I meant to update, so I am doing it now. Last year our poplar tree was cut down. Shortly after, little suckers were popping up by the hundreds all over! Invading raised/ flower beds, lawn, around its own stump...it was horrible! Anyway, I applied this method 3 times (it rained) and didn't think it worked at all! I though what a load of crap (I feel guilty because I should have KNOW better that this man tells the truth!) Then, this year, FINALLY! No more suckers anywhere! I didn't realize that perhaps to kill suckers from that type of a tree, might take few months (and over Winter). Thank you Mr. Pavlis for your help, time and informative videos and blog! 💐💐💯👍👍👍
I'm going to try this I have a lot of these sucker trees right up against my house and one even growing in a window well I didn't even know how I was going to get rid of that one until I saw this video. Thank you.
Thanks for the tip. I've got a bunch of these suckers I have to deal with. It would be nice though if you added a video showing the suckers after several days, following the application of the Round Up.
Gawd, I can feel that in my back already. What about mowing high and then do a dribble from the sprayer standing up. Too much collateral damage? Now that you've done it, does it work? Video proof.
Spray using Hi Yield triclopyr. It's safe on most types of grass, but kills any woody plant (including trees), blackberries, violets and creeping Charlie. It's the main ingredient in stump-out.
That happened to us and a cherry tree. We paid lots of money to have our trees trimmed and this cherry tree taken out and then they say NOTHING about the tree suckers that would result. I was just digging them out of the lawn and cutting the roots but they keep coming back as you said. So now I am going to try painting with an herbicide! Thanks for telling us what the "professional" should be telling us when they cut down an invasive tree!
@@samli2070 Round up and a paint brush. Just cut down the suckers as much as possible and paint the tips. I will admit we eventually cut the whole tree down because we were tired of the cherry mess everywhere.
I have Black Gum tree suckers all over my yard. They are choking out other desirable plants, flowers, and bushes. Have been using the Roundup stem painting for years on any undesirable weeds and tree suckers. Isolates the Roundup to only the things you want to remove. Highly effective and no spray on other plants.
Thanks for your video. I should have guessed that Round Up was the product to use. Can't wait to start sawing down my two elms and getting all the suckers.. Diseased mother tree, almost 3 stories , to be tackled by pros.
My little trees are coming up right under my big oak tree. Could they come from a tree that hasn't been cut down and if I try this will it hurt my live tree?
A lot of herbicides include different herbicides and additives.. so I wouldn't recommend using no gloves/protective equipment unless you're 100% sure it's only Roundup.
I have been using an axe and pulling up these black locusts trees on a small piece of my property. I will definitely give this a go. I know the little bastards are only gonna keep coming up if I don't try something else. Thanks so much for this video.
Been watching your videos for a while now, appreciate the practical no nonsense approach to gardening! I am in zone 5, simcoe county, may I ask where you purchase and which specific version of round-up you use in this eradication method. Thks in advance for your help.
Thank you for sharing this approach. Would this affect the mother grove of aspen? Also, would this method work for something like Japanese Knotweed? And if my province only allows residential use of the pre-mixed roundup, will that work?
The amount being applied is quite small and won't affect the mother plant. It does work with knotweed - but that is a tough customer that might need more than one application.
Monsanto had an advertising slogan several years ago 'a drop will do' meaning a very small amount will kill the whole plant and its roots. If you want the mother plant you must separate the sucker roots before Appling the round up!
How do I remove root suckers that are coming from a viable plum tree? The suckers are popping up all around the trunk of the plum tree (2-3' radius); its taking over the garden area making it more and more unusable. I'm assuming these suckers are coming from one of the main roots on the plum tree. Please advise and thank you for your video:)
Awesome video! Crape myrtle! 🤬 paid hundreds of dollars for a professional landscaping service to remove the tree and now it’s shooting up everywhere with a VENGEANCE
Thank you for this helpful video! I have a chokecherry tree in my backyard and I want to manage (kill) the suckers it sends out, but NOT the tree itself. I have heard if I use glyphosate in this manner, I will hurt the tree. Do you know of a way? (right now, I'm using a blade to cut the suckers under the soil and pull them up, but I can tell I'll have to do this a LOT. :(
Can you dig up that root and do the round up on the root to kill all of them that way? Also if you do this method to a mother tree that is still alive or will it eventually harm/kill the mother tree?
