Rose Bush Victory
Or at least I’m hoping so! Mr. Empire pulled the stump out with the car — a 2-1/2 ton station wagon didn’t have a great deal of trouble, though he said if it didn’t have positrac, it would’ve been more difficult.
Several of the roots broke off when it came loose — not surprising, I suppose — so I spent about the next hour digging down as far as I could with a large trowel, then whacked ‘em off at least 6" underground before filling the hole back in. I’m hoping that takes care of it completely and nothing grows back, but I’m going to be keeping a careful eye on that area just in case.
Not that I have the slightest idea what to use to kill a rosebush that’s stubborn enough to come back from "pruning" that drastic! There’s got to be something, I’m sure; next time I see Carl or Audrey, I’ll have to ask if they have any ideas.
I’ve got some azaleas that are a lit like your rose bushes. Last year, after the hurricane, I had a big tree fall into 6 of my azaleas and crunched ‘em up pretty good. They were badly overgrown anyway. So, I took my chainsaw and cut those suckers down to the ground. Thought that was that. But you should see them now. They’re at least three feet tall, and going strong. Heh.
Comment by nuke gingrich — 2 October 2006 @ 12:20 am
That’s not too reassuring you know! This thing did survive being whacked off as close to ground level as I could get it with loppers and a hacksaw (don’t have a chainsaw). But there wasn’t all that much coming back up, and what did got hit with poison ivy killer (2,4D), so I’m hoping that yanking it up by the roots will solve the problem.
Comment by Empire1 — 2 October 2006 @ 1:57 pm