My mother has a couple of well established shrubs that she doesn't
want. They've been cut down to ground level, but the roots are solid
and cannot be dug out. Is there any root killer that would stop it
growing again? Had a look in B&Q this morning but all they had were
weed killers, nothing that would be likely to have any effect on thick
wooden roots.

Dave

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My mother has a couple of well established shrubs that she doesn't
want. They've been cut down to ground level, but the roots are solid
and cannot be dug out. Is there any root killer that would stop it
growing again? Had a look in B&Q this morning but all they had were
weed killers, nothing that would be likely to have any effect on thick
wooden roots.

Dave



Google Glyphosate,

It would have been easier to do this before you cut down your mothers
shrubs, but we all have to learn.

Baz

On 8/22/2011 9:14 AM, Janet wrote:
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says...

My mother has a couple of well established shrubs that she doesn't
want. They've been cut down to ground level, but the roots are solid
and cannot be dug out. Is there any root killer that would stop it
growing again?

Some shrubs cut like that will never regrow ( broom, for instance, and
many conifers) so you may not even need a root killer. Just leave them to
decompose naturally.

With broom, I've found that the ones I want to get rid of, grow back
even after severe chopping. The ones I want to keep (a family member
'helped' in the garden) will die after heavy 'pruning'...

Similarly wild yarrow: ineradicable invasive weed; ornamental form: just dies on you.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:16:20 GMT, Baz uttered:

(Dave) wrote in news:4e524cc8.1784875
:


My mother has a couple of well established shrubs that she doesn't
want. They've been cut down to ground level, but the roots are solid
and cannot be dug out. Is there any root killer that would stop it
growing again? Had a look in B&Q this morning but all they had were
weed killers, nothing that would be likely to have any effect on thick
wooden roots.

Dave



Google Glyphosate,

It would have been easier to do this before you cut down your mothers
shrubs, but we all have to learn.

Baz



It wasn't me that cut them down!
Anyway thanks for all the suggestions. Will have another root around
B&Q, but I see that these are also available from Amazon of all
places.

Dave