Here's another tip: Score the top of the stump. Then take a small piece of paper towel soaked in the herbicide and wrap the top of the stump. Add plastic wrap and secure with a rubber band to keep it secured and from blowing around. The herbicide soaked paper towel will stay in contact with the stump and will remain wet for a few days. That combined with the greenhouse effect of the warmth of the day will help speed up the process. Leave it on for a week or two after.
I use glyphosate warily, because where unwanted roots intertwine with the roots of wanted plants you can get a carry-over and throw out the baby with the bath-water.
I go one step further... I drill a hole right on top of that and drip some round-up into the hole. A little catsup bottle works wonders for keeping the poison. Just don't put it on your hotdog!
Don't listen to these people who say, "Don't use herbicides." I'm a volunteer who helps to maintain a public park in the States. When we began our work, the park was FULL of alien invasive species (thanks to the birds and their droppings). These weeds grow MUCH faster and reproduce MUCH more prolifically than native species. They spread by underground rhizomes, they sprout from cut stumps, they spread seeds, and so they're very numerous. You need a treatment that kills the weed faster than it can reproduce, and you need to kill the weed completely so that it won't start sprouting from rhizomes as soon as you cut it down. When dozens or hundreds of weed trees must be destroyed, volunteers can't afford to spend an entire day killing just one plant. Herbicides like Roundup and triclopyr are the ONLY practical solution. Even our state and federal forestry services admit that. These herbicides do not persist in the environment, and they help restore the original ecosystem.
I work in the industry. I hear it all the time.... Idiots. Try living on a farm. I'm not gonna crawl on my hands or knees pulling out weeds for weeks. 😂
Use caution- I did this to a large stump and a root graft lead to the adjacent tree dying. Also gloves are very important. Good advice--but be careful!
"caused rats to develop horrifying tumors, widespread organ damage, and premature death.”....Is that suppose to be a bad thing for rats? That sounds like a good rat poison.
Thanks Greg, I'm here in Deep South Lousiana , USA in the swamp region and not only are we over run with the alligators and snakes and other wildlife lol but the thick bush that constantly tries to keep moving back on our land. We are actually in the wetland region and I have controlled the wildlife but my wife and I have fought over the round up!!!! I'm tired of being the one "stuck" fighting the loosening battle of the bush so I did what my brother in law said and got the round up and sprayed around all our big trees to kill the ivy vines that take over the tree tops and kill them and I sprayed our fence lines. We are only on 3 acres so not much to do. Guess what???? 😁 in the past several months nothing has " popped up no brush and that means no bush hogging every week!!!!! Yay!!! Also no pulling Ivey off my beautiful Century oaks and various berry bushes and fruit trees!!
If you want to get more concentrated poison into the stump, drill a few holes in it with a portable drill It holds a lot more poison that way for the stump to absorb. ' Also, if the stump was cut long before and has started to heal, this drills down to where it will absorb the chemical.
Seeing as I detest the use of Roundup/Glysophate or anything from Monsanto for that matter! I have used a syringe and brake fliud to great effect! try it, it actually works! My Dad did it years ago on a neighbours huge gum treee that they didnt want to remove and it was lifting the foundations of our house and cement slab, so stealthily under the cloak of darkness he drilled 3 or 4 small holes with a hand drill and stcuk it good, rubbed over the holes and the thing went toes up within a month! neighbour is still scratching his head! lol hate gum trees on urban blocks, thank goodness that trend died in the 70's!
Seems like 80% of the comments this page are anti on using glyphosate as Roundup. I use it a fair amount in my work as I don't have time to dig out, but if I have a noxious tree/weed in my own garden I use a mattock not glyphosate. If you're using the cut & paint method - you use a term called 'the 30 second rule' meaning you paint within 30 seconds - that term should have been more pronounced in this vid.
Thanks Greg. I have this big weed tree growing next to my house, right outside the window. I tried to dig it out before it got really big and I just made it where the April/May rains we get in Georgia were able to reach the roots better. Thus making this tree grow taller and bigger this year. I dont like destroying trees but this one is gonna hurt my house. I will use this tip asap. Thanks for sharing.
you can use this method and watch new shoots next year...cause round up on the leaves or green absorbs and photosynthesis happens to poison the plant not on the stem ! i have used stump killer aka potassium nitrate yes it could be a booster explosive properly mixed.. or drill holes and pour sodium nitrate [table salt] or epsom salt and diesel into the holes dead as a door nail !
