kill eggtree?

cj maxx

hi there
does anyone know of a good herbicide to kill off an eggtree hedge.
its gotten wide and overgrown and short of gettin in a digger to rip them out im lost. roundup didnt do the trick when i sprayed last sept. it went brown but back this year as strong as ever. any help wpould be great

vcsggl

Cut it all off at ground level this autumn and when soft new growth comes next spring spray it with Roundup concentrate. Even if you dig it out the chances are that you'll get regrowth next Spring so you'd have to spray it then anyway. There was a time when a good dose of sodium chlorate would have done the job in one go but thanks to Brussels and Health and Safety, car bombs, etc etc sodium chlorate is no longer available - not to us ordinary folk at least !

George

cj maxx

vcsggl wrote: »

Cut it all off at ground level this autumn and when soft new growth comes next spring spray it with Roundup concentrate. Even if you dig it out the chances are that you'll get regrowth next Spring so you'd have to spray it then anyway. There was a time when a good dose of sodium chlorate would have done the job in one go but thanks to Brussels and Health and Safety, car bombs, etc etc sodium chlorate is no longer available - not to us ordinary folk at least !

George

thanks george. will try that.
nocticed ur post re rushes , how did that work out and what did you use?
i have the same prob , i got mcpa? as it seems to be most recconmended

LostCovey

cjmc wrote: »

hi there
does anyone know of a good herbicide to kill off an eggtree hedge.
its gotten wide and overgrown and short of gettin in a digger to rip them out im lost. roundup didnt do the trick when i sprayed last sept. it went brown but back this year as strong as ever. any help wpould be great

What's an eggtree?

LC

Sam Kade

Maybe you could post a picture of an egg tree for the benefit of us that haven't a clue of what it is?

Bitten & Hisses

Sam Kade wrote: »

Maybe you could post a picture of an egg tree for the benefit of us that haven't a clue of what it is?

vanderbadger

Sam Kade

vanderbadger wrote: »

I don't know what you are grinning about Bitten and hisses thinks it's the real thing as it was the first picture to come when he googled egg tree in google images.