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re: What’s a good herbicide to kill trees at the stump? Specifically crape Myrtle?

Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:27 pm to
Posted by bovine1
Walnut Ridge,AR via Tallulah,LA
Member since Dec 2004
1335 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:27 pm to
I second Tordon.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
16864 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 9:23 am to
I had success with fire on a crepe myrtle. Drilled holes as deep as I could and soaked with kerosene several times over a day or so, then put some fire wood around it and had a nice fire. Burned deep into the ground.

Still get shootups occasionally, but I don't think anything stops those. I just mow over them and they get fewer and further between.

ETA:

I'm weird about pesticide and herbicide though. Try to avoid as much as I can since my kids and dogs are constantly playing outside.

This post was edited on 1/21/25 at 9:24 am
Posted by highpockets
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2015
2002 posts
Posted on 1/21/25 at 10:06 am to
I had 2 that I cut to the ground, but were still growing, I cut the ground/roots around the stumps with a Sawzall and pulled them with my truck.
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