the pampas grass of doom
 

(ugh!!!)

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing is
sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to dig
it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.
kylie

the pampas grass of doom
 

In article , "0tterbot" wrote:
(ugh!!!)

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing is
sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to dig
it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.
kylie



Liberal applications of glyophosphate (Roundup, Zero etc.) or any other grass
killing herbicide such as paraquat or diquat (caution these are more toxic
than glyophosphate). You will probably need numerous applications. Talk to
your local nusery of the Department of Agriculture people in your state.

You can try digging it out in manageable pieces and sending it to the tip but
even then, because of its root system, you will probably still need to use a
herbicide because it is unlikely that you will manage to get out all the
pieces of its root system.

the pampas grass of doom
 

"0tterbot" wrote in message
...
(ugh!!!)

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing
is sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to
dig it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.
kylie


You don't read Terry Pratchett do you? That was just a very pratchett-esque
title....

the pampas grass of doom
 

In article ,
"0tterbot" wrote:

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

Ring your Council -- it's a noxious weed, so they might be able to poison it
for you.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

the pampas grass of doom
 

"0tterbot" wrote in message
i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of
pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that
far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the
fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten
thing is
sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband
to dig
it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

Yup. :-)) Try glyphosate on the new growth and if that doesn't work
upscale to blackberry/tree killer.

the pampas grass of doom
 

"Chookie" wrote in message
"0tterbot" wrote:

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of
pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that
far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling
the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled
g.

Ring your Council -- it's a noxious weed, so they might be able to
poison it
for you.

Depends where the OP lives Chookie. Where we have one of our farms
it's actually good grazing for cattle and stays small and compact.

the pampas grass of doom
 

"0tterbot" writes:
at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing is
sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to dig
it out? g

I'm sure it would be feasible to get hubby to dig it out. Just tell him
that you were trying to dig it out all by yourself because you thought it
would be too difficult for him and your wedding ring must have fallen off
into it....

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.

It's a pleasure to be of help. :-)
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

the pampas grass of doom
 

"0tterbot" wrote in message
...
(ugh!!!)

i was wondering if anyone has a good method to kill a big stand of pampas
grass? everyone was saying to us "burn it", however, we left that far too
late in the season & now we'd not only have trouble controlling the fire,
we'd probably get ourselves arrested even if it was controlled g.

at the moment it's been hacked right down to a lump, but the rotten thing
is sprouting again. what to do? is it possible for, say, one's husband to
dig it out? g
(farm1 - this might need more than good old boiling water! ;-)

thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.
kylie

thank you very much for the advice, everybody!!

being rural now, and with a broke council to boot, we have 100% no chance of
council taking charge - we have to deal with our own noxious weeds, sigh. dh
shaved it down more with the brushcutter and i'll try glyphosate on the
shoots & see how that goes. when it's deader i'll ask dh to have a go at
digging out the remainder. heh.

there's all this lovely mulchy stuff in the middle!!!

interestingly, the pampas grass' main purpose may have been to filter or
shield whiffs from the septic tank. since it got a Serious Haircut, the
septic makes smells down that part of the yard. isn't that entirely
unfortunate?
kylie