On 6 Jul 2005 18:52:37 -0700, wrote:

Bourne Identity wrote:

Cut them to the ground, or as close as possible. Cover them with a
foot of mulch. Every time a shoot comes up, IMMEDIATELY cut it off.
If you do this over and over the plant will eventually die from
starvation. It needs photosynthesis to live, and if you remove all
foliage it cannot actuate that process.


Thanks for the advice. It might be hard for me to get that much mulch
out there. What do you think about wrapping the stump area in a burlap
bag. Would that work like the mulch?

The mulch is only to stunt the resprouting, but you don't need it.
Just keep cutting off the new growth over and over and eventually the
plant will die. The trick is to get that sprout removed the day or
week it emerges. No photosynthesis at all.