Help me to kill that nana !
 

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:

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

That's a bird of paradise not a nanner. Good luck.

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

Hi,

Yes, you are right. That is my mistake.
Link toward strelizia
Not a musacea but a zingiberacea.
But my question is still valid.

Any idea ?

Phil

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

Drill some holes pour in some brush killer or Roundup it will die

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Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

Maybe it's this one...

Google Image Result for http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2005/08/11/NativePlantFan9/7d6077.jpg

Which, by the way, in in the family Musaceae...it's called 'Traveler's Palm, or Strelitzia ravenala

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

I was wondering the same thing?

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

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.

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

It is not in Musaceae, it is in Strelitziaceae.

Heavy machinery if you want to extract it without killing it.

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

One copper nail hammered in the p- stem will kill any plant or tree.

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

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!

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

active ingredient glyphosate min 20% prefer 41-43%
make a hole in the trunk and pour some in

Re: Help me to kill that nana !
 

Chainsaw for a Traveler's Palm

Chainsaw and lawnmower for a Bird of Paradise