sunfish

No need to spray

caliboy1994

It's too hard to pull up on its own. The roots are like power cables. I just found a few roots invading the root system of my Raja Puri, one of them was an inch thick.

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Nicolas Naranja

The kill maleleuca down here by hacking the bark and exposing the phloem and spraying into the hack marks.

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caliboy1994

So, my dad has been giving me a hard time about this whole creeping fig shenanigan, as usual. He thinks that the back wall that it's climbing on needs a cover, and the creeping fig admittedly has done the job really well. When planting a cover crop under my bananas today, I came across these roots from the plant. They were smack in the middle of my Raja Puri's root system, and were even hugging the corms. It's ridiculous. If this doesn't convince him, maybe the only thing that will would be visibly sick banana plants. And I'm not going to let that happen again.

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caliboy1994

UPDATE: I got the okay to remove it, and I used the paintbrush method. I used about 3/4 cup of 1 part 18% glyphosate Roundup and 1 part water on the entire plant. I cut back the three main stems that I found (the largest one was over two inches thick) and applied a liberal amount of Roundup solution on them with a paintbrush. I also cut and scarified some of the larger stems and applied the solution there with the paintbrush as well. I sprinkled the excess on the leaves when I was done, and also pulled a decent amount of the plant off of the wall and removed it.

I'm not leaving until Saturday, so hopefully I'll be able to see onset of this monster's downfall. I'll keep you guys updated!

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ez

The way you applied herbicide to the plant may not work the key is to apply the glyphosate to the phloem, cambium and xylem not the leaves. location, strength and the amount of herbicide you apply is critical.

Application of the herbicide is generally done around the base of the plant where the product can be dispersed throughout the tree's vascular transport system. This can be achieved by ‘frill cut’ or ‘hack-and-squirt’ the cut is made in the shape of a trough, just deep enough to expose the xylem, cut all the way around using downward strokes to flare out the bark. You can also perform a glyphosate injection by drilling small holes close together at a 45° angle (downward facing) and filling them with undiluted herbicide.

Just like any other product the way it used can affect performance. Since you already applied herbicide and the fact that some plants are more sensitive to glyphosate then others, you have a reasonable chance of success. If you need to reapply I would use the herbicide at full strength (18%). It can take 10 days or so before the plant starts to die.

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sunfish

I know an easier way

caliboy1994

Thanks, ez. I already left up for college, so I'll let my dad know about this. As of now, there hasn't been much activity. Parts of the plant are dying, and the rest of it seems to be beginning to dry up. I cut the foliage off from all of the main stems, so the foliage should not last very long. It's more the roots I'm worried about.

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G.W.

This has worked well in cases where covering the foliage was a joke.
How do I spray a 60 ft tree ?

Ok so I could make that happen but controlling drift is another story.

Nice links.

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Kat2

Same here. Declare it a treasured and rare plant. Guaranteed it will croak. (I was very successful propagating figs by practicing fignorance and considering them weeds.)

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Kat2

Weed B Gone works much faster but it still takes time; clients never understood why we sprayed thistle and didn't come back to clean up for 2 weeks. (Don't get me started on killing ivy which I suspect is much like your creeper.) Good luck!

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