I have been desperately scouring the internet to find a way to get rid of the horrible weed trees I have all over my yard thanks to my neighbor. They're awful (the trees, not my neighbors) and always grow back if I cut them. Thank you! I think I need to make a trip to Home Depot now. :)
Nicole Tracy Nicole, I will try to help, but what you do in your yard is not entirely your business if you use chemicals like Round-up or other herbicides to kill the weeds/trees that wind up in the soil, and eventually in our water supply and the plants we eat. They have cancer causing agents. Please do not use them. First, I would talk to your neighbor about eliminating the trees altogether. If he/she doesn't want to do that, you will have to determine where the border is and dig down a little and put 3' weed barrier cloth down. Then stack landscape bricks at least two high on the edge of the border, wrapping the weed barrier cloth up the outside of the blocks. Hold it in place with mulch or dirt. So, you will have about a 1-1/2' under and up the outside of the blocks, and 1-1/2' along the ground, towards your yard. That should keep roots from invading your yard. Pull the little tree starts out by their roots if possible, but at the very least, cut them off below the crown, where the roots meet the stalk of the plant. Then depending how far these trees are coming into your yard, mulch with four layers of newspaper and some type of landscape mulch, 4" think. Cedar is good, and it's inexpensive. If some do re-sprout next spring, put down 6 mil black plastic for a month to kill them. Heat and lack of light is what will kill a plant. Good luck!
Nicole Tracy Whatever you put in your lawn gets into the groundwater, spread into the air, and may stay in the soil. You are affecting everyone in your neighborhood, including the kids and pets of your guests, and even the people that may buy your house someday. If you understood what you were doing you would understand the concern of others, and why they are not "relaxed" about this.
Mike Mcculloch These are photos of the horrifying birth defects Monsanto's Agent Orange caused in Vietnam; many US veterans were exposed too: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401378/Agent-Orange-Vietnamese-children-suffering-effects-herbicide-sprayed-US-Army-40-years-ago.html
So much bad information regarding the use of Roundup (Glyphosate) in this peanut gallery. Regardless of what anyone thinks about the company that developed and produced this product (Monsanto), the chemical remains the most widely used and researched herbicide on this planet. This product was engineered with the environment taken in to consideration. Once applied, it begins to be broken down by soil microbes very rapidly. It only effects actively growing plant tissues and is NOT persistent in the soil profile as much of the uninformed public would have you believe. This product was designed so that you may reseed/plant immediately . One other thing, Glyphosate has been "off patent" for many years and can be manufactured/ sold (.which it is) by any company with the resources to produce it. Not just Monsanto.
By definition, a weed is any plant that is growing where you DO NOT want it. That goes for annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs... whatever. Plant enthusiasts will say that any plant that does not have a name is a weed, i.e. a volunteer that started from a seed of unknown origin would be considered a weed. Any plant that is growing on your own property can be cut without regard for any laws unless you live in an environmentally protected area. Non-native plants can and should be cut.
This plant Ochna serrulata, when it gets to this size, has the longest and toughest tap root of any other plant I have dealt with a professional gardener. Greg's method is the only practical approach to ridding a garden or bushland of this pest. Maybe better using a smaller paint brush and using less chemical by only painting it around the outer few millimetres of the vascular tissue of the cut stump. Yep, and wear gloves. When used judiciously Glyphosate is a very useful chemical in combating invasive plant species using this method.The problem is though, it is being massively overused worldwide, probably resulting in environmental damage. A bit like alcohol, we know its a poison that damages our bodies but we continue to use it.
Chop the tail off and immediately paint it with generic Roundup(glyphosate). If there are any leaves spray them as well. Like perennial thistle, which also has roots all the way to hell, it may take 3 or more applications and several years to get rid of a mature plant.
Notice how loose that stump is, so easy just pull it out. I gave up using chemicals, don't work for me - trees are tough. I've pull roots from 3' diameter tree before and many smaller ones since stump grinders don't remove all of it. Lots of work and time removing big roots by hand tools if you don't have a backhoe.
I think this was a stunt weed stuck in the ground for the purposes of the video; comments like this have nothing to do with the message of the video. Sure, you can pull out smaller problem plants. That said, I avoid glyphosate. Currently looking for a way to eliminate Russian olives, which spread via underground root systems. Experimenting with black plastic after cutting off the sprouts.
Alternately, you could drill a few holes into the stump, and pour in Epsom salts dissolved in some hot water. It completely breaks down the stump without you needing to dig it up, and does not poison your soil either. This works on any size stump.
