HOW TO KILL TREES / WEEDS FOR GOOD! - Greg The Gardener

We all have a plant, or a problem woody weed that you cut out, but it keeps growing back. Let me demonstrate how to kill that weed/tree, FOR GOOD!

[@rosewind52]

Here's another tip: Score the top of the stump. Then take a small piece of paper towel soaked in the herbicide and wrap the top of the stump. Add plastic wrap and secure with a rubber band to keep it secured and from blowing around. The herbicide soaked paper towel will stay in contact with the stump and will remain wet for a few days. That combined with the greenhouse effect of the warmth of the day will help speed up the process. Leave it on for a week or two after.

[@Aaron_Barrett]

What if I wrap a distant root?

[@19isthenumber]

Thanks Greg. I have this big weed tree growing next to my house, right outside the window. I tried to dig it out before it got really big and I just made it where the April/May rains we get in Georgia were able to reach the roots better. Thus making this tree grow taller and bigger this year. I dont like destroying trees but this one is gonna hurt my house. I will use this tip asap. Thanks for sharing.

[@100vg]

I was wondering about older stumps, because all instructions I've seen say to use the product on a fresh cut, so thanks for mentioning to cut it again. That should work on my one-year-old stump, because it's growing back like crazy.

[@angelafgilmore]

Nice tip. I really like your demeanor. Great info.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Don't listen to these people who say, "Don't use herbicides." I'm a volunteer who helps to maintain a public park in the States. When we began our work, the park was FULL of alien invasive species (thanks to the birds and their droppings). These weeds grow MUCH faster and reproduce MUCH more prolifically than native species. They spread by underground rhizomes, they sprout from cut stumps, they spread seeds, and so they're very numerous. You need a treatment that kills the weed faster than it can reproduce, and you need to kill the weed completely so that it won't start sprouting from rhizomes as soon as you cut it down. When dozens or hundreds of weed trees must be destroyed, volunteers can't afford to spend an entire day killing just one plant. Herbicides like Roundup and triclopyr are the ONLY practical solution. Even our state and federal forestry services admit that. These herbicides do not persist in the environment, and they help restore the original ecosystem.

[@Looking-great]

I work in the industry. I hear it all the time.... Idiots. Try living on a farm. I'm not gonna crawl on my hands or knees pulling out weeds for weeks. 😂

[@arboristBlairGlenn]

Use caution- I did this to a large stump and a root graft lead to the adjacent tree dying. Also gloves are very important. Good advice--but be careful!

[@kevincollett874]

I think this is what I needed to know, I have a many many hedge bushes all growing in the wrong places, , I'll have to go back and retrim the many I've already cut but now I know what to do, thanks for the info,

[@katielyb]

It's also best to wait until late summer to early winter when plants start to draw nutrients in.

[@paulsawtell3991]

I have done this successfully many times and can guarantee it does work.

[@GuppyPal]

I love all your videos, but these are actually pretty insightful. Thanks!

[@cenos8521]

Thank you for making this video :) it was a great help !

[@noelickes6061]

I tried this method on about 50 small stumps.nothing came back except for one stump.this method truly works!!

[@CenterTree777]

Very simple and EFFECTIVE process. I do it often. Good tip. Remember, (to other viewers) you must use a SYSTEMIC type weed killer.

[@Dave67]

Cheers Greg, thanks for the entertaining video, exactly what I needed to know.

[@Chelleyshall]

Ooo you just saved me so much work! I thought I would have to figure out how to dig out these trees. I’m so excited! Thank you!

[@user-gf9kk4ih9u]

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[@user-gf9kk4ih9u]

ILFYO

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Absolutely love this channel❤

[@KennethSettles]

Thanks for the helpful tip! Great video.

[@MarineroMocasin]

you are absolutly brillian! love your videos!

[@TheGizmo47]

good video clear and precise thank you i'm hoping it will work on brambles that haven't got any leaves to spray

[@TheMasterMoto]

Paint it on within 15 seconds of cutting for optimum results. Great video Greg

[@cheeptorque]

I need to buy a plant or a woody weed so I can try that shit out. Thanks once again Gardener Greg ..your awesome !

[@jamesagnew6512]

Great video Greg.

[@rachelklaisletarr197]

I'm so glad I found your videos. You're entertaining and you'll probably save my yard. Thank you, sir!

