On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:14:22 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote in
aus.gardens:

what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).

is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
the first time. is this true?

mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
(again!!!!!!!)

Neat Roundup painted on the freshly cut stem works pretty well but it
is a very persistant plant.

When I bought this house 30 years ago I had a mature 'one' along the
fence line which I removed - even 10 years later a shoot would appear
but evenually the Roundup beat it


Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius