My property is over run with Trumpet Vines.
2006-08-05 13:27:24 · 5 answers · asked by Jay 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Stevie is right - bombs *might* do it.
They do have flowers that hummingbirds love, but I called them "Alien Vines" - they grow rapidly, twines through everything, then become tick like some kind of iron. And if that's not bad enough, they start sending branches across the surface of the ground, setting down vice grips about every 15 inches.
They mean it.
The only way to rid yourself of them once they've extablixhed like that is to devote your life to the task. Dig, pull, rip, chop, cut, and then stand waiting for the new sprouts. Repeat.
2006-08-05 17:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neutron Bombs work well... Seriously , they are a horrible plant .. they overrun everything, eventually .. The best thing to do is chop them up as much as possible, and burn all parts... Then , continure chopping them, till frost. The continued chopping will weaken them, and come spring, start spraying them with an Herbiside calle " Round - Up " its not the best of thingsuse, organically, but this is a very hard case... If you really want too eradicate it , you must use an herbicde, and continue treating it , as it pops its ugly head up ... its rooots can travel a long ways underground, so be alert to new plants emerging at long distances from thr original plant ; up to 40 - 50 feet away, if not more ... Good Luck ! ....
2006-08-05 21:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hack them off-- get the strongest plant killer you can buy-- and spray the new growth-- and respray, and respray untill you get the roots, too. Each piece of root will make a new plant. It will take a year or two to get it all-- and that might not be enough time. Once upon a time I took two herbicides and mixed them together-- very not a good idea-- except it worked-- of course didn't see anything grow in those places for a long time.
good luck
2006-08-05 21:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by omajust 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't hang a humming bird feeder up and tell everyone you have created a habitat! They are a pain in the butt just keep after cutting it down and it will eventually give up.
2006-08-05 22:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig them up. I don't recommend any type of weed killer as it will not kill lots and lots, too expensive.
2006-08-05 20:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