[@Love4raine]

Thanks Greg, I'm here in Deep South Lousiana , USA in the swamp region and not only are we over run with the alligators and snakes and other wildlife lol but the thick bush that constantly tries to keep moving back on our land. We are actually in the wetland region and I have controlled the wildlife but my wife and I have fought over the round up!!!! I'm tired of being the one "stuck" fighting the loosening battle of the bush so I did what my brother in law said and got the round up and sprayed around all our big trees to kill the ivy vines that take over the tree tops and kill them and I sprayed our fence lines. We are only on 3 acres so not much to do. Guess what???? 😁 in the past several months nothing has " popped up no brush and that means no bush hogging every week!!!!! Yay!!! Also no pulling Ivey off my beautiful Century oaks and various berry bushes and fruit trees!!

[@rickentropic9271]

in my part of LA we use Tabasco

[@raquelmonita]

What chemical did you use? Can you please share the name and where to find it Thanks

[@igorsinger3455]

well done Greg! My advice (I know pesticides well) mixing with dicamba or 2.4 D amine salt will be even more effective.

[@gregthegardener]

@TradieTrev i usually give lantana a solid spray, wait a month , then you can usually crumble it up easily.

[@briankadams66]

I've seen this method used before but have never tried it, going to get weed / brush killer today and give it a try. Thanks.

[@djallin2727]

Did it work???

[@daphybabyy]

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciate it.

[@gregthegardener]

+Daphne Choong :D

[@DamielouShavelle]

@gregthegardener was waiting for it at the start..it's my favourite part..

[@naanaa1111]

How do you make the round up liquid? Is it just straight out of the round up bottle? No water mixed with it?

[@drawlr55]

And for larger stumps, you can drill holes in it and full the holes with full-strength Round-up or similar week killer. Dead roots.

[@neilwilliams8608]

What kind of RoundUp should I use? There are so many RoundUp chemicals. Awesome video. Thanks a lot.

[@rogersideas772]

Great information....thanks for sharing

[@ArizonaChris96]

Great tip and useful info

[@Blarneystone100]

Great tip. Most of the Roundup around where I live is spray on. Will that do or are you using a specific concentrate/mixture?

[@CassandrajustCassandra]

In Texas we just drill a hole right after it's cut off and put sugar in the hole. I saw some comments below about using salt but that can get in the soil and kill things you want to keep. I don't know anything about plants south of the equator so I won't swear by it, but it works in Texas.

[@sosteve9113]

sugar,this is te first time i hear about this methode Cassandra but if it works why not

[@Hasnie]

Thank you for sharing the tip

[@paintball6910]

gregthegardener what is the exact mixture of Round UP your using. Straight at what strength, is it diluted?

[@andrewriley1053]

Do you mix it at the recommended rate or stronger?

[@allenfuller4753]

It is called Wipeout here in Edmonton. I use it when the weeds have become Round Up resistant. I don't know if it is as safe on the soil. It has worked well. If the mares tail is that bad, use both and rotate them as they work differently. If you can start with Wipeout, which is quicker, then you stop the growth almost immediately. Then as soon as it reappears, hit it with Round Up. It may take a couple of years to get rid of it. Mares tail dies back in winter here and is not as much trouble.

[@larryadams458]

I have some of these weed trees a couiple feet from a vegetable garden. Would you use roundup so near a food source?

[@marialuisacardenas6071]

@gregthegardener Do you know of what would be good to kill ferns, I'm trying to grow grass where the ferns are so I'm concerned about the chemicals staying in the soil afterwards

[@ragnarvolorus2925]

Thanks a bunch mate, ima give it a go tomorrow.

[@romaldothomas8653]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@FireEater]

Nice job mate thanks

[@nelsonsantos770]

Works well with Brazilian pepper tree! I have big ones, I drilled holes on the base and put weed killer. The huge tree from top to bottom died in a few days!

[@timewarppal1427]

So I’m a teenager and I’m trying to clean up the yard for my grandma so I can make it pretty for her but our whole backyard is overgrown with trees and weeds and blackberry bushes. I’ve tried the vinegar epsom salt and dawn weed killer but it doesn’t work. Any suggestions?

