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Identification and removal of annoying plant

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  • 29-07-2016 6:17pm
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    Artdeco30
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    I'm hopeful these persistent shoots are connected with a horse chestnut we pulled down (too big for small garden) but am worried they are something more sinister:

    https://imageshack.com/i/pnJPnnR3j

    https://imageshack.com/i/ploq62Foj

    The second picture is of some of the roots.

    It's very hard to dig up and it is sprouting quite a bit - under the nearby shed etc. Any solutions that will eradicate it would be welcome!


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    emo72
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    Doesn't look like a horse chestnut. It is some kind of climbing plant, reminds me of hops. But the leaves are slightly different. Whatever it is, you'll probably need round-up or some modern equivalent to kill it.

    Who's next with a guess?


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    Artdeco30
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭Artdeco30


    More pics from just now -

    https://imageshack.com/i/plRmLmIdj

    https://imageshack.com/i/poOZxJqtj

    emo72, do you not think the leaves are very like the horse chestnut (he asked, hopefully)?


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    emo72
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    Yeah the leaves look like horse chestnuts, but it's clumping with multiple stems. Not like a tree. But I'm not that huge an expert. Someone else will be along soon.

    Edit... Get a close up of a leaf.


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    fepper
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    Oh there are chestnut babies alright,it will turn into a massive bush if you let it


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    sidcon
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    fepper wrote: »
    Oh there are chestnut babies alright,it will turn into a massive bush if you let it

    Is it Rodgersia


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    Artdeco30
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    Thanks for the replies. Is it from the chestnut tree we pulled down or totally separate?

    How can we get rid of it - it's sprouting everywhere!


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    emo72
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    does a horse chestnut push up suckers?


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    fepper
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    Pure roundup neat should kill it well whatever it is


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    emo72
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    roundup yep. i called it earlier. when you absolutely positively want to kill every motherf**** in the garden.


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    Hocus Focus
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    emo72 wrote: »
    Yeah the leaves look like horse chestnuts, but it's clumping with multiple stems. Not like a tree. But I'm not that huge an expert. Someone else will be along soon.

    Edit... Get a close up of a leaf.
    When a cut-down tree sprouts from the roots it does it with multiple stems, turning into a bush or a coppice.


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    emo72
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    Hocus Focus wrote: »
    When a cut-down tree sprouts from the roots it does it with multiple stems, turning into a bush or a coppice.

    And here endeth the lesson.


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    Artdeco30
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    Many thanks to you all for your help, and to Hocus Focus for the authoritative statement!


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