removing wisteria

[0tterbot]

what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).

is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
the first time. is this true?

mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
(again!!!!!!!)

thanking you!
kylie

[Trish Brown]

0tterbot wrote:
> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
> under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
> to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
> ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>
> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
> fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
> the first time. is this true?
>
> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
> (again!!!!!!!)
>
> thanking you!
> kylie
>
>

In my experience, dig and pull is your best bet. A mature wisteria can
travel *miles*, but if yours is only little *get it out now*!!! I
absolutely love the stuff, but given the chance, it will pick up your
house and walk away with it! =:-0

--
Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia

[Harry 'Snapper' Organ]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:14:22 GMT, "0tterbot" > wrote in
aus.gardens:

>what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
>under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
>to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
>ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>
>is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
>would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
>fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
>the first time. is this true?
>
>mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
>(again!!!!!!!)

Neat Roundup painted on the freshly cut stem works pretty well but it
is a very persistant plant.

When I bought this house 30 years ago I had a mature 'one' along the
fence line which I removed - even 10 years later a shoot would appear
but evenually the Roundup beat it


Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

[FarmI]

"0tterbot" > wrote in message
...
> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots,
> both under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but
> also next to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone
> line - don't ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>
> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that
> wisteria fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get
> it right the first time. is this true?
>
> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
> (again!!!!!!!)

Cut it off and within 30 seconds of doing the cut put pure undiluted
glyphosate (at the 360g/Litre concentration) on the cut surface suing a
paintbrush. If it resprouts (unlikely) do the same thing again.

[0tterbot]

"FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message
...
> "0tterbot" > wrote in message
> ...
>> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots,
>> both under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but
>> also next to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone
>> line - don't ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>>
>> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
>> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that
>> wisteria fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't
>> get it right the first time. is this true?
>>
>> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
>> (again!!!!!!!)
>
> Cut it off and within 30 seconds of doing the cut put pure undiluted
> glyphosate (at the 360g/Litre concentration) on the cut surface suing a
> paintbrush. If it resprouts (unlikely) do the same thing again.

well people, i've got one dig and pull, and two glysophates! :-D any other
votes?
kylie