On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:07:30 +1100, jules wrote:

Dave -Turner wrote:
"jules" wrote in message ...
It's only one physical banana passionfruit vine tho, so surely if I chop
it
at its base and pull the rootstock out that should be the end of it ???
hmmmm. good luck! reminds me of privet.
jules

so even if i physically remove the rootstock there's a chance it'll spring
back up??? but .... how ???
again i'm only talking about the one rogue vine! :-)

Let us know how you go with that. It'd be nice to hear from a person who
actually beats it. I don't have a good record for beating these things
because I work full time so I don't really find the committment for it.
I did beat one privet once. There's two others I haven't beaten, and I
beat a running bamboo many years ago.

With your privet, cut it off on a warm day (afternoon) when the sap is
flowing and IMMEDIATELY paint the stump with strain roundup,,,,wait a few
seconds and the stump will suck it up, repeat,,,,,,wait a bit longer,
repeat.......wait a bit longer........

Some of them will still come back, but I've yet to see them survive a
second round. I've done hundreds of privet like this and that is what
worked.

Kikuy, in my experience always requires follow up work with your arse on
the ground pulling up runners. It basically is a war of attrition as you
really need to get every little bit.

Maderiea/potato vine is the same.