"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Marc & Mel wrote:

I'm in the process of dismantling my hedge in the front garden, it is 18
feet long and has 5 main shoots. I have already cut back the actual hedge
so
all that is left is the 'shoot's. I need to know how to get rid of these,
somebody told me to hack them as low down as possible then put Diesel on
the
stumps to kill them off. Is this correct?

No.

P.S. I hope this makes sense as it is 3:15am and I should have been in
bed 2
hours ago .... zzzzz.

Well, the English makes sense, but the gardening doesn't :-)

It depends on what the hedge is and whether you can get at the roots.
The best solution is to dig up the roots - with a grub-axe (pick-mattock),
removing 5 privet stumps should take less than an hour even for someone
inexperienced. DON'T cut the stumps short if you are going to do this,
as you use them for leverage.

I got rid of the privet hedge in my front garden some years ago in a rather
run to do way. I attached a nylon rope around the stem of each one, then to
the towbar of my car and yanked it out in a trice. Easy peasy, great fun and
nothing ever grew back :0)