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cdbrock

cdbrock · 2013-10-03 12:42:13

I have cut down a very high escallonia macrantha hedge and I am left with the stumps, some between 3 to 5 inches in diameter just above the ground. Impractical to dig out the roots. Any thing I could use to kill them ? cdbrock

03-10-2013 1:42pm

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cdbrock

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I have cut down a very high escallonia macrantha hedge and I am left with the stumps, some between 3 to 5 inches in diameter just above the ground. Impractical to dig out the roots. Any thing I could use to kill them ? cdbrock

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#2 03-10-2013 1:56pm

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cdbrock wrote: »

I have cut down a very high escallonia macrantha hedge and I am left with the stumps, some between 3 to 5 inches in diameter just above the ground. Impractical to dig out the roots. Any thing I could use to kill them ? cdbrock

Try painting on some neat round up.

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#3 03-10-2013 4:17pm

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Just to add to this - scar the tops of the butts and paint on the neat round up

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#4 03-10-2013 4:56pm

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thanks, I'll ty that. Top of stumps are fairly rough anyhow as I had to get them to above stage with an axe.

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