On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:29:40 +0100, Redman wrote
(in article ):

Ok, I cut down a lot of Leylandi last year but left about a foot and a half
of stump sticking up, now they are growing again but the wifes heard that
there is a substance that you can put on the stump to stop them growing.
Anyone know what it's called? Can you get it from any decent Garden Centre?


Are you SURE they're leylandii? Did you leave any green growth on them at
all? I must admit that I can't see why you would if you wanted to be rid of
them altogether but I ask because new growth never sprouts from old wood on
leylandii, so taking them back to 18 inches of stump and no greenery should
have been the end of them. Yew re-sprouts pretty successfully but not
leylandii. In fact, we have a customer who against all our advice, decided
to 'pollard' hers and take out some of the side branches. She has been left
with the most hideous, almost naked poles about 12' high.

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