I hired a guy who spray the sucker with round up. Few days later half of the mother tree turns brown. Few months later it survives and the suckers came back all over my yard
A small dark glass bottle with an eye dropper can serves as well to get rid of these suckers from trees, wisteria vines or whatever. The eyedropper lets you put Roundup or its equivalent direct on the small stump. Also, be careful with applying this close to plants you want to grow. The Roundup I sprayed on some unwanted plants appears to have killed some wanted blueberries a couple of feet away. I suspect that even though I was spraying it on the leaves it moved through the roots of the plants it was killing to those blueberries.
I’ve used Glyphosate (Roundup/ RT3) in a hundred gallon tank mix on a daily basis at work for the past 10 years with zero side effects. It IS very safe.
One person uses glyphosate and doesn't get cancer - that really isn't how "evidence" works. You need to contact everyone who was in the area while you were spraying over the last 10 years... if EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is healthy, and the numbers are high enough (in the thousands) then that would be some evidence of it's safety.
I did this with our crabapple suckers. I killed the sucker and a good square metre of grass. The grass did not grow again but sure as hell those suckers came up next spring! 😂
Thank you for this - I have a ton of what I thought were maple, walnut and mimosa seedlings that keep coming up in my back yard, so I'm really hoping this works. Would you need to reapply the roundup after rain?
Is the roundup used in this way safe and most importantly non toxic for pets? I have these all over my yard and would like to do this this spring but I’m afraid of having the yard with roundup around the dogs. Thanks for the great content!
I have been working on a sucker problem for years and strongly prefer less industrial chemicals. His claim that it is less toxic than vinegar is a patent lie and I would not trust a damn thing he says on the subject. However, this is an appropriate, limited use application. I would keep my pets out of the area for awhile but sometimes the best tool is one we don't like, if you were burning off a field you wouldn't let your pets play in the fire... there is a breakdown of the chemicals over time, and this is a limited application. It is about as safe and proper as it can be even if his claims are ridiculous.
Thank you for your comment about Roundups safety,people really fear it. The only caution about using roundup for this purpose is that it is a systemic which means if the mother tree/plant is still wanted the roundup will travel thru the whole root system and kill it as well as the suckers. If you dont want the mother, go for it! If you want it you have to cut the root of the sucker to separate it and protect the mother.
@@SargentD4 who told you that? What proof you have to support your statement? Are you a molecular biologist? Lawsuits from California? Is this your grounds? Please, I demand you to explain the routes of glyphosate toxicity
I am trying to prepare soil in a back yard that's full of scrub weeds and foxtails, for grass to be planted. I had a bunch of these sucker weeds in my yard, some knee-high, and dug many out. After a few days I realized the task is too much for me. The roots are pretty dense and interconnected. Some are as thick as my wrist and deep. Should I use your Roundup method to paint the roots I encounter, or just rake the soil back over the roots, wait for suckers to reappear, then apply as in your video? I don't want to harm the actual nearby trees, but I want to be able to run a tiller in there to prepare the soil for grass seed without wrecking it on a mess of roots. Thanks!
If you don't apply to the olive tree, it should be okay. The Roundup must be applied to an open wound of your subject, then it only along the root itself of the plant you painted.
I have this problem with a crape myrtle that i removed. I have tons of shoots growing all over. How long should i let it grow before i cut off the top and poison it? How long does this process take before the roots finally die?
