My garden is not very big, but needs changing slightly so that I can still cope with it now that my health is worse, so I am replacing climbers with small to medium shrubs, also having fewer bedding plants, planting perenials instead: I need to kill of the roots of climbers, they will shoot again from the very small amount still left above ground (I know because I tried just cutting them hard back earlier) the problem is that I really need to be able to re-plant fairly quickly with shrubs in the same area, so whatever I use must be fast acting, but also become safe quickly once it has done the job.
Thank you in advance for any help and advice you can give.
2007-02-01 08:51:24 · 14 answers · asked by SALMAGUNDI PARTAGER 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Following label guidelines, apply a 2.5% rate of glyphosate (e.g., Rodeo® for wetlands; Roundup® for uplands) mixed with water and an appropriate surfactant, to foliage from spring through fall. Alternatively, apply a 2% concentration of triclopyr (e.g., Garlon 3A) plus water to foliage, thoroughly wetting the leaves but not to the point of drip-off. A coarse, low-pressure spray should be used. Repeat applications may be needed. Treatment in the fall, when many non-target plants are going dormant, is best. Also, a 25% glyphosate or triclopyr solution mixed with water can be applied to cut stem surfaces any time of year as long as the ground is not frozen.
2007-02-01 09:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by hopflower 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I also removed a poplar tree and the roots kept sprouting all over the lawn. I dug them out but it was hard to find them all until new ones sprouted, it was also a lot of work. I noticed the tree stump was also sending up shoots and the cambium layer was healthy and growing. I got the idea to pour gasoline just on the cambiun layer around the circumfrance of the tree. I used less than a cup of gasoline. This killed the roots and the stump. Bada bing, no more shoots coming up.
2016-03-29 00:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are crystals you can buy at the garden centres. I did it last summer with those damned Elm trees that plant themselves everywhere, it worked after a few weeks. You just put the crystals round the roots on top of the soil and the rain does the rest
2007-02-01 08:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by Angelfish 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The have stump remover. It's fairly toxic but I've heard it works.
I've also used very concentrated weed killer. Essentially used the stuff that you're supposed to water down but straight out of the bottle. It didn't remove them, they essentially decomposed to a point that I was able to dig them out easier than without it. I've been able to grow things fine in the areas afterwards.
2007-02-01 08:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salt water....any grass killer poured on straight. I had a large shrub that I cut down. Rather than dig up the root system, I poured a gallon of weed killer on it. Never came back up.
2007-02-01 08:57:28 · answer #5 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had a similar problem with a tree stump and shooters coming off it all over the place if you check my questions you will see, the bleach did work for me. Good luck
2007-02-01 11:58:16 · answer #6 · answered by Bernie c 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All the other answers are pretty good,you could also try painting the stump with creosote,it tends to kill everything!
2007-02-01 09:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Drill a hole down the centre and pour in Brushkiller
2007-02-02 00:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cover the stump with a cardboard box, But the time the box rots out the stump will have died from lack of sunlight
2007-02-01 11:19:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
My Grand Father used a goat. Put a collier on it like a dog and put it on a chain. All natural and the only thing it leaves behind in fertilize.
2007-02-01 09:02:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