Wow I've tried everything to kill Bush Weed in my yard. It's kinda like bamboo grows unbelievable fast. I tried cutting it, poured acid on it, vinegar, weed killer etc. 3 weeks later 4 ft tall again. Tried your plan of attack gone for 5 months. ☆☆☆☆☆
My neighbor put a free bare root pine tree right in his bed near my fence, not thinking in 20 years what it would become. 5 years later it was coming through the fence, so a little roundup in a pump, just sprayed on the trunk and base of tree. In 3 weeks it was yellowing and dead in a month.
I think this is what I needed to know, I have a many many hedge bushes all growing in the wrong places, , I'll have to go back and retrim the many I've already cut but now I know what to do, thanks for the info,
I have one the side of my garage but it's on my neighbors property. I asked them this week to cut it down but I think when they do it will need to be poisoned.
I have the same problem with my neighbors berry tree hanging over my property n they refuse to cut it back or out😡 what can i use to get rid of this tree! HELP
Someone posted a video about a property owner's neighbor cutting the roots at the boundary line. This made the tree unstable and it could eventually fall on the buildings near it. What are the laws of your area? Where I am, we can cut the encroaching branches. We can also pick and keep any fruit that's on our side of the boundary line.
Hi, very informative video I have a problem I am a contractor and there is a brick wall that there is some branches growing out of and when I cut the branches out of the brick wall about 2 month later they're like 6 ft tall.... will this work to kill the branches from ever growing back because we cannot do any mortar or brick work because the branches keep growing through that wall and where can I buy this chemical? can I buy this at a Home Depot or a Lowe's store or can you please direct me where to buy it or is there a website? Thank you! Arthur
Yeah I just cant see using Roundup.. It really destroys the soil from what I have seen.. I'm sure there has to be a natural way that works without messing up the soil. A friend of mine uses it and now nothing will grow.. Plus it was made for chemical warfare.. A little much for my taste..
***** Lol, I had a neighbour who used petrol around their edges, bush fire season and all. Some one once told me that a strong saline solution will work just as well though I haven't tried it. Will be using this trick thanks Greg :D
I tried this with normal herbicide... Didnt work... This time i bought roundup... Fingers crossed... Especially because its tree suckers growing under some thorny bushes 😑
It is called Wipeout here in Edmonton. I use it when the weeds have become Round Up resistant. I don't know if it is as safe on the soil. It has worked well. If the mares tail is that bad, use both and rotate them as they work differently. If you can start with Wipeout, which is quicker, then you stop the growth almost immediately. Then as soon as it reappears, hit it with Round Up. It may take a couple of years to get rid of it. Mares tail dies back in winter here and is not as much trouble.
A new study from the Ithika Journal of Ecology has found significant concentrations (5 to 20 times the limit for drinking water) of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, in the urine of city dwellers. Glyphosate is linked to birth defects, endocrine disruption, cancerand abnormal sperm. Studies have also discovered traces of it in our blood and found that it even crosses the placental barrier to enter unborn fetuses.
What's the cheapest chemicals we can buy, mix in a 1 or 2 gallon tank sprayer & dilute with water to make our own homemade plant killer that we spray on the leaves on a sunny day to kill everything like bushes, grasses, trees, etc. Thank you
I was wondering about older stumps, because all instructions I've seen say to use the product on a fresh cut, so thanks for mentioning to cut it again. That should work on my one-year-old stump, because it's growing back like crazy.
In Texas we just drill a hole right after it's cut off and put sugar in the hole. I saw some comments below about using salt but that can get in the soil and kill things you want to keep. I don't know anything about plants south of the equator so I won't swear by it, but it works in Texas.
Hey our neighbour has a trumpet vine and it sends new shoots from the roots underground it's invading our yard. We have tried poison but it only kills the new shoots or branches we are unable to cut it down on the neighbours side of the fence. I think it's immune to poison
Hi Greg, would this work for Ivy? Evil Ivy that keeps growing back everywhere, no matter how many times I pull it? The problem is that I do not want to damage the other flowering plants and bushes that is tends to wrap around. I have been leary about using any plant killers. I cannot believe how persistant this plant is. It grows thru fences and thru cracks on concrete walls. Any tip would be appreciated. thanks
My next door neighbor accused me cracked his wall 🧱 because of our weed roots suckers move but I only see one cement is little cracked on my side. What should I do?
This is a good method for killing those big trees. But in a garden like a flower garden I wish there was an easy way to stop those little weeds from groing back without contaminating the rest of the soil and killing your flowers :-( It's even worse for a vegetable garden. And speaking of vegetable gardens whats a good way to keep out parasites and bugs without using pestacides?
Yes, indeed. Video producers should be very aware of safety when they prepare theirs "educational" products. Teaching isn't isolated only to the primary topic being discussed.
