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.
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!
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.
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. 😂
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!!
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.
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,
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.
I've used this same technique for years and it works great! I use glyphosate for this purpose only! I never spray the stuff. Nevermind the negative comments from the anti Monsanto crowd. Cheers!!!
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 !
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.
what is your view point Greg on using Copper Spikes into a tree stump? Would that work or is that a myth? I started off investigating the use of copper sulfate in the garden because i am overrun with slugs here in the New England Area we live in a temperate forest environment. Then i cam across copper nails into stumps kill method?
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.
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.
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
Works well with Brazilian pepper tree! I have big ones, I drilled holes on the base and put weed killer. The huge tree from top to bottom died in a few days!
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.
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.
Ok well here I go!!! Cut and round up immediately. My entire backyard is little weed trees. Right now it raining so I’ll hold off until tomorrow or so..I’ll let you know how it goes...
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
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.
If you don't want to use round up, cut the outer bark of a tree down to the shiny white wood, all the way round the trunk. Its called girdling and works a treat.
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. ☆☆☆☆☆
If the stump is big, just drill holes into it (I drill 1-inch ones) and pour full-strength glyphosate into the holes. Voila - dead. However, I do not spray glyphosate anymore because of new research showing connections to various ailments and diseases. The trouble is, it's in most of our foods now.
Greg! I, like another lady in the comments, have an old tree that was cut but continues to grow shoots everywhere. If I do this treatment will it stop the shoots from coming? And is it regular Round Up for weeds and grass or is it the special kind for woody plants?
I get the waste sludge Really cheap from local plastic Factory, Spread it Around The Veggie Garden It Keeps the Weeds And The Insects Away, The Tomatoes Even Glow In The Dark !! How Cool Is That .!
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
@Greg Would this work on a bougainvillea plant? I have one in the yard, and it's got massive spikes. I need it gone so my kids to get one through the foot.
Yess !! You should apply it within 2-3 minutes preferably otherwise considerable suberisation will make uptake & translocation of Glyphosate or any systemic Herbicide inefficient
Hello Greg the gardener.....i need your help...I have a Dewberry (Rubus Trivials) along side my perannual gargen that is causing me a major headache. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT !!!! ????? Thank You
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 have done that over and over to these trees that the squirrels plant in my one flower bed and in this one flower bed they just won't die! what else can I try? in my others the trees die and I can go back and dig up the little stumps no problem. but in this one they just won't die!!! I have used Roundup on them all.
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.
round up you get from the store is already watered down and they recommend you water it down further, if you know any farmers or anyone with a spraying license, try to get some agricultural grade round up, amenity round-up is the one we use, we have to be licensed to buy it here in UK, may be different there
@gregthegardener Do you know of what would be good to kill ferns, I'm trying to grow grass where the ferns are so I'm concerned about the chemicals staying in the soil afterwards
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!
brilliant Greg, im breaking my back trying to remove some annoying trees in my yeard that sprout everywhere like weeds, and it just keeps sprouting back. hope i can find this in the store.
@@dorsebradford9844 tell me about it Dorse, it's just hidiously full of shrub the mountain where we live. I can't keep up with how prolific they are. Everytime I put some manure down roots appear and rob it all. It's impossible.
What about saplings from a large oak tree (around 4 foot diameter/6 foot circumference)? Had to remove it, because it was a danger to my home. Tree company brought out another guy that did stump grinding, which I thought would remove stump. All he did was grind it to a foot or so below the surface. There is a large stump left underground and root system spreading out at least 15 feet in all directions. Hundreds of saplings pop up every couple of weeks from the underground stump/roots. I mow them, but of course they come right back. Already paid enough for tree removal and stump grinding. Do not want to pay for a backhoe or whatever to tear up the yard for a pricy removal of what is left underground.
I have a massive tree that is growing in my neighbours yard and it fill our yard with rubbish, I have asked the neighbour if they could trim or cut it down, they said "Would love to but it will cost us way to much money" so what can I do to poison it please, ty in advance.
I once tried this exact thing with kudzu and it did not work. A guy paid me to lop off the vines at the ground while he put roundup on the cuts. Roundup is intended to be taken up by leaves. I doubt it would be effective used this way.
hey mate just wondering i have a property and it has very thick brush its likje a wall and would be really cool for some dirt bike trails there is lanatna small trees and heaps of vines and shrubbery just wondering what i would use to make dirt bike trails and if there is any tips or tools you would recomend cheers
keep on painting round up on the leaves when ever you see them, or cut the stalks and paint the end of the stalks, your sods will not me affected stump grinders are far more precise than you may think, they do less damage than a digger.
