"jeffrey PREST" hack@saw01961.[REMOVE THIS]fsnet.co.uk wrote in message ...
Two questions. First, what is best for getting rid of a tough shrub root
adjacent to bathroom wall that refuses to be cut or yanked out?

If you aren't frightneed by violent chemicals, try to get hold of a
stump killer containing ammonium sulphamate ("Amcide" or "Root Out").
Other solutions involve drilling the top and putting in crystals of
various types, or even copper nails.

Oh look: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ree_stumps.asp

Or you could just chop it off at ground level, and chop off any shoots
that come up for a year or so. That should deal with it, unless you
are unlucky enough to get honey fungus.


I now just want to know the best way to kill off any
remaining weeds in the soil around it.

Most soil-acting weedkillers can get into water courses, and probably
won't do much for dormant seeds. A comon one is DICHLOBENIL, a
benzonitrile, but it's pretty nasty stuff. Glyphosphate and Roundup
are contact weedkillers, not what you are asking for, but less harmful
as they are destroyed in the soil.

The cheapest is sodium chlorate, which appears to work by blocking the
uptake of nitrates from the soil. it can have a long-lasting effect
(at least a couple of months). But it isn't what you call safe -
people have just got used to handling it, that's all. Like drain
cleaners.

Me, I've stopped using all chemicals, as farmers do more than thier
fair share in my view. The regular remark on here is to put an old
carpet over the soil to smother anythign that does try to come up. It
really works.