Are we dealing with nature, or your back yard. In some sense it doesn't matter. There is a lot more going on between those plants, and between the plants and soil than you think. Plants will poison the soil to other plants. They will allow only certain species to grow. Big trees, have created a nursery for their own offspring. I know these things because they were lesson in my youth, and from reading current nature journals. Pesticide or not that's up to you. But if you take the time to study up on this you will find you don't have to lay out money for it. Nature provides.
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Careful using this method if the weed or tree is close to another one. I was trying to kill a stump close to another one once. When the chemical translocated down into the intertwined roots, it killed the one tree I wanted to keep.
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Here's another tip: Score the top of the stump. Then take a small piece of paper towel soaked in the herbicide and wrap the top of the stump. Add plastic wrap and secure with a rubber band to keep it secured and from blowing around. The herbicide soaked paper towel will stay in contact with the stump and will remain wet for a few days. That combined with the greenhouse effect of the warmth of the day will help speed up the process. Leave it on for a week or two after.
What if I wrap a distant root?
What can I use to spray a farm fence line?
I use glyphosate warily, because where unwanted roots intertwine with the roots of wanted plants you can get a carry-over and throw out the baby with the bath-water.
I go one step further... I drill a hole right on top of that and drip some round-up into the hole. A little catsup bottle works wonders for keeping the poison. Just don't put it on your hotdog!
What chemical are u using or what are some that work?
hey can somebosy tell me if by mulching a lantana bush if i can use the mulch in the garden or will this cause me more problems in the future?
Should play a killer in a movie. I was scared until the end and nothing happened
what is it called
Good idea I have these hedge plants growing where I don't want them Key Man
"I don`t think it works"
Because you fell asleep during general science class.
It works. I've done it for years, with a number of weedkillers.
Don't listen to these people who say, "Don't use herbicides." I'm a volunteer who helps to maintain a public park in the States. When we began our work, the park was FULL of alien invasive species (thanks to the birds and their droppings). These weeds grow MUCH faster and reproduce MUCH more prolifically than native species. They spread by underground rhizomes, they sprout from cut stumps, they spread seeds, and so they're very numerous. You need a treatment that kills the weed faster than it can reproduce, and you need to kill the weed completely so that it won't start sprouting from rhizomes as soon as you cut it down. When dozens or hundreds of weed trees must be destroyed, volunteers can't afford to spend an entire day killing just one plant. Herbicides like Roundup and triclopyr are the ONLY practical solution. Even our state and federal forestry services admit that. These herbicides do not persist in the environment, and they help restore the original ecosystem.
I work in the industry. I hear it all the time.... Idiots. Try living on a farm. I'm not gonna crawl on my hands or knees pulling out weeds for weeks. 😂
Use caution- I did this to a large stump and a root graft lead to the adjacent tree dying. Also gloves are very important. Good advice--but be careful!
It's also best to wait until late summer to early winter when plants start to draw nutrients in.
This won't work if you're trying to kill your neigbours tree as he'll notice its missing!
Kyranoboss just dump it in the soil around the tree. It will take about 6 months to work.
+Kyranoboss Try pouring it in his coffee.
LastBankJob His wife might notice him missing.
Kyranoboss 😂
Use Pramitol 5ps pellets it will kill the tree no problem
I have done this successfully many times and can guarantee it does work.
After the cut , try drilling with bit then pour the roundup in the holes.
I had thought about drilling holes and adding salt, it's a lot cheaper. Going to try it out and see how it goes.
once cut I usually drill a hole and put the weed killer inside where I drill
+Juta Kana nice
Please make more video :)
bobbytookalook: You were advised what?
This advice worth NOTHING without letting us know WHAT IS INSIDE THAT JAR!!!
Very simple and EFFECTIVE process. I do it often. Good tip. Remember, (to other viewers) you must use a SYSTEMIC type weed killer.
@TradieTrev i usually give lantana a solid spray, wait a month , then you can usually crumble it up easily.
I use plastic bag after cutting it then put small rocks on top.
"caused rats to develop horrifying tumors, widespread organ damage, and premature death.”....Is that suppose to be a bad thing for rats? That sounds like a good rat poison.
put that chit in a NERF water pistol
Great tip. Most of the Roundup around where I live is spray on. Will that do or are you using a specific concentrate/mixture?
