In article , Chris wrote:

I cut a moptop robinia off about 6 inches above the ground a couple of
months ago. and of course it's now shooting like crazy, horrible thorny
things. Any ideas how I can kill it? Will applying roundup to the
shoots do anything?

Try attacking it at woody weed strength and you might get somewhere. It might
take years, though I did eventually kill an umbrella tree that way.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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