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?
I would like to not lawn my yard no more ...so I am planing on take rid of grass and plant Dichondra seeds instead ... what product you suggest to kill all weeds(including grass) but not Dichondra.
Where did you learn all this sort of stuff? I look at plants and wouldnt have a clue what theyre called. I also, wouldnt know where to start on keeping them either.
Greg, I am in Florida trying to get rid of White Birds of Paradise for good. Instead of trying to dig up all of the roots, (which would be a big job), I cut them down to the ground and poured brush killer on them. It took several doses to kill them. Any ideas for me?? Thanks!!
So I’m a teenager and I’m trying to clean up the yard for my grandma so I can make it pretty for her but our whole backyard is overgrown with trees and weeds and blackberry bushes. I’ve tried the vinegar epsom salt and dawn weed killer but it doesn’t work. Any suggestions?
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.
will this also kill a ivy hedge? Im desperate.... Its a lot of work to take it down, and Im afraid it will just grow back.... I KNOW IT WILL GROW BACK... quickly even... It is on a chain link fence, and there is know way I could dig up the roots, even if I wanted to....HELP! also, I have conifers mixed in with the ivy, and I dont want to kill those.... Will it kill them if they are right next to the ivy that has this chemical on it?
I find a good method is to use my cordless drill with the biggest drill bit and just drill a few holes down into the stump and fill the holes with Roundup
I hope you come back and read these comments- what do you think about killz all or bayer brush and weed killer. or can you do a video testing these brands on some patches of weeds and brush and show us the time lapse death of the plant from the time it's applied to the time the plants are dying down/wilted/rotting. so I/we can get a idea of which is better overall.
Hi Tsfmoa, in reply to your claim that Glyphosate not working on freshly cut tree stems. Glyphosate not only works on green leaves but also any living & GROWING parts of a plant. Glyphosate is a plant hormone interceptor. It interfers with one of the metabolic cycle of a living plant's life. So, any growing part of a plant ( including a freshly cut stem) is susceptible to Roundup glyphosate. Hope this explains it. Ciao. from NZ 10/1/13
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 😑
on bigger stumps, concentrate on getting it round the cambium layer, where the bark and "wood is, rest of the centre of the stump should be done too, but around the cambium layer is much more effective, he is right, should be done as soon as possible once cut. round-up is inert as soon as used so is harmless, is only salt based anyway, active ingredient is "glysophate"
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?
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!
I have done this successfully many times and can guarantee it does work.
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.
It's also best to wait until late summer to early winter when plants start to draw nutrients in.
Very simple and EFFECTIVE process. I do it often. Good tip. Remember, (to other viewers) you must use a SYSTEMIC type weed killer.
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. 😂
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
I tried this method on about 50 small stumps.nothing came back except for one stump.this method truly works!!
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.
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,
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
I've used this same technique for years and it works great!
I use glyphosate for this purpose only! I never spray the stuff.
Nevermind the negative comments from the anti Monsanto crowd.
Cheers!!!
@TradieTrev i usually give lantana a solid spray, wait a month , then you can usually crumble it up easily.
Nice tip. I really like your demeanor. Great info.
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've seen this method used before but have never tried it, going to get weed / brush killer today and give it a try. Thanks.
Did it work???
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.
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.
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!
what is your view point Greg on using Copper Spikes into a tree stump? Would that work or is that a myth? I started off investigating the use of copper sulfate in the garden because i am overrun with slugs here in the New England Area we live in a temperate forest environment. Then i cam across copper nails into stumps kill method?
What kind of RoundUp should I use? There are so many RoundUp chemicals.
Awesome video. Thanks a lot.
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.
Ooo you just saved me so much work! I thought I would have to figure out how to dig out these trees. I’m so excited! Thank you!
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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.
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
Works well with Brazilian pepper tree! I have big ones, I drilled holes on the base and put weed killer. The huge tree from top to bottom died in a few days!
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.
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.
Greg,
I’ve never used Round-Up in 40 years of gardening until today. Hope it works!!!
Did the Roundup work???
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.
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.