Thanks Greg, I'm here in Deep South Lousiana , USA in the swamp region and not only are we over run with the alligators and snakes and other wildlife lol but the thick bush that constantly tries to keep moving back on our land. We are actually in the wetland region and I have controlled the wildlife but my wife and I have fought over the round up!!!! I'm tired of being the one "stuck" fighting the loosening battle of the bush so I did what my brother in law said and got the round up and sprayed around all our big trees to kill the ivy vines that take over the tree tops and kill them and I sprayed our fence lines. We are only on 3 acres so not much to do. Guess what???? 😁 in the past several months nothing has " popped up no brush and that means no bush hogging every week!!!!! Yay!!! Also no pulling Ivey off my beautiful Century oaks and various berry bushes and fruit trees!!
in my part of LA we use Tabasco
What chemical did you use? Can you please share the name and where to find it
Thanks
1. back up truck to tree
2. wrap chain around tree and attach to truck
3. put the truck in 1st/low and STEP ON GAS!!!!
Repeat every four days as needed !
You'll leave half the root system in the ground, and the weed will grow back.
4. Buy a new bumper
Julian Sibert Wow!
I saw the commercial on TV, you pulled the pickup truck bed off of the truck.
If you want to get more concentrated poison into the stump, drill a few holes in it with a portable drill It holds a lot more poison that way for the stump to absorb.
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Also, if the stump was cut long before and has started to heal, this drills down to where it will absorb the chemical.
Nice tip. I really like your demeanor. Great info.
How do you make the round up liquid? Is it just straight out of the round up bottle? No water mixed with it?
Seeing as I detest the use of Roundup/Glysophate or anything from Monsanto for that matter! I have used a syringe and brake fliud to great effect! try it, it actually works!
My Dad did it years ago on a neighbours huge gum treee that they didnt want to remove and it was lifting the foundations of our house and cement slab, so stealthily under the cloak of darkness he drilled 3 or 4 small holes with a hand drill and stcuk it good, rubbed over the holes and the thing went toes up within a month! neighbour is still scratching his head! lol
hate gum trees on urban blocks, thank goodness that trend died in the 70's!
Seems like 80% of the comments this page are anti on using glyphosate as Roundup. I use it a fair amount in my work as I don't have time to dig out, but if I have a noxious tree/weed in my own garden I use a mattock not glyphosate.
If you're using the cut & paint method - you use a term called 'the 30 second rule' meaning you paint within 30 seconds - that term should have been more pronounced in this vid.
I heard it and understood the urgency
Thanks Greg. I have this big weed tree growing next to my house, right outside the window. I tried to dig it out before it got really big and I just made it where the April/May rains we get in Georgia were able to reach the roots better. Thus making this tree grow taller and bigger this year. I dont like destroying trees but this one is gonna hurt my house. I will use this tip asap. Thanks for sharing.
What if I have an entire fence line of about 100 feet to clear
And for larger stumps, you can drill holes in it and full the holes with full-strength Round-up or similar week killer. Dead roots.
you can use this method and watch new shoots next year...cause round up on the leaves or green absorbs and photosynthesis happens to poison the plant not on the stem ! i have used stump killer aka potassium nitrate yes it could be a booster explosive properly mixed.. or drill holes and pour sodium nitrate [table salt] or epsom salt and diesel into the holes dead as a door nail !
I have been desperately scouring the internet to find a way to get rid of the horrible weed trees I have all over my yard thanks to my neighbor. They're awful (the trees, not my neighbors) and always grow back if I cut them. Thank you! I think I need to make a trip to Home Depot now. :)
Nicole Tracy
Nicole,
I will try to help, but what you do in your yard is not entirely your business if you use chemicals like Round-up or other herbicides to kill the weeds/trees that wind up in the soil, and eventually in our water supply and the plants we eat. They have cancer causing agents. Please do not use them.
First, I would talk to your neighbor about eliminating the trees altogether. If he/she doesn't want to do that, you will have to determine where the border is and dig down a little and put 3' weed barrier cloth down. Then stack landscape bricks at least two high on the edge of the border, wrapping the weed barrier cloth up the outside of the blocks. Hold it in place with mulch or dirt. So, you will have about a 1-1/2' under and up the outside of the blocks, and 1-1/2' along the ground, towards your yard. That should keep roots from invading your yard. Pull the little tree starts out by their roots if possible, but at the very least, cut them off below the crown, where the roots meet the stalk of the plant. Then depending how far these trees are coming into your yard, mulch with four layers of newspaper and some type of landscape mulch, 4" think. Cedar is good, and it's inexpensive. If some do re-sprout next spring, put down 6 mil black plastic for a month to kill them. Heat and lack of light is what will kill a plant.
Good luck!
