On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:35:42 GMT, "Bubba"
wrote:

In the course of twenty years, a few specimen ligustrum planted by the
builder (because they were cheap) have pretty much overgrown the house. My
intent is to saw the suckers off at the ground, mulch the surface and let
the roots and stumps rot. The ligustrum seems to have other ideas. They
sprout suckers on a daily basis. Is there any way of killing the little
boogers off without terminating a boxwood hedge that surrounds them?


You need foliage for any glyphosate to work well. In other words I
don't recommend you use it. If you habitually cut the suckers off and
keep piling mulch on top it will die eventually from lack of
photosynthesis.

If you are hell bent on using a herbicide, wait till you get a good
top of foliage and very carefully, on a very calm day with not so much
as a breeze spray or paint it onto the foliage.