Posted by The Night Tripper on June 1, 2011, 6:29 pm
Hi All
we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like to
get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of the
fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
where the lower parts originate.
I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
overhanging vine as possible.
How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do its
nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so until
it's actually dying off?
Thanks
J^n
Posted by Bob Hobden on June 2, 2011, 3:30 am
"The Night Tripper" wrote
> Hi All
> we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
> correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like
> to
> get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of
> the
> fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
> where the lower parts originate.
> I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
> Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
> overhanging vine as possible.
> How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
> quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do its
> nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so until
> it's actually dying off?
As long as you can spray a significant proportion of the plant you will kill
it completely, which is presumably what you and your neighbours desire.
However it can take some time for the plant to go completely brown and die
so I would give it at least a month before physically attacking it or you
may not kill the roots. It may need two applications if it's persistent.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by RG on June 2, 2011, 6:46 am
On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:29:46 +0100, The Night Tripper
> Hi All
> we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
> correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like
> to
> get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of
> the
> fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
> where the lower parts originate.
> I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
> Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
> overhanging vine as possible.
> How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
> quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do
> its
> nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so
> until
> it's actually dying off?
You'll know that the Glyphosate has reached the roots and started to work,
when the leaves begin to go brown. Then you can cut it back.
Spray it on a calm day, and if there are other plants nearby have a can of
water ready to drench them after spraying, just in case of drift.
NB. I will certainly NOT suggest that if it's a large plant the Glyphosate
would work better at double the recommended strength, because that would
be illegal.
Posted by Charlie Pridham on June 2, 2011, 8:19 am
> Hi All
> we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
> correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like
> to
> get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of
> the
> fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
> where the lower parts originate.
> I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
> Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
> overhanging vine as possible.
> How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
> quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do its
> nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so until
> it's actually dying off?
> Thanks
> J^n
As others have said 21-28 days as a rule, I am assuming that killing the
plant completely is what you want?
--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Posted by kay on June 2, 2011, 9:39 am
harry;925191 Wrote:
> On Jun 1, 11:29*pm, The Night Tripper jkn...@nicorp.co.uk wrote:[i]
>
> * * we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
> correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd
> like to
> get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side
> of the
> fence ]
>
> If you apply this weed killer it will kill the whole plant. There is
> no possibilty of you doing what you describe.
It will do *exactly* what the OP describes, ie "get rid of" it, "via
<the OP's> side of the fence"
--
kay
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> we & the neighbours have a Jerusalem Vine (not sure if that's the
> correct name, but never mind) growing between our gardens which I'd like
> to
> get rid of. The neighbours are happy for me to attack it via our side of
> the
> fence but I don't want to start going round their side too much to get at
> where the lower parts originate.
> I am planning to spray the parts which overhang our garden with with
> Glyphosate, but I would also like to subsequently cut back as much of the
> overhanging vine as possible.
> How long should I wait after spraying before cutting back? That is, how
> quickly will the Glyphosate travel back to the rest of the plan and do its
> nasty business. A day? couple of days? or should I wait a week or so until
> it's actually dying off?