The pokeweed is right next to roses and hydrangeas. If I spray some glyphosate on it, could it get into the soil and harm the other plants around? I can try digging them out of the flower bed, but in some areas I can’t dig because they are growing out of concrete by the fences.
by laurenjac
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2 pokeweeds easy to get rid of by pulling them out. The maple tree in the concrete by your fence just cut and keep cutting till it stops growing.
Pokeweed is easy to kill. Take a spade or smallish shovel and use it to cut through the stem just bellow the soil surface. Third pic is a maple tree, just cut it off as low as you can get it and use a paint brush or such to dab a small amount of roundup on the cut to kill
You can paint brush on herbicide to kill things selectively, but tbh pokeweed is rippable, I would just dig it up.
Get you a nice little hand trowel and dig around it then. Doesn’t need to be overly complicated. No need to spray. Get as much tap root as you can and if it comes back keep at it you’ll eventually starve it.
I just hit the stalk with my cane and kill it. But that tree isn’t a maple. It’s a Sycamore, which will grow very large and has fragile branches so definitely. I would get rid of that.
Yes the one on the fence. Up to you but they grow very big and drop limbs like crazy. I promise you don’t want it growing there. Will damage everything especially your house.
It will also deprive your roses. But look up Sycamore trees and you’ll see they can get 60 plus feet tall. My neighbor has a real big one it takes 3 of us to reach around. Kinda gives you an idea how big they get.
Very welcome!! Glad you got help instead of some of the insanity goes on here!!