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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
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from (Robert E A Harvey) contains these words: "jeffrey PREST" hack@saw01961.[REMOVE THIS]fsnet.co.uk wrote in message ... Two questions. First, what is best for getting rid of a tough shrub root adjacent to bathroom wall that refuses to be cut or yanked out? If you aren't frightneed by violent chemicals, try to get hold of a stump killer containing ammonium sulphamate ("Amcide" or "Root Out"). Other solutions involve drilling the top and putting in crystals of various types, or even copper nails. Banging in copper nails only kills it - slowly. They won't help to remove it. Boring a hole in the stump and pouring in a little sulphuric acid will, though. (Battery acid will do) Oh look: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ree_stumps.asp Or you could just chop it off at ground level, and chop off any shoots that come up for a year or so. That should deal with it, unless you are unlucky enough to get honey fungus. Or lucky - useful in Chinese-style cooking, and the young caps pickle nicely. I now just want to know the best way to kill off any remaining weeds in the soil around it. Most soil-acting weedkillers can get into water courses, and probably won't do much for dormant seeds. A comon one is DICHLOBENIL, a benzonitrile, but it's pretty nasty stuff. Glyphosphate and Roundup are contact weedkillers, not what you are asking for, but less harmful as they are destroyed in the soil. Have you thought of using a flamethrower? You can hire them easily enough: they're like a big blowlamp-on-a-stick. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
Jane Ransom wrote in message ...
In article , Robert E A Harvey writes The regular remark on here is to put an old carpet over the soil to smother anythign that does try to come up. It really works. For anything except bindweed, mares tail, japanese knotweed and a few others ((((((((( I suspect Japanese Knotweed would turn it into a flying carpet... |
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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
Just a note to thank everyone for their response to my query. Your
assistance has been very helpful to someone who is venturing into wholly new terrain - literally and metaphorically. If I can ever reciprocate by helping you with any gambling teasers that come to mind when you're out pruning, you can get me through my website. :-) Regards, Jeffrey Prest http://wageringwar.blogspot.com/ |
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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
The message
from (Robert E A Harvey) contains these words: "jeffrey PREST" hack@saw01961.[REMOVE THIS]fsnet.co.uk wrote in message ... Two questions. First, what is best for getting rid of a tough shrub root adjacent to bathroom wall that refuses to be cut or yanked out? If you aren't frightneed by violent chemicals, try to get hold of a stump killer containing ammonium sulphamate ("Amcide" or "Root Out"). Other solutions involve drilling the top and putting in crystals of various types, or even copper nails. Banging in copper nails only kills it - slowly. They won't help to remove it. Boring a hole in the stump and pouring in a little sulphuric acid will, though. (Battery acid will do) Oh look: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ree_stumps.asp Or you could just chop it off at ground level, and chop off any shoots that come up for a year or so. That should deal with it, unless you are unlucky enough to get honey fungus. Or lucky - useful in Chinese-style cooking, and the young caps pickle nicely. I now just want to know the best way to kill off any remaining weeds in the soil around it. Most soil-acting weedkillers can get into water courses, and probably won't do much for dormant seeds. A comon one is DICHLOBENIL, a benzonitrile, but it's pretty nasty stuff. Glyphosphate and Roundup are contact weedkillers, not what you are asking for, but less harmful as they are destroyed in the soil. Have you thought of using a flamethrower? You can hire them easily enough: they're like a big blowlamp-on-a-stick. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
Jane Ransom wrote in message ...
In article , Robert E A Harvey writes The regular remark on here is to put an old carpet over the soil to smother anythign that does try to come up. It really works. For anything except bindweed, mares tail, japanese knotweed and a few others ((((((((( I suspect Japanese Knotweed would turn it into a flying carpet... |
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Gardening newbie with wilderness to clear
Just a note to thank everyone for their response to my query. Your
assistance has been very helpful to someone who is venturing into wholly new terrain - literally and metaphorically. If I can ever reciprocate by helping you with any gambling teasers that come to mind when you're out pruning, you can get me through my website. :-) Regards, Jeffrey Prest http://wageringwar.blogspot.com/ |
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