Posted by 0tterbot on February 13, 2008, 5:14 pm
what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
the first time. is this true?
mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
(again!!!!!!!)
thanking you!
kylie
Posted by Trish Brown on February 13, 2008, 5:30 pm
0tterbot wrote:
> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
> under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
> to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
> ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>
> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
> fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
> the first time. is this true?
>
> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
> (again!!!!!!!)
>
> thanking you!
> kylie
>
>
In my experience, dig and pull is your best bet. A mature wisteria can
travel *miles*, but if yours is only little *get it out now*!!! I
absolutely love the stuff, but given the chance, it will pick up your
house and walk away with it! =:-0
--
Trish Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Posted by Harry 'Snapper' Organ on February 13, 2008, 6:41 pm
aus.gardens:
>what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots, both
>under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
>to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
>ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
>would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
>fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
>the first time. is this true?
>mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
>(again!!!!!!!)
Neat Roundup painted on the freshly cut stem works pretty well but it
is a very persistant plant.
When I bought this house 30 years ago I had a mature 'one' along the
fence line which I removed - even 10 years later a shoot would appear
but evenually the Roundup beat it
Regards
Harold
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
Posted by FarmI on February 14, 2008, 8:14 pm
> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots,
> both under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but
> also next to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone
> line - don't ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that
> wisteria fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get
> it right the first time. is this true?
> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
> (again!!!!!!!)
Cut it off and within 30 seconds of doing the cut put pure undiluted
glyphosate (at the 360g/Litre concentration) on the cut surface suing a
paintbrush. If it resprouts (unlikely) do the same thing again.
Posted by 0tterbot on February 16, 2008, 6:26 pm
>> what is the best way to remove (well, kill) a small wisteria (2 shoots,
>> both under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but
>> also next to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone
>> line - don't ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>>
>> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
>> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that
>> wisteria fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't
>> get it right the first time. is this true?
>>
>> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
>> (again!!!!!!!)
> Cut it off and within 30 seconds of doing the cut put pure undiluted
> glyphosate (at the 360g/Litre concentration) on the cut surface suing a
> paintbrush. If it resprouts (unlikely) do the same thing again.
well people, i've got one dig and pull, and two glysophates! :-D any other
votes?
kylie
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> under 1cm diameter) which is growing not only in a weird spot, but also next
> to the phone line marker (i know for a fact that the phone line - don't
> ask! - is not buried the full 70cm deep).
>
> is carefully digging down a little bit, & then pulling it, going to work?
> would zero be better? for some reason i am taken with the idea that wisteria
> fights back from removal & will just become a pest if i don't get it right
> the first time. is this true?
>
> mainly i desperately want to avoid cutting or pulling up the phone line
> (again!!!!!!!)
>
> thanking you!
> kylie
>
>