"Laura Corin" wrote in message
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We have three phormiums in a row. They are a muddy mid-green and are
about three feet tall and the same wide. They must have been in place
for at least five years, but probably much longer. We'd like to get rid
of them and lay a lawn there. Do we need to dig them out or can we just
weedkill them and turf over the dead roots? There's nothing around them
that would be damaged by glyphosate. The lawn does not have to be
perfect.

Thanks.

Laura

Laura welcome to uk.rec.gardening via gardenbanter :-))

A phormium is a pretty tough cookie. We had one in our little garden which
became a thug. The root formation is pretty solid. We wanted to get rid of
it. I dug down and used a carpenters hand saw to slice down and reduce the
roots to a smaller diameter. It was then lifted out, put in the back of a
pick up truck and taken to my daughter and son in law's walled landscaped
garden. It was 'plonked' into a hole in the ground and is now fine thank you
very much :-))

What am I saying? Dig it out.They are tough :-((

Other 'experts' may have different views. I am only talking from stuff
called 'experience'.

Mike

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