Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

Hi to all,

I recently made the decision to remove my Laurel hedge from the back of the property as it has broken the whole of the back fence and takes up a good portion of the garden - it was about 35 feet across by 8 feet high.

Anyway, I cut down the hedge to stumps (about 7 stumps in total each around 10cm).

I have now put in a new fence and it is my intention to cover over the old hedge with weed sheet / plum slate then put back border / patio plants and maybe a decking area.

Obviously, I need to ensure that the laurel doesnt grow back so what I have done so far is drill holes in each stump then fill with Sodium Chlorate powder.

I havent put the weed sheet down or slate because I wanted to see how successful the powder was. Its been several weeks now and the laurel is beginning to re-sprout.

I was just going to repeat the process then take the risk of putting down the weed sheet / several ton of slate, however, thought I would ask for guidance.

Thanks in advance, Mick.

Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

"bigmick777" wrote in message
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Hi to all,

I recently made the decision to remove my Laurel hedge from the back of
the property as it has broken the whole of the back fence and takes up a
good portion of the garden - it was about 35 feet across by 8 feet
high.

Anyway, I cut down the hedge to stumps (about 7 stumps in total each
around 10cm).

I have now put in a new fence and it is my intention to cover over the
old hedge with weed sheet / plum slate then put back border / patio
plants and maybe a decking area.

Obviously, I need to ensure that the laurel doesnt grow back so what I
have done so far is drill holes in each stump then fill with Sodium
Chlorate powder.

I havent put the weed sheet down or slate because I wanted to see how
successful the powder was. Its been several weeks now and the laurel
is beginning to re-sprout.

I was just going to repeat the process then take the risk of putting
down the weed sheet / several ton of slate, however, thought I would
ask for guidance.

Thanks in advance, Mick.




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bigmick777

They don't appear to be all that big and there are not many of them. Why not
dig them out? I had a row down the side of the drive to my garage in a house
I had in Leicester and from memory would say there were twice that amount
and about the same diameter.

Dig a trench and keep moving the trench along to each root and they fall
into the trench!! Well sort of!

--
Mike

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Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

"bigmick777" wrote in
message ...

Hi to all,

I recently made the decision to remove my Laurel hedge from the
back of
the property as it has broken the whole of the back fence and
takes up a
good portion of the garden - it was about 35 feet across by 8
feet
high.

I was just going to repeat the process then take the risk of
putting
down the weed sheet / several ton of slate, however, thought I
would
ask for guidance.

Thanks in advance, Mick.

Add neat bleach to the drilled holes, that kills Laurel.

Mike

Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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They don't appear to be all that big and there are not many of them. Why
not dig them out? I had a row down the side of the drive to my garage in a
house I had in Leicester and from memory would say there were twice that
amount and about the same diameter.

Dig a trench and keep moving the trench along to each root and they fall
into the trench!! Well sort of!


You need something "stronger" than sodium chlorate to do the job chemically.
Try Glyph xxxxx for seconds. (xxxxx = too late to spell it !)

Pete

Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:07:42 +0100, bigmick777 wrote:

so what I
have done so far is drill holes in each stump then fill with Sodium
Chlorate powder.

Wrong! Ammonium sulphamate is what you need.

Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

Derek Turner wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:07:42 +0100, bigmick777 wrote:

so what I
have done so far is drill holes in each stump then fill with Sodium
Chlorate powder.

Wrong! Ammonium sulphamate is what you need.
AKA Root out

Malcolm

Remove Laurel / kill stumps
 

Le Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:06:02 +0100, Chris Hogg a écrit :

Ammonium sulphamate

A very good one....
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/ammosulf.htm
"Acute toxicity: Ammonium sulfamate is slightly toxic, with an oral LD50 of
3900 mg/kg in rats and 3100 mg/kg in mice [1,58]. However, contact with
ammonium sulfamate may cause burns to the eyes [8]. The dust of ammonium
sulfamate is irritating to the nose and throat and can cause coughing or
difficult breathing if inhaled [8]."
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