Re: Will Photina resprout from roots?
I killed a plum tree stump by cutting or rubbing off the sprouts as they
appeared - took a while, but no herbicide needed.
Kay Dreher
Berkeley, California
William Bade wrote:
>
> 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).
> >
> >