Let them from to about a foot tall - or at least until they have a good set of leaves. The time needed depends on the size of the root ball and how many stems you treat.
I have a problem with aspen roots growing in pasture. If I treat with roundup on the yard side will the roots growing into the pasture be poisonous to grasing animals like sheep in that pasture?
A brew of 50/50 Roundup and methylated spirits is much more effective than any water mix. I use a spray bottle to apply to any (freshly-cut) stump. It works on tree-stumps, suckers, and any weeds too big to pull. But get a good-quality spray bottle! A laundry or car-care castoff bottle will last a long time, and not leak.
@Devo491, that's just it. We had it professionally removed tree and only later we learned that the fresh stump should have been "suffocated" to prevent suckering from our poplar tree. And while your idea might work just as well, it's the overspray I would worry about. The method presented in this video worked 🙂
@@incanada83 With a hand-held spray bottle, there is virtually no overspray, the nozzle can be turned to 'stream', and is held inches away from the target.
Hello my apple tree fell down from a strong wind, now I got plenty of root suckers from the apple tree roots. Are they ( suckers from apple tree roots) good to grow and have fruits? Thanks
I was waiting for him to pick the paint brush or use it on his fries 🤣🤣 I'd say do your research, there's a lot of stuff that successful gardeners and lawn companies do and sometimes his advice seems a bit "sponsored". But then I am no scientist.
I wonder whether this can be done in late winter, before they have new growth? We would like to take care of this problem as soon as possible. We have an un-landscaped back yard. Some invasive willows in the irrigation canal on the other side of our back wall have migrated across to this side. Lots! The previous owner obviously just kept cutting down he suckers and not treating them. They are about 2-3 feet tall, in clusters of many thin willow clusters that come up from the same area.
I have suckers growing from several roots of a cotton less cottonwood tree I had removed last December. Would your Roundup procedure work to kill the suckers? Thanks
@@Gardenfundamentals1 I have bermuda root shoots coming up every where in my new sod. Would painting them with round up kill them without harming my new grass
We have many sweet gum suckers coming up from the roots of the neighbor's sweet gum tree. I don't want to harm their tree, but don't want a grove of sweet gums in my front yard. What can I do? Will using the roundup on the suckers as you describe harm their trees? Thank you and thanks for the video.
I can't guarantee anything, but I am quite sure the main trees will be fine. The video shows suckers from my larger trees, and removing them this way has not harmed them.
I came here to solve the aspen problem that came with this house bought 7 yrs. Ago. I’m reading the comments, but I can’t find out: WHAT TYPE/ Kind of ROUNDUP are you USING? I’ve never used it before- can’t do as you suggest, until I know what product to buy. ANYONE KNOW? Help!
I have a tree that drops those helicopter type seeds everywhere. I got a lot of saplings growing last summer, and it got a bit out of control because I was out of town for a few months. Some of the saplings got as tall as me and kind of thick. Will this still work for that?
Humm could it be when tree was being removed or trim a lot of debris of the tree fell to the grown and because it was not clean up, it become a seeds to grow . I notice that a lot when ppl come out with a chain saw
Yeah because I trust the guy on RUclips when it comes to my health. Not saying he's wrong, but do your own research using a wide range of reputable sites. They seem to confirm what he's saying but there's continuing study so we'll see over time.
I just left Lowes where I looked for a version of Round Up, that was labeled to kill trees/suckers. I found no such labeled Round Up. Which version of Round Up do I use to kill those suckers?? Thank You!!!
SERIOUSLY, someone help! I’m here to learn how to rid my backyard of the annoying aspen shoots. From a 70+ yr. old woman in Utah. Hurry, it will be too HOT soon!