Nicole Tracy
Whatever you put in your lawn gets into the groundwater, spread into the air, and may stay in the soil. You are affecting everyone in your neighborhood, including the kids and pets of your guests, and even the people that may buy your house someday. If you understood what you were doing you would understand the concern of others, and why they are not "relaxed" about this.
Mike Mcculloch These are photos of the horrifying birth defects Monsanto's Agent Orange caused in Vietnam; many US veterans were exposed too:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401378/Agent-Orange-Vietnamese-children-suffering-effects-herbicide-sprayed-US-Army-40-years-ago.html
Is there someway to get off this annoying reply chain? This was a year ago... Let it go.
I was replying to someone who recently posted. Instead of replying to all us rudely, you can just unsubscribe on your Google plus page.
So much bad information regarding the use of Roundup (Glyphosate) in this peanut gallery. Regardless of what anyone thinks about the company that developed and produced this product (Monsanto), the chemical remains the most widely used and researched herbicide on this planet. This product was engineered with the environment taken in to consideration. Once applied, it begins to be broken down by soil microbes very rapidly. It only effects actively growing plant tissues and is NOT persistent in the soil profile as much of the uninformed public would have you believe. This product was designed so that you may reseed/plant immediately . One other thing, Glyphosate has been "off patent" for many years and can be manufactured/ sold (.which it is) by any company with the resources to produce it. Not just Monsanto.
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i use rock salt-takes longer but not cancer probducing or etc
Posted by Monsanto and generic Roundup lobbyist who has Pruitt in his hip pocket.
Roundup is designed to only appear to kill weeds so you have to keep buying the over priced shit
www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-accuses-monsanto-of-manipulating-research-to-hide-roundup-dangers/
By definition, a weed is any plant that is growing where you DO NOT want it. That goes for annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs... whatever. Plant enthusiasts will say that any plant that does not have a name is a weed, i.e. a volunteer that started from a seed of unknown origin would be considered a weed. Any plant that is growing on your own property can be cut without regard for any laws unless you live in an environmentally protected area. Non-native plants can and should be cut.
This plant Ochna serrulata, when it gets to this size, has the longest and toughest tap root of any other plant I have dealt with a professional gardener. Greg's method is the only practical approach to ridding a garden or bushland of this pest.
Maybe better using a smaller paint brush and using less chemical by only painting it around the outer few millimetres of the vascular tissue of the cut stump. Yep, and wear gloves. When used judiciously Glyphosate is a very useful chemical in combating invasive plant species using this method.The problem is though, it is being massively overused worldwide, probably resulting in environmental damage. A bit like alcohol, we know its a poison that damages our bodies but we continue to use it.
What kind of RoundUp should I use? There are so many RoundUp chemicals.
Awesome video. Thanks a lot.
Paint the Round Up on A Sap......lol
Get it?
glad it could help you out :)
@CappitranoBellephant watch my mulching video for stopping your weed and you could try Pyrethrum for your veges.
Axes work better. You can actually knock it out by the root. Its better to not poison the environment. Pollinators die from weed killer.
Won't the roundup follow the sucker to the main tree and kill it too?
Chop the tail off and immediately paint it with generic Roundup(glyphosate). If there are any leaves spray them as well. Like perennial thistle, which also has roots all the way to hell, it may take 3 or more applications and several years to get rid of a mature plant.
Notice how loose that stump is, so easy just pull it out. I gave up using chemicals, don't work for me - trees are tough. I've pull roots from 3' diameter tree before and many smaller ones since stump grinders don't remove all of it. Lots of work and time removing big roots by hand tools if you don't have a backhoe.
I think this was a stunt weed stuck in the ground for the purposes of the video; comments like this have nothing to do with the message of the video. Sure, you can pull out smaller problem plants. That said, I avoid glyphosate. Currently looking for a way to eliminate Russian olives, which spread via underground root systems. Experimenting with black plastic after cutting off the sprouts.
Alternately, you could drill a few holes into the stump, and pour in Epsom salts dissolved in some hot water. It completely breaks down the stump without you needing to dig it up, and does not poison your soil either. This works on any size stump.
Idk if that's true . I seen it fail on UA-cam
I’ve tried that in various ways, it does NOT work. Even with a bag over the stump to keep Epson salts localized on it….nope!
Greg,
I’ve never used Round-Up in 40 years of gardening until today. Hope it works!!!
Did the Roundup work???
@TradieTrev works for all weeds mate
@TradieTrev apparently lantana root system is really good for the soil, but definitely better of dead.
Thank you so much. May I make a suggestion? Read the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (weeds).
+L Faircloth I hate the bible. Boring as batshit.
