View Full Version : Help me to kill that nana !
EuroBanana
09-08-2012, 12:52 PM
Hi everybody,
Let's speak about a member of the musaceas family.
The guy is a huge Strelizia augusta (I will post pictures of it very soon).
It is a cold hardy and somewhat wind hardy ornemental very interesting to create a fast tropical look in the southern gardens.
But.......I made a mistake.
I planted it just near my house at 30 cm (sorry ! one foot) of the wall.
Now it is six meters (sorry ! twenty feet) high and the roots are exploding the pavement around it.
It is sad but I am thinking about killing it because it is very difficult extract its suckers and to make them root. They bleed water to death.
I would like to plant a less greedy nana at its place.
I am waiting for your suggestions to extract the thing.
Phil
PS : if anybody interested in it, please come to undig it and I will ship it to your home in an twenty feet UPS box.:ha::ha:
blownz281
09-08-2012, 01:26 PM
That's a bird of paradise not a nanner. Good luck.
EuroBanana
09-08-2012, 03:18 PM
That's a bird of paradise not a nanner. Good luck.
Hi,
Yes, you are right. That is my mistake.
Link toward strelizia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia)
Not a musacea but a zingiberacea.
But my question is still valid.
Any idea ?
Phil
sunfish
09-08-2012, 04:20 PM
Hi,
Yes, you are right. That is my mistake.
Link toward strelizia (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia)
Not a musacea but a zingiberacea.
But my question is still valid.
Any idea ?
Phil
Drill some holes pour in some brush killer or Roundup it will die
Bayer 704640B Brush Killer Plus Concentrate - 32 oz. | Free Shipping (http://www.casa.com/p/bayer-704640b-brush-killer-plus-concentrate-32-oz-232332?site=CA&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc_C&utm_term=HYV-296&utm_campaign=GoogleAW&CAWELAID=1309095051&utm_content=pla&adtype=pla&cagpspn=pla)
jjjankovsky
09-08-2012, 04:50 PM
Maybe it's this one...
Google Image Result for http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/08/11/NativePlantFan9/7d6077.jpg (http://www.google.com.mx/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7ACGW&biw=1304&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbnid=fKqI-Cv6x0sZ4M:&imgrefurl=http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/85421/&docid=IwTYvsp755TXVM&imgurl=http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/08/11/NativePlantFan9/7d6077.jpg&w=800&h=599&ei=VrtLUKrOMKOC2AXss4HwBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=984&vpy=300&dur=6901&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=101&ty=179&sig=104529748858177558560&page=1&tbnh=125&tbnw=167&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:0,i:132)
Which, by the way, in in the family Musaceae...it's called 'Traveler's Palm, or Strelitzia ravenala
blownz281
09-08-2012, 07:21 PM
I was wondering the same thing?
LilRaverBoi
09-08-2012, 08:15 PM
I don't think he's looking for an ID (especially since the OP says the plant name)....he is asking for ways to kill it.
venturabananas
09-08-2012, 11:27 PM
It is not in Musaceae, it is in Strelitziaceae.
Heavy machinery if you want to extract it without killing it.
crazy banana
09-09-2012, 01:46 AM
One copper nail hammered in the p- stem will kill any plant or tree.
alias
09-10-2012, 05:47 AM
The best way;
Pour some gasolline into Pseudostem, around it and put some rocks around so that you won't make a fire. Throw a match and let it burn.
When it becomes a 'porridge', take a showell and dig out the remains.
Good luck!
active ingredient glyphosate min 20% prefer 41-43%
make a hole in the trunk and pour some in
PR-Giants
09-10-2012, 04:02 PM
Chainsaw for a Traveler's Palm
Chainsaw and lawnmower for a Bird of Paradise
vBulletin® v3.6.8, Copyright ©2000-2020, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.