@@judytruesdell6816 I used this one as it was the only one available in my area, and on the spray bottle it reads: 1 liter bottle, "ROUNDu Advanced, acetic acid, grass and weed control, fast acting, rapid burndown formula, for non-selective control of broadleaf and grassy weeds in and around the garden" I applied this roundup in exact method as shown in this video about few weeks after the big poplar tree was cut down in early last Spring (beginning of May, 2023, zone 4). I applied 3 times 1 to 2 weeks apart, as we had rains. Throughout the Summer, new suckers were popping up everywhere (I wrote about it so I don't want to repeat myself). I kept applying then gave up. The suckers "won" BUT!!!! This year, not one survived! No more suckers anywhere! So it does work. However, aspen tree might need more applications when I red, it says: "although yellow-poplar is heavier and harder than aspen, aspen is higher in shock resistance. Big tooth aspen and aspen weigh the same, but big tooth aspen is harder and tests hi~her in all strength proper- ties except shock resistance or toughness". You might find stronger and more specific roundup where you live? I don't know. In Ontario everything that worked on plants before, is banned. Good luck. If it works for you, it would be nice to write an update to help others :-)
@av92, you let dry, then it doesn't matter. On the bottle I bought it says to use when it's hot, and don't walk on it for about an hour so the liquid can dry. Just mow your lawn 1-2 days later.
Maybe because the strength of the roundup was different. I’ve been spraying leaves, stems of suckers for about a year with roundup; they just come back elsewhere. I am going to try full strength concentrate and cutting the stems.
I found it effective if you drill in a one or two inch sprouts and then apply. For small stuff that he's dealing with it should work with just a clipping and dry it out
Can you see the irony of this situation? Poison ivy is thousands times more toxic than glyphosate, but for being natural is not vilified as the chemical :)
It seems like it is hard to keep roundup where you want it. I am struggling to keep virginia creeper from creeping in from both of my neighbors yards. I am very allergic to it.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thank you very much for this video. After letting the information you presented sink in, I realized that the invasive norway maple sapplings that I have been struggling with are really the remains of the larger trees that I have removed. They carpet a narrow wooded area under some older trees. Could I just spray those sapplngs? Or would that damage the overhead trees?
@@kiafreeman8778 Because the roots may lead back to the parent tree, it could cause it to absorb the Roundup. However, the vid seems to show that the solution is too weak to harm it.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 if you spray round up on suckers and shoots, it can kill the full size trees connecting. My trees are large enough to be dangerous. This important to tell people. Don't just blow off the question cause you didn't wanna think.
Try chopping into the stump or drilling. Pour Roundup into the holes and be persistent. Repeat every few days. Willows are tough but not impossible. Treat the suckers as described.
@@Gardenfundamentals1Where I work only my boss is allowed to use Roundup. This is because the man we originally had assigned to it developed cancer related to it and died within a few months after diagnosis. I don’t care what anyone has to say, it is not safe.
Yes it is - the LD50 is well established for both. "the LD50 value for glyphosate was 5600, and the LD50 value for acetic acid was 3310. Keep in mind that an LD50 value represents the amount of individual dose required to kill 50 percent of a population in the test, we realize the lower the number, the more toxic the material. " fairfield.osu.edu/news/vinegar-it-%E2%80%9Csafer%E2%80%9D-herbicide
@@Gardenfundamentals1 "acetic acid" is not vinegar. Vinegar only contains 4% acetic acid... way to lie to people by playing word games with research studies. If you really want to prove to us how Roundup is safer than vinegar, why don't you toss your garden salad with some Roundup and eat it in a video.
Doesn't LD50 mean lethal dose for 50% of the population exposed? So maybe you don't immediately drop dead but it can still cause cancer years later. Seems like two different things to me
What do you do with all the tree sprouts? You dig them up, pot them, nurture them, then give them away or sell them to people who want that type of tree in their yard.
Great video. One thing. Stating you don't need to use gloves when using it is irresponsible. Use gloves. No reason not to. It's not worth the risk to take 30 seconds to put on a pair of gloves when handling herbicides.
I meant to update, so I am doing it now.