Ok well here I go!!! Cut and round up immediately. My entire backyard is little weed trees. Right now it raining so I’ll hold off until tomorrow or so..I’ll let you know how it goes...
well done Greg!
My advice (I know pesticides well) mixing with dicamba or 2.4 D amine salt will be even more effective.
Great tip. Most of the Roundup around where I live is spray on. Will that do or are you using a specific concentrate/mixture?
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.
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.
Could you please do a video on clearing roots in pipes when the toilets been blocked ?
If you don't want to use round up, cut the outer bark of a tree down to the shiny white wood, all the way round the trunk. Its called girdling and works a treat.
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.
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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?
If the stump is big, just drill holes into it (I drill 1-inch ones) and pour full-strength glyphosate into the holes. Voila - dead. However, I do not spray glyphosate anymore because of new research showing connections to various ailments and diseases. The trouble is, it's in most of our foods now.
Greg! I, like another lady in the comments, have an old tree that was cut but continues to grow shoots everywhere. If I do this treatment will it stop the shoots from coming? And is it regular Round Up for weeds and grass or is it the special kind for woody plants?
+Susan Koch Use the Roundup Tough Brush killer.
I get the waste sludge Really cheap from local plastic Factory, Spread it Around The Veggie Garden It Keeps the Weeds And The Insects Away, The Tomatoes Even Glow In The Dark !! How Cool Is That .!
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
Paint it on within 15 seconds of cutting for optimum results. Great video Greg
WHAT TIME OF YEAR DID YOU DO THIS??? Better do it in the FALL when the SAP is going DOWN.
I'm so glad I found your videos. You're entertaining and you'll probably save my yard. Thank you, sir!
How do you make the round up liquid? Is it just straight out of the round up bottle? No water mixed with it?
I generally whipper snip everything down too and spray...
good video clear and precise thank you i'm hoping it will work on brambles that haven't got any leaves to spray
gregthegardener what is the exact mixture of Round UP your using. Straight at what strength, is it diluted?
@Greg Would this work on a bougainvillea plant? I have one in the yard, and it's got massive spikes. I need it gone so my kids to get one through the foot.
Yess !! You should apply it within 2-3 minutes preferably otherwise considerable suberisation will make uptake & translocation of Glyphosate or any systemic Herbicide inefficient
Hello Greg the gardener.....i need your help...I have a Dewberry (Rubus Trivials) along side my perannual gargen that is causing me a major headache. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT !!!! ????? Thank You
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
Do you mix it at the recommended rate or stronger?
Absolutely love this channel❤
I have done that over and over to these trees that the squirrels plant in my one flower bed and in this one flower bed they just won't die! what else can I try? in my others the trees die and I can go back and dig up the little stumps no problem. but in this one they just won't die!!! I have used Roundup on them all.
What product are you using? Which exactly Roundup?
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.
Great video. Do you think this would work on bamboo root if I cut the main root coming under my neighbours fence and treat it?. Many thanks
round up you get from the store is already watered down and they recommend you water it down further, if you know any farmers or anyone with a spraying license, try to get some agricultural grade round up, amenity round-up is the one we use, we have to be licensed to buy it here in UK, may be different there
@gregthegardener Do you know of what would be good to kill ferns, I'm trying to grow grass where the ferns are so I'm concerned about the chemicals staying in the soil afterwards
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!
Did you use round up weed killer? If you have a grown tree and cut off the top will this work?
brilliant Greg, im breaking my back trying to remove some annoying trees in my yeard that sprout everywhere like weeds, and it just keeps sprouting back. hope i can find this in the store.
They are called suckers they drain all the water away from all the nearby plants
@@dorsebradford9844 tell me about it Dorse, it's just hidiously full of shrub the mountain where we live. I can't keep up with how prolific they are. Everytime I put some manure down roots appear and rob it all. It's impossible.
What about saplings from a large oak tree (around 4 foot diameter/6 foot circumference)? Had to remove it, because it was a danger to my home. Tree company brought out another guy that did stump grinding, which I thought would remove stump. All he did was grind it to a foot or so below the surface. There is a large stump left underground and root system spreading out at least 15 feet in all directions. Hundreds of saplings pop up every couple of weeks from the underground stump/roots. I mow them, but of course they come right back. Already paid enough for tree removal and stump grinding. Do not want to pay for a backhoe or whatever to tear up the yard for a pricy removal of what is left underground.
+wayne lynch Use the Roundup Tough Brush killer.