Wow
I've tried everything to kill Bush Weed in my yard.
It's kinda like bamboo grows unbelievable fast. I tried cutting it, poured acid on it, vinegar, weed killer etc.
3 weeks later 4 ft tall again.
Tried your plan of attack gone for 5 months.
☆☆☆☆☆
@flyingfisbeefilms doesn't always work for me.
use herbicidal vinegar instead of glyphosate
My neighbor put a free bare root pine tree right in his bed near my fence, not thinking in 20 years what it would become. 5 years later it was coming through the fence, so a little roundup in a pump, just sprayed on the trunk and base of tree. In 3 weeks it was yellowing and dead in a month.
I think this is what I needed to know, I have a many many hedge bushes all growing in the wrong places, , I'll have to go back and retrim the many I've already cut but now I know what to do, thanks for the info,
I have one the side of my garage but it's on my neighbors property. I asked them this week to cut it down but I think when they do it will need to be poisoned.
find the roots in your garden , drill em and fill em. hehe
I have the same problem with my neighbors berry tree hanging over my property n they refuse to cut it back or out😡 what can i use to get rid of this tree! HELP
Someone posted a video about a property owner's neighbor cutting the roots at the boundary line. This made the tree unstable and it could eventually fall on the buildings near it. What are the laws of your area? Where I am, we can cut the encroaching branches. We can also pick and keep any fruit that's on our side of the boundary line.
@gregthegardener Thanks mate, the root system on them are crazy they always seem to spout up months down the track
Hi, very informative video I have a problem I am a contractor and there is a brick wall that there is some branches growing out of and when I cut the branches out of the brick wall about 2 month later they're like 6 ft tall.... will this work to kill the branches from ever growing back because we cannot do any mortar or brick work because the branches keep growing through that wall and where can I buy this chemical? can I buy this at a Home Depot or a Lowe's store or can you please direct me where to buy it or is there a website?
Thank you!
Arthur
@EQVAY04 it's there isn't it?
Normally once i cut it off you put a few cuts in the top of the stump also, just helps absorb the poison a bit more.
Does anyone know of a natural alternative without the use of roundup?
Yeah I just cant see using Roundup.. It really destroys the soil from what I have seen.. I'm sure there has to be a natural way that works without messing up the soil. A friend of mine uses it and now nothing will grow.. Plus it was made for chemical warfare.. A little much for my taste..
I got rid of my lawn.. I just grow fruit trees,edibles,and natives... Not to keen on poison
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***** Lol, I had a neighbour who used petrol around their edges, bush fire season and all. Some one once told me that a strong saline solution will work just as well though I haven't tried it. Will be using this trick thanks Greg :D
imiKah K Never use salt, once it's in the soil you cant get it out, whoever suggested that idea, let them know it's not good...haveaniceday
I tried this with normal herbicide... Didnt work... This time i bought roundup... Fingers crossed... Especially because its tree suckers growing under some thorny bushes 😑
@fetishisticrose yes it will, it will work on anything
It is called Wipeout here in Edmonton. I use it when the weeds have become Round Up resistant. I don't know if it is as safe on the soil. It has worked well.
If the mares tail is that bad, use both and rotate them as they work differently. If you can start with Wipeout, which is quicker, then you stop the growth almost immediately. Then as soon as it reappears, hit it with Round Up. It may take a couple of years to get rid of it. Mares tail dies back in winter here and is not as much trouble.
So I believe I heard you say you used ROUNDUP? I wasn't sure because your little bottle of black fluid looked mysterious like a special witches brew
gregthegardener is hot! lol love that accent too
good video clear and precise thank you i'm hoping it will work on brambles that haven't got any leaves to spray
A new study from the Ithika Journal of Ecology has found significant concentrations (5 to 20 times the limit for drinking water) of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, in the urine of city dwellers. Glyphosate is linked to birth defects, endocrine disruption, cancerand abnormal sperm. Studies have also discovered traces of it in our blood and found that it even crosses the placental barrier to enter unborn fetuses.
What's the cheapest chemicals we can buy, mix in a 1 or 2 gallon tank sprayer & dilute with water to make our own homemade plant killer that we spray on the leaves on a sunny day to kill everything like bushes, grasses, trees, etc. Thank you
URGENT !
Can I do the same with a salt water solution ?
Just pee on it.
Yes, you can
Tanasi Time Ha ha have you try it..
WHAT TIME OF YEAR DID YOU DO THIS??? Better do it in the FALL when the SAP is going DOWN.