Last year our poplar tree was cut down. Shortly after, little suckers were popping up by the hundreds all over! Invading raised/ flower beds, lawn, around its own stump...it was horrible!
Anyway, I applied this method 3 times (it rained) and didn't think it worked at all! I though what a load of crap (I feel guilty because I should have KNOW better that this man tells the truth!)
Then, this year, FINALLY! No more suckers anywhere! I didn't realize that perhaps to kill suckers from that type of a tree, might take few months (and over Winter).
Thank you Mr. Pavlis for your help, time and informative videos and blog!
💐💐💯👍👍👍
I'm going to try this I have a lot of these sucker trees right up against my house and one even growing in a window well I didn't even know how I was going to get rid of that one until I saw this video. Thank you.
I’d like to see the after effects of the treatment.
Thanks for the tip. I've got a bunch of these suckers I have to deal with. It would be nice though if you added a video showing the suckers after several days, following the application of the Round Up.
Gawd, I can feel that in my back already. What about mowing high and then do a dribble from the sprayer standing up. Too much collateral damage? Now that you've done it, does it work? Video proof.
Spray using Hi Yield triclopyr. It's safe on most types of grass, but kills any woody plant (including trees), blackberries, violets and creeping Charlie. It's the main ingredient in stump-out.
I have these suckers in my lawn that have been bothering me. I'll definitely try your method. Thank you very much.
Did it work?
Do you have a follow-up video to show how it worked
I have aspen suckers throughout my garden as my neighbour has an aspen tree. This will be a great way to treat them. Thanks Robert.
I think you're lucky , if I could get at least one tree to grow I'd be happy I live in 116 ° Vegas weather ☹️
@@recklesslove2880 May you have a million aspen suckers on your yards. These plants are ruining my lawn.
Thanks for this method! I treated the suckers in my lawn a week ago with this method and they are almost all gone.
That happened to us and a cherry tree. We paid lots of money to have our trees trimmed and this cherry tree taken out and then they say NOTHING about the tree suckers that would result. I was just digging them out of the lawn and cutting the roots but they keep coming back as you said. So now I am going to try painting with an herbicide! Thanks for telling us what the "professional" should be telling us when they cut down an invasive tree!
Best video on this topic! I have cherry tree suckers growing up all over my yard. Thank you!
cherry suckers here too. Did you try it yet? thinking to do this.
@@dmacseain Yes and it works! Got rid of them and they are not growing back.
@@SmartHobbieswhat was the product used?
@@samli2070 Round up and a paint brush. Just cut down the suckers as much as possible and paint the tips. I will admit we eventually cut the whole tree down because we were tired of the cherry mess everywhere.
@@SmartHobbies Thank you for sharing! Would any type of roundup work?
Thanks, just what I was looking for. So many suckers in my yard and garden this year.
I have Black Gum tree suckers all over my yard. They are choking out other desirable plants, flowers, and bushes. Have been using the Roundup stem painting for years on any undesirable weeds and tree suckers. Isolates the Roundup to only the things you want to remove. Highly effective and no spray on other plants.
Thanks for your video. I should have guessed that Round Up was the product to use. Can't wait to start sawing down my two elms and getting all the suckers.. Diseased mother tree, almost 3 stories , to be tackled by pros.
will this kill the mother plant? dealing with cottonwood suckers 30 feet from the tree
Thank you!! Should have known - can't wait to do this. Aren't there several types of Round Up, though? Which one are we talking about?
My little trees are coming up right under my big oak tree. Could they come from a tree that hasn't been cut down and if I try this will it hurt my live tree?
Bless your heart I found a video with the problem I'm dealing with
A lot of herbicides include different herbicides and additives.. so I wouldn't recommend using no gloves/protective equipment unless you're 100% sure it's only Roundup.
I have been using an axe and pulling up these black locusts trees on a small piece of my property. I will definitely give this a go. I know the little bastards are only gonna keep coming up if I don't try something else. Thanks so much for this video.
