way that you have NOT failed many of us here should overpower this one small hiccup on yourself :)

Dora

Thanks for allowing me the hiccup, Dora! ;)

What hot and yucky days these are lately. Going outside is like stepping into a furnace. We finally got some rain last night in the form of thunderstorms. I had to trade rain for a working phone line - it got knocked out in the process. A fair trade, I think!

Sunday morning it was so dry that I decided to drag the hose around and water some of my things, especially the stuff in pots. I had no idea that one of the pots contained a yellow jacket nest! When the water from the hose hit that pot, they all came out!! Fortunately it only took one sting for me to realize what was happening and I was able to dash back in the house. Who knew that dry weather could be so painful? ;)

So the rain was especially welcome. Hope y'all are faring well. Dora - glad to hear of your success with the rain barrel.

Yikes on the sting!!

That would be deadly around our house :(

Re: Rain - The weather said 50% chance of rain today and I'm still waiting for it to rain.....I was hoping it would rain during the earlier part of the day to water things down and then be dry after 5 today when our church has a HUGE block party/jazz dinner.

I haven't been able to do anything in our yard for the past week, I've got a rib out of place and the chiropractic adjustments only last about 6 hours before it begins to hurt again and can't lift my arm. No gardening for me until this passes......

Just call me whiney,
Dora

That dastardly plant was trying to sneak in wearing a disguise! Good ID tip to help separate them. One other thing I use to pin down Tree-of-Heaven is smell. TOH stinks when bruised or crushed. I don't know if this has ever come to fruition, but I read somewhere years ago someone had the idea of using an extract from TOH as a roundup-like weedkiller. It would certainly seem possible to use it as a deer repellent with that smell!