I have at least 4 of these crowding the yard of the house i just moved in to. I want to get rid of them. They have been chopped down but how do i make them not grow back?
2007-10-12 06:05:46 · 6 answers · asked by Ashley M 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Have you tried digging them out, or are they too big?
If digging doesn't work, try Brush-B-Gone. It is much more heavy duty than the weed killers.
Good luck!
(maybe you could leave one of the plants, and get rid of the others, because they are absolutely beautiful when flowering)
2007-10-12 14:16:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sharon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poison is the only way. I hate it, but it's true.
I have one that I've been trying to get rid of for the past 7 years because it is growing right in front of my back door porch and when at full height, it makes it impossible to get in and out. I have dug and dug with absolutely no luck so after I harvest all the seeds and cuttings I can handle, I am going to poison it with tree stump killer this Fall. I think that is the only way to kill a healthy mature crepe myrtle.
Good Luck
2007-10-12 13:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crepe myrtles are so beautiful!
Dig them up, put in five-gallon pots, and donate them to your local University Botanic Garden or Arboretum.
Or sell to a plant nursery.
JUDGE'S JUNGLE
2007-10-12 21:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by JUDGE'S JUNGLE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drill a hole in the tree, then fill hole full of table salt. Wet and wait. Do Not wet enough to wash it out of the hole. WILL kill it. If it is a large tree may have to drill several holes.
Presto, no poison or harmful chemicals and a dead tree stump.
2007-10-12 14:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try straight vinegar, just make sure there isn't anything else around them that you don't want to kill.
2007-10-12 13:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by judy s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
round-up should do the trick
2007-10-12 13:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by MR. T. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