Been watching your videos for a while now, appreciate the practical no nonsense approach to gardening! I am in zone 5, simcoe county, may I ask where you purchase and which specific version of round-up you use in this eradication method. Thks in advance for your help.
I have some left from the good old days when I could buy farm grade. Try TSC for a concentrated form.
Will this work on oak tree saplings ??? I.E., cut the top of the small oak sapling, then 'paint it' with RoundUp?
Tks in Advance...
WOW ! I was looking to buy Aspen trees online and you get them for free 😲
Aspens are only pretty in the autumn for leaf color. Don't plant aspen as it is very aggressive and will take over in a few yrs.
Did it work? Can you do a video that shows the outcome of your work?
Thank you for sharing this approach. Would this affect the mother grove of aspen? Also, would this method work for something like Japanese Knotweed? And if my province only allows residential use of the pre-mixed roundup, will that work?
The amount being applied is quite small and won't affect the mother plant.
It does work with knotweed - but that is a tough customer that might need more than one application.
Monsanto had an advertising slogan several years ago 'a drop will do' meaning a very small amount will kill the whole plant and its roots. If you want the mother plant you must separate the sucker roots before Appling the round up!
How do I remove root suckers that are coming from a viable plum tree? The suckers are popping up all around the trunk of the plum tree (2-3' radius); its taking over the garden area making it more and more unusable. I'm assuming these suckers are coming from one of the main roots on the plum tree. Please advise and thank you for your video:)
Awesome video! Crape myrtle! 🤬 paid hundreds of dollars for a professional landscaping service to remove the tree and now it’s shooting up everywhere with a VENGEANCE
2:02 The largest organism on Earth, at least in the US is an Aspen grove in Utah.
How long will it take before they stop coming up?
Thank you for this helpful video! I have a chokecherry tree in my backyard and I want to manage (kill) the suckers it sends out, but NOT the tree itself. I have heard if I use glyphosate in this manner, I will hurt the tree. Do you know of a way? (right now, I'm using a blade to cut the suckers under the soil and pull them up, but I can tell I'll have to do this a LOT. :(
Cut the roots on all sides of the suckers, then do that treatment.
I replaced vinegar with roundup on my French fries, since it’s safer according to you, and now I’m dead. Thanks.
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Ahh, yum! 😂
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Billion dollar judgement against Monsanto over roundup long term exposure cancer risk says vinegar may actually be less toxic.
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Can you dig up that root and do the round up on the root to kill all of them that way?
Also if you do this method to a mother tree that is still alive or will it eventually harm/kill the mother tree?
I hired a guy who spray the sucker with round up. Few days later half of the mother tree turns brown.
Few months later it survives and the suckers came back all over my yard
A small dark glass bottle with an eye dropper can serves as well to get rid of these suckers from trees, wisteria vines or whatever. The eyedropper lets you put Roundup or its equivalent direct on the small stump.
Also, be careful with applying this close to plants you want to grow. The Roundup I sprayed on some unwanted plants appears to have killed some wanted blueberries a couple of feet away. I suspect that even though I was spraying it on the leaves it moved through the roots of the plants it was killing to those blueberries.
I’ve used Glyphosate (Roundup/ RT3) in a hundred gallon tank mix on a daily basis at work for the past 10 years with zero side effects. It IS very safe.
One person uses glyphosate and doesn't get cancer - that really isn't how "evidence" works.
You need to contact everyone who was in the area while you were spraying over the last 10 years... if EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is healthy, and the numbers are high enough (in the thousands) then that would be some evidence of it's safety.
Interesting, why did roundup get sued in multiple lawsuits that totaled 11 billion dollars claiming roundup causes cancer, and lost?
I did this with our crabapple suckers. I killed the sucker and a good square metre of grass. The grass did not grow again but sure as hell those suckers came up next spring! 😂
Thank you for this - I have a ton of what I thought were maple, walnut and mimosa seedlings that keep coming up in my back yard, so I'm really hoping this works. Would you need to reapply the roundup after rain?
