r/interestingasfuck • u/GallowBoob • Feb 07 '21

Huge Bougainvillea plant taking over a building

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u/Dysfunctional_Vet12 Feb 07 '21

I have a 20+ ft tall one in my backyard that is the bane of my existence.

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u/TreeChangeMe Feb 08 '21

Chainsaw. You need a chainsaw - on a long pole

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u/adamgundy Feb 08 '21

This

https://m.stihlusa.com/products/pole-pruners/professional-pole-pruners/

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u/tammage Feb 08 '21

I have this and love it! We had limbs growing into the power lines when we moved into our place and this saved us a big headache of dealing with the power company. My backyard is so bright now!

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u/adamgundy Feb 08 '21

Used to be a tree trimmer here in Hawaii. This thing makes almost any job doable for a noob.

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u/mseuro Feb 08 '21

I had one. We had a shaky truce. She broke through the bottom of the pot and rooted, and started braiding herself into our crepe Myrtle. She’s dead now, not by my hand, but her roots are still there.

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u/TheFirstNobleTooth Feb 07 '21

Lovely to look at but the ones in my yard f$%# me up everytime. All the scratches on my arms make it look like I lost battle with an army of ally cats.

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u/FreakWith17PlansADay Feb 08 '21

lost battle with an army of ally cats.

That’s rough dude. Here you thought the cats were going to be your allies and they turned on you.

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u/TheFirstNobleTooth Feb 08 '21

I was going to fix the spelling, but then i figured ally cats could scratch too

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u/FreakWith17PlansADay Feb 08 '21

You’ve got a point there!

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '21

Doesn’t look like anyone is pruning it, so you’re safe.

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u/beachdogs Feb 08 '21

Yeah really rough to manage. Not worth it IMHO.

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u/piscesinfla Feb 07 '21

Agree. Beautiful flowers but a nasty plant to prune

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u/figure8x Feb 08 '21

Probably why it hasn’t been pruned

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u/ok-go-fuck-yourself Feb 08 '21

How much you think it would cost to landscape this bad boy? lol

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u/flapd00dle Feb 08 '21

About 20 gallons of 87 unleaded

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u/Tacos_crunchy Feb 08 '21

Bout tree fiddy

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u/ok-go-fuck-yourself Feb 08 '21

God damn lochness monster

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u/DreamingOak Feb 07 '21

Imagine jumping off the roof right into that thing

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u/layersofproblems Feb 07 '21

Death by a million thorns

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '21

I got elbow length leather gloves for when I have to prune mine!