This is the best channel to watch stoned holy fuck
A buddy said it's good to drill the stump once it's been cut, and pour weed killer in to the hole. So is that overkill? (No pun intended)
team *NO TREES*
I was wondering about older stumps, because all instructions I've seen say to use the product on a fresh cut, so thanks for mentioning to cut it again. That should work on my one-year-old stump, because it's growing back like crazy.
In Texas we just drill a hole right after it's cut off and put sugar in the hole. I saw some comments below about using salt but that can get in the soil and kill things you want to keep. I don't know anything about plants south of the equator so I won't swear by it, but it works in Texas.
sugar,this is te first time i hear about this methode Cassandra
but if it works why not
Thank you for making this video :) it was a great help !
Very good I liked the idea but I have put kerosene after cutting the top and it works very well. Never it will grow again. 👍👌
Hey our neighbour has a trumpet vine and it sends new shoots from the roots underground it's invading our yard. We have tried poison but it only kills the new shoots or branches we are unable to cut it down on the neighbours side of the fence. I think it's immune to poison
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Could you please do a video on clearing roots in pipes when the toilets been blocked ?
When can you plant in the space you've created by the killing? I'd like to replace a nasty great buddleah with a small one.
Hi Greg, would this work for Ivy? Evil Ivy that keeps growing back everywhere, no matter how many times I pull it? The problem is that I do not want to damage the other flowering plants and bushes that is tends to wrap around. I have been leary about using any plant killers. I cannot believe how persistant this plant is. It grows thru fences and thru cracks on concrete walls. Any tip would be appreciated. thanks
The easiest way to get rid of it is just pour vinegar and leave it. This will say by by to the wild plant that is worrying you. Take care. 👍
My next door neighbor accused me cracked his wall 🧱 because of our weed roots suckers move but I only see one cement is little cracked on my side. What should I do?
This is a good method for killing those big trees. But in a garden like a flower garden I wish there was an easy way to stop those little weeds from groing back without contaminating the rest of the soil and killing your flowers :-( It's even worse for a vegetable garden. And speaking of vegetable gardens whats a good way to keep out parasites and bugs without using pestacides?
Anybody remember DDT? Same crap, different package.
That's what I was thinking.
Gloves! GLOVES!!!
Yes, indeed. Video producers should be very aware of safety when they prepare theirs "educational" products. Teaching isn't isolated only to the primary topic being discussed.
@@destravlr Why don't you stop using poison and spray 100% vinegar on it, Just don't get it on anything you don't want to die,,,
@@alegriart Well i suppose, I killed a huge red oak accidently w/it! I sprayed it on poison ivy it killed the ivy and the tree!
@@victorbunch7725 I tried vinegar does not work on all plants
@@rods6405 You must have some Monsanto GMO plants, LOL
I generally whipper snip everything down too and spray...
Do you mix it at the recommended rate or stronger?
Good
''...that's not a root killer......that's a KNIFE ''. ...........GOOD BOY !
Masha'Allah
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try in my Farm
Are we dealing with nature, or your back yard. In some sense it doesn't matter. There is a lot more going on between those plants, and between the plants and soil than you think. Plants will poison the soil to other plants. They will allow only certain species to grow. Big trees, have created a nursery for their own offspring. I know these things because they were lesson in my youth, and from reading current nature journals. Pesticide or not that's up to you. But if you take the time to study up on this you will find you don't have to lay out money for it. Nature provides.
Do you know if there's a way to stop tree roots blocking pipes ?
After cutting the tree at the base, simply hammer a soup can over the top.
It works perfectly. After cutting put the killer on immediately. Not even the roots can send up shoots.
What product are you using? Which exactly Roundup?
Thanks, Im NOOOOOOOOOO Pro garner,, But I Kinda did the same,, But Used some diesel,after drilling a Couple of 1/2 In Holes,, filling with diesel,and 1 Month, GONE!!!!!!!!!!!! Just Like Yours,, But a "ADDITIVE!!!!!!!!!!" Thanks,,Jack
I love all your videos, but these are actually pretty insightful. Thanks!
Careful using this method if the weed or tree is close to another one. I was trying to kill a stump close to another one once. When the chemical translocated down into the intertwined roots, it killed the one tree I wanted to keep.
@@alegriart Looks like it is a word. Dictionary: Verb (used with an object), trans·lo·cat·ed, trans·lo·cat·ing.
To move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate. Lol! Chainsawchips Increased our vocabulary. I never heard of that word until reading his comment.
@@speXnce I was gonna google it, cos I hadn't heard it before either. That is two things I have learned in the last 5 minutes :o)
trying this method with some pesky Escambron trees that I have. is the hardest trees to kill. hope this works.