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Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 19:04
| At least a half dozen times I almost cut this fast-growing thing down in the backyard of our house we just got in March. Then my mom came and told me she thought it was wisteria. Is it?? If so I need to post somewhere else for some advice on how to handle it. On perennials?
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| It looks like Wisteria to me. It will eat your house if you let it. |
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| You should never, ever have that plant so close to your house. I'd not hesitate in cutting it all the way to the ground, then treating the stump with a little bit of RoundUp. It doesn't need to be 'handled'....it needs to be killed. It will probably keep sprouting for months or years into the future, but keep after it. Every time you allow this plant to get shrubby, the root system becomes bigger and bigger and even more difficult to get rid of. |
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- Posted by botanicalboi Zone 7 Georgia (glowwrestling@gmail.com) on Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 22:26
| Please destroy it! I USED to have several beautiful acres...5 years ago... |
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| Ok, it will be gone this week!! |
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| P.s. the previous owner planted a lot of bishops weed too... There is about 50 sq feet of it... I have my work cut out for me in just those 2 beds not to mention the rest of the property.... Thanks |
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| Another example of how differently plants behave/are treated in different climates. Wisteria is frequently grown against houses here but is kept trained against the walls by regular maintenance. Also, since the houses here are generally solid walled rather than sided it does no harm to the structure. The link is not my picture but shows an ancient plant I pass on my way to work. I don't know its age but the root is as thick as a tree. |
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| Well look - it has taken up the whole "yard"! :) Thanks for sharing the pic. |
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- Posted by botanicalboi Zone 7 Georgia (glowwrestling@gmail.com) on Mon, Aug 20, 12 at 12:21
| If you are a chemical user, once you get most of it chopped down. You can put a covered bucket of brush killer and run a few of the larger vines into the bucket. This will slowly but surely get to the roots. This plant is hardly ever easy to remove. You will see shoots for years. This is the only method that I have found that works. Sadly, my problem is far beyond this being effective. |
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| Now onto the other weeds...... And thinking of what else to put there eventually Thanks everyone  |
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| Evergreen shrub(s) that will soften the corner of the larger room and hide its foundation. |
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| Isn't some one going to say it? I know the experienced gardeners here are thinking it. There's no way that Wisteria is gone. It's just figuring out it's next move! |
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| It grabbed the gardener and pulled them into the hole. See the trowel and gloves? |
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| LoL, I should have known! |
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| It doesn't take an experienced gardener to see from the toughness of the branches and impossible to pull roots that it is not gone. I didn't used to be a chemicals person but now with 2 acres it is almost unavoidable! |
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