Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my garden.
The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse, with no
access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to loose
glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Thanks

"Exhausted" wrote in message
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Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my garden.
The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse, with no
access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to loose glass
due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Thanks

Spray the leaves etc with a Systemic Weed/Brush Killer. I have used SBK with
great success.

That will do the job

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

"Exhausted" wrote in message
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Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my garden.
The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse, with no
access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to loose glass
due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Thanks


You could use a glyphosate-based systemic herbicide (such as Tumbleweed),
but only while the plant has good leafy growth, which will translocate the
poison to the roots. You may need more than one application if the plant
stubbornly persists.

This poison is not selective, so don't get it on wanted plants. It is
considered to be relatively safe, though, because it breaks down on contact
with the soil

Spider

In article , n
says...
Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my garden.
The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse, with no
access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to loose
glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Thanks

roundup
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Thanks for the prompt answers
I may have problem, as i cut the thing right back again today, so i
guess its next year before i can do anything

Its almost as though the Buddleia is meant to live....




Exhausted wrote:
Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my garden.
The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse, with no
access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to loose
glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Thanks

"Exhausted" wrote in message
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Thanks for the prompt answers
I may have problem, as i cut the thing right back again today, so i guess
its next year before i can do anything

Its almost as though the Buddleia is meant to live....


Apply generous quantities of the nasties mentioned above with a paintbrush
to the newly cut stump surfaces.
Odds on it will still get the unwanted here message (:-).

Repeat over several days, to be sure, to be sure !

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

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"Exhausted" wrote in message
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Thanks for the prompt answers
I may have problem, as i cut the thing right back again today, so i guess
its next year before i can do anything

Its almost as though the Buddleia is meant to live....


Apply generous quantities of the nasties mentioned above with a paintbrush
to the newly cut stump surfaces.
Odds on it will still get the unwanted here message (:-).

Repeat over several days, to be sure, to be sure !

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com


and also on any new growth such as new leaves as and when the sun shines and
encourages growth ;-) There is still time.

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk
Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight?
www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk

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"Exhausted" wrote in message
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Thanks for the prompt answers
I may have problem, as i cut the thing right back again today, so i
guess its next year before i can do anything

Its almost as though the Buddleia is meant to live....


Apply generous quantities of the nasties mentioned above with a
paintbrush to the newly cut stump surfaces.
Odds on it will still get the unwanted here message (:-).

Repeat over several days, to be sure, to be sure !



and also on any new growth such as new leaves as and when the sun shines
and encourages growth ;-) There is still time.


What new growth (;-)
Regards
Pete

Exhausted wrote:
Thanks for the prompt answers
I may have problem, as i cut the thing right back again today, so i
guess its next year before i can do anything

What you are doing pretty much encourages more vigorous growth!

If you can still get to it then ammonium sulphamate put into holes in
the woody stem and/or a trace of copper sulphate will see it off.

Its almost as though the Buddleia is meant to live....

Wait until it has some new leaves and hit it with glyphosate.

They are pretty tough and it may take a few hits to see it off. Every
time it get s a new set of green leaves hit it again. Don't give it
chance to store any energy and it will eventually give up the ghost. A
black plastic bin bag over the stump might work too...

Regards,
Martin Brown

Exhausted wrote:
Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my
garden. The problem is i have one which self seeded behind
greenhouse, with no access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have
started to loose glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

In message , Exhausted
writes
Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my
garden. The problem is i have one which self seeded behind greenhouse,
with no access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i have started to
loose glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??


Wish I could get the damn thing to grow! SWMBO doesn't like them so I'm
forbidden from buying one - fortunately a nearby hedge has one in it -
but can I get any cuttings to take, can I heck! I might have to smuggle
a plant in....

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72

In message , Sacha
writes
On 2009-08-17 20:17:16 +0100, "mike. buckley" said:

In message , Exhausted
writes
Don't get me wrong i like Buddleia, ans i want to keep one in my
garden. The problem is i have one which self seeded behind
greenhouse, with no access to it, i try to keep it cut back but i
have started to loose glass due to the roots.
Is there are way to kill it with out digging it and the greenhouse up??

Wish I could get the damn thing to grow! SWMBO doesn't like them so
I'm forbidden from buying one - fortunately a nearby hedge has one in
it - but can I get any cuttings to take, can I heck! I might have to
smuggle a plant in....

First time I've heard of anyone not being able to grow Buddleia! You
could try B. Dartmoor because it's quite different to others - very
handsome flower heads. It was discovered in a Dartmoor quarry and
someone was lowered down on a rope to take cuttings. Who could dislike
a plant with such a romantic history?!

I spent some time on the train today from Nottingham to Stockport via
Sheffield and back. I was fairly depressed to see Buddleia growing from
the cracks in the stones on the approach to Sheffield station and
between there and Chesterfield there's loads of it. Humph.

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72

"mike. buckley" wrote
I spent some time on the train today from Nottingham to Stockport via
Sheffield and back. I was fairly depressed to see Buddleia growing
from the cracks in the stones on the approach to Sheffield station and
between there and Chesterfield there's loads of it. Humph.

You could have a try with my Mum's no-fuss method for buddleia (and
various other things). It seems to work. She just sticks a cutting in
the garden soil in a suitable spot and it grows, no problem. Mind you,
you do have to remember where you put it. :-)
--
Sue