Re: Will Photina resprout from roots?
- To: Tony & Moira Ryan
- Subject: Re: Will Photina resprout from roots?
- From: W* B*
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:45:57 -0700 (PDT)
Do any of you have experience with covering a stump completely with black
plastic, to keep light out so that a herbicide doesn't have to be used?
Elly Bade
Berkeley, CA
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
> Deborah Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > Susannah,
> >
> > Your Photinia will probably stump sprout. To reduce the amount of herbicide
> > needed to eventually kill the roots you should cut it down to nearly ground
> > level in late winter, wait until it pushes up new growth in spring and then
> > spray. Glyphosphate is more effective when used on young shoots. You probably
> > will have to repeat the processs at least once for an old established plant.
> >
>
> Deborah
>
> I have had success in the past with simply painting the weedkiller
> (about twice the normal spraying strength) on the cut ends rather than
> spraying it. This not only ensures that it gets to the right place, but
> causes the minimum pollution of the environment.
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata,
> New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
>
>