@gregthegardener was waiting for it at the start..it's my favourite part..
I have a massive tree that is growing in my neighbours yard and it fill our yard with rubbish, I have asked the neighbour if they could trim or cut it down, they said "Would love to but it will cost us way to much money" so what can I do to poison it please, ty in advance.
I have some of these weed trees a couiple feet from a vegetable garden. Would you use roundup so near a food source?
I need to buy a plant or a woody weed so I can try that shit out.
Thanks once again Gardener Greg ..your awesome !
I once tried this exact thing with kudzu and it did not work. A guy paid me to lop off the vines at the ground while he put roundup on the cuts.
Roundup is intended to be taken up by leaves. I doubt it would be effective used this way.
hey mate just wondering i have a property and it has very thick brush its likje a wall and would be really cool for some dirt bike trails there is lanatna small trees and heaps of vines and shrubbery just wondering what i would use to make dirt bike trails and if there is any tips or tools you would recomend cheers
keep on painting round up on the leaves when ever you see them, or cut the stalks and paint the end of the stalks, your sods will not me affected
stump grinders are far more precise than you may think, they do less damage than a digger.
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?
i have a monster tree and found difficult to remove. atlast this technique is going to work .tks
It works perfectly. After cutting put the killer on immediately. Not even the roots can send up shoots.
Great video Greg.
u can use ur old motor oil on the cut stump also...
I love all your videos, but these are actually pretty insightful. Thanks!
I would like to not lawn my yard no more ...so I am planing on take rid of grass and plant Dichondra seeds instead ... what product you suggest to kill all weeds(including grass) but not Dichondra.
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.
Where did you learn all this sort of stuff? I look at plants and wouldnt have a clue what theyre called. I also, wouldnt know where to start on keeping them either.
I remember those days before cordless sawzalls and chainsaws...We were so primitive back then...:)
Greg, I am in Florida trying to get rid of White Birds of Paradise for good. Instead of trying to dig up all of the roots, (which would be a big job), I cut them down to the ground and poured brush killer on them. It took several doses to kill them. Any ideas for me?? Thanks!!
tips for English ivy sprawled through my yard? Persistence? Boiling water?
There is a company that makes 3 point brush hogs that apply the Round Up as it cuts the brush.
So I’m a teenager and I’m trying to clean up the yard for my grandma so I can make it pretty for her but our whole backyard is overgrown with trees and weeds and blackberry bushes. I’ve tried the vinegar epsom salt and dawn weed killer but it doesn’t work. Any suggestions?
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)
do you have any recommendations for killing blackberries?
This works on must stumps. I have done it for years. Apply heavily contrentrated Round Up or its generic for best results.
will this also kill a ivy hedge? Im desperate.... Its a lot of work to take it down, and Im afraid it will just grow back.... I KNOW IT WILL GROW BACK... quickly even... It is on a chain link fence, and there is know way I could dig up the roots, even if I wanted to....HELP! also, I have conifers mixed in with the ivy, and I dont want to kill those.... Will it kill them if they are right next to the ivy that has this chemical on it?
Can’t we drill holes in the stumps and use sump oil to kill it ?
I find a good method is to use my cordless drill with the biggest drill bit and just drill a few holes down into the stump and fill the holes with Roundup
+typhoon320i cool
I hope you come back and read these comments- what do you think about killz all or bayer brush and weed killer. or can you do a video testing these brands on some patches of weeds and brush and show us the time lapse death of the plant from the time it's applied to the time the plants are dying down/wilted/rotting. so I/we can get a idea of which is better overall.
I use plastic bag after cutting it then put small rocks on top.
Hi Tsfmoa, in reply to your claim that Glyphosate not working on freshly cut tree stems. Glyphosate not only works on green leaves but also any living & GROWING parts of a plant.
Glyphosate is a plant hormone interceptor. It interfers with one of the metabolic cycle of a living plant's life. So, any growing part of a plant ( including a freshly cut stem) is susceptible to Roundup glyphosate.
Hope this explains it. Ciao. from NZ 10/1/13
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 😑
on bigger stumps, concentrate on getting it round the cambium layer, where the bark and "wood is, rest of the centre of the stump should be done too, but around the cambium layer is much more effective, he is right, should be done as soon as possible once cut. round-up is inert as soon as used so is harmless, is only salt based anyway, active ingredient is "glysophate"