[@lenny38138]

After the cut , try drilling with bit then pour the roundup in the holes.

[@BrianJaggers642]

I had thought about drilling holes and adding salt, it's a lot cheaper. Going to try it out and see how it goes.

[@mikechristensen3300]

you can use this method and watch new shoots next year...cause round up on the leaves or green absorbs and photosynthesis happens to poison the plant not on the stem ! i have used stump killer aka potassium nitrate yes it could be a booster explosive properly mixed.. or drill holes and pour sodium nitrate [table salt] or epsom salt and diesel into the holes dead as a door nail !

[@dominocus1]

Aces, my man. Sweet technique. TYVM. : )

[@gregthegardener]

:D

[@gayellenmullen6754]

what is your view point Greg on using Copper Spikes into a tree stump? Would that work or is that a myth? I started off investigating the use of copper sulfate in the garden because i am overrun with slugs here in the New England Area we live in a temperate forest environment. Then i cam across copper nails into stumps kill method?

[@rocketspace75]

Thank you Sir . that realy helps alot

[@whasumara73]

Thank you sir for the information. Much appreciated.

[@simdogg8412]

hey can somebosy tell me if by mulching a lantana bush if i can use the mulch in the garden or will this cause me more problems in the future?

[@lovepeace4635]

i did the same but roots are growing under my soil. Everytime im planting perennial flowers i found lots of weed roots

[@argonaut6386]

Great video. Do you think this would work on bamboo root if I cut the main root coming under my neighbours fence and treat it?. Many thanks

[@P2055516]

Greg, I’ve never used Round-Up in 40 years of gardening until today. Hope it works!!!

[@djallin2727]

Did the Roundup work???

[@wisdomcalls2475]

You just became my best friend. Thank you mate!! Q. Can I still do this in the fall?

[@ruswsanchez]

I have a question, after doing this, do I have to pull out the dead tree? because I want to plant flowers around it, help please!!

[@adenmorrison4047]

nice vid man!

[@anstonian]

Excellent. think your vids are great. thanks for sharing..

[@gregthegardener]

anstonian awww thanks :D

[@anstonian]

***** A pleasure thank you so much.I'm keen to learn.

[@estrelladelaesperanza]

I've been loking for a solution to the pesky tree/weeds that grow in my garden. Thank you for this video! I have subscribed to you r channel and will consult in the future for your advice on gardening issues! Great job!

[@jodysams7915]

Some are better eating then your own crops

[@CraigArndt]

My neighbor put a free bare root pine tree right in his bed near my fence, not thinking in 20 years what it would become. 5 years later it was coming through the fence, so a little roundup in a pump, just sprayed on the trunk and base of tree. In 3 weeks it was yellowing and dead in a month.

[@gregthegardener]

glad it could help you out :)

[@Tovarizer]

great job!

[@marytramp5678]

I have done that over and over to these trees that the squirrels plant in my one flower bed and in this one flower bed they just won't die! what else can I try? in my others the trees die and I can go back and dig up the little stumps no problem. but in this one they just won't die!!! I have used Roundup on them all.

[@hypock1]

best channel.

[@WXUZT]

Yess !! You should apply it within 2-3 minutes preferably otherwise considerable suberisation will make uptake & translocation of Glyphosate or any systemic Herbicide inefficient

[@ajubbgs1679]

Thank you Greg

[@wilmagregory8967]

How can I control suckers from a olive tree from the neighbors yard? It grows wildly under our fence and it's taking over our back yard and our neighbor doesn't seem to care. It burrows underground and comes up yards from the tree.

[@SpookMSgt]

If you want to get more concentrated poison into the stump, drill a few holes in it with a portable drill It holds a lot more poison that way for the stump to absorb. ' Also, if the stump was cut long before and has started to heal, this drills down to where it will absorb the chemical.

[@jolirp7908]

Did you use round up weed killer? If you have a grown tree and cut off the top will this work?

[@hremaddox]

What if I have an entire fence line of about 100 feet to clear

[@grandmasterbash]

@Greg Would this work on a bougainvillea plant? I have one in the yard, and it's got massive spikes. I need it gone so my kids to get one through the foot.

[@TennisOnAction]

My next door neighbor accused me cracked his wall 🧱 because of our weed roots suckers move but I only see one cement is little cracked on my side. What should I do?

[@nlo114]

I use glyphosate warily, because where unwanted roots intertwine with the roots of wanted plants you can get a carry-over and throw out the baby with the bath-water.

[@cluelesstrainer]

tips for English ivy sprawled through my yard? Persistence? Boiling water?

[@lenoredavi6137]

Alternately, you could drill a few holes into the stump, and pour in Epsom salts dissolved in some hot water. It completely breaks down the stump without you needing to dig it up, and does not poison your soil either. This works on any size stump.

[@tophat2002]

Idk if that's true . I seen it fail on KZbin

[@marial4707]

I’ve tried that in various ways, it does NOT work. Even with a bag over the stump to keep Epson salts localized on it….nope!

[@MsChopperdog]

Thanks Greg, I`m gonna try this.

[@donaldduke2233]

thanks for the tip.

[@albertdik3376]

What chemical are u using or what are some that work?

[@raciovillagechannel4950]

Good farming.. 👍😎

[@stuartkinzler3051]

By definition, a weed is any plant that is growing where you DO NOT want it. That goes for annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs... whatever. Plant enthusiasts will say that any plant that does not have a name is a weed, i.e. a volunteer that started from a seed of unknown origin would be considered a weed. Any plant that is growing on your own property can be cut without regard for any laws unless you live in an environmentally protected area. Non-native plants can and should be cut.

[@godbluffvdgg]

I remember those days before cordless sawzalls and chainsaws...We were so primitive back then...:)

[@Loohan7]

I once tried this exact thing with kudzu and it did not work. A guy paid me to lop off the vines at the ground while he put roundup on the cuts. Roundup is intended to be taken up by leaves. I doubt it would be effective used this way.

[@angusmcpheee8028]

hey mate just wondering i have a property and it has very thick brush its likje a wall and would be really cool for some dirt bike trails there is lanatna small trees and heaps of vines and shrubbery just wondering what i would use to make dirt bike trails and if there is any tips or tools you would recomend cheers

[@momdoan]

I know about just getting the herbicide into the cambium layer but wouldn't that hurt the soil biology?

[@klecoxs2]

Thanks gr8 advice

[@atzerv]

What product are you using? Which exactly Roundup?

[@tammymccoy8515]

Hello Greg the gardener.....i need your help...I have a Dewberry (Rubus Trivials) along side my perannual gargen that is causing me a major headache. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT !!!! ????? Thank You

[@salvingonsalves8892]

i have a monster tree and found difficult to remove. atlast this technique is going to work .tks

[@AddictiveBreedNICK]

Time to piss the apple tree off... Thanks for the tip Greg

[@LetsCookOffical]

Is glyphosate 41 sl enough to destroy bushes with pump or spray?

[@arthurcastaneda9969]

Hi, very informative video I have a problem I am a contractor and there is a brick wall that there is some branches growing out of and when I cut the branches out of the brick wall about 2 month later they're like 6 ft tall.... will this work to kill the branches from ever growing back because we cannot do any mortar or brick work because the branches keep growing through that wall and where can I buy this chemical? can I buy this at a Home Depot or a Lowe's store or can you please direct me where to buy it or is there a website? Thank you! Arthur

[@riverunner9978]

Wow ! Thank you!

[@charminglad124]

I have a massive tree that is growing in my neighbours yard and it fill our yard with rubbish, I have asked the neighbour if they could trim or cut it down, they said "Would love to but it will cost us way to much money" so what can I do to poison it please, ty in advance.

[@AngriestEwok]

Cheers mate!

[@wayneosmand7652]

Seeing as I detest the use of Roundup/Glysophate or anything from Monsanto for that matter! I have used a syringe and brake fliud to great effect! try it, it actually works! My Dad did it years ago on a neighbours huge gum treee that they didnt want to remove and it was lifting the foundations of our house and cement slab, so stealthily under the cloak of darkness he drilled 3 or 4 small holes with a hand drill and stcuk it good, rubbed over the holes and the thing went toes up within a month! neighbour is still scratching his head! lol hate gum trees on urban blocks, thank goodness that trend died in the 70's!

[@tosinkolajo2185]

I cut my tree down 3 days ago.. is it too late to apply the chemical?

[@ghazalashah1514]

Helpful 😊👍