Yes, water will wash it off. It will be okay if the Roundup has at least two hours before the rain, so watch the forecast and do it on a dry morning.
How long does it take to kill the roots? Do you still need to dig out the roots after they are killed?
Would it be effective to simply apply the Roundup to the leaves of the suckers instead of the cut stem?
Yes, it works fairly well on the leaves. I prefer cutting the leaves and painting the stems so I am using less Roundup.
I’ve been spraying suckers all summer. They just pop up other places. Or just the leaves die. I’m hoping cutting helps!
Can someone give link to the specific Round Up being discussed here?
I mix roundup with foaming hand soap and apply using pump where leaf meets stem.
I’ll give it a try.
How well will this work when the massive trees are alive and well in the neighbour's yard? They have out of control poplars ruining our yard
Is the roundup used in this way safe and most importantly non toxic for pets? I have these all over my yard and would like to do this this spring but I’m afraid of having the yard with roundup around the dogs. Thanks for the great content!
I have been working on a sucker problem for years and strongly prefer less industrial chemicals. His claim that it is less toxic than vinegar is a patent lie and I would not trust a damn thing he says on the subject.
However, this is an appropriate, limited use application. I would keep my pets out of the area for awhile but sometimes the best tool is one we don't like, if you were burning off a field you wouldn't let your pets play in the fire... there is a breakdown of the chemicals over time, and this is a limited application. It is about as safe and proper as it can be even if his claims are ridiculous.
Thank you for your comment about Roundups safety,people really fear it.
The only caution about using roundup for this purpose is that it is a systemic which means if the mother tree/plant is still wanted the roundup will travel thru the whole root system and kill it as well as the suckers. If you dont want the mother, go for it! If you want it you have to cut the root of the sucker to separate it and protect the mother.
In my opinion, the dosis is to small to harm the mother trees
Round up is completely toxic. Read the back. There’s also multiple class action lawsuits
@@SargentD4 who told you that? What proof you have to support your statement? Are you a molecular biologist?
Lawsuits from California? Is this your grounds?
Please, I demand you to explain the routes of glyphosate toxicity
@@r.guerreiro140 if it’s so safe bathe in it and put it in a humidifier while you sleep at night 🤣 glyphosate causes cancer
@@SargentD4 Why don't you come here to understand how we feed you and your family?
I am trying to prepare soil in a back yard that's full of scrub weeds and foxtails, for grass to be planted. I had a bunch of these sucker weeds in my yard, some knee-high, and dug many out. After a few days I realized the task is too much for me. The roots are pretty dense and interconnected. Some are as thick as my wrist and deep. Should I use your Roundup method to paint the roots I encounter, or just rake the soil back over the roots, wait for suckers to reappear, then apply as in your video? I don't want to harm the actual nearby trees, but I want to be able to run a tiller in there to prepare the soil for grass seed without wrecking it on a mess of roots. Thanks!
Wait for them to re-sprout then spray the weeds. Roundup does not move thru the soil and is in fact neutralized when it hits bare soil.
Thanks!
Question, what if the tree suckers are attached to the root of a living 'olive type' tree? Can I still use round up? Thank you.
If you don't apply to the olive tree, it should be okay. The Roundup must be applied to an open wound of your subject, then it only along the root itself of the plant you painted.
I have this problem with a crape myrtle that i removed. I have tons of shoots growing all over. How long should i let it grow before i cut off the top and poison it? How long does this process take before the roots finally die?
Let them from to about a foot tall - or at least until they have a good set of leaves. The time needed depends on the size of the root ball and how many stems you treat.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thank you! I haven't been letting them grow very tall and that could be the issue as well.
@@saajanp5544did this work for your crape Myrtle shoots ? I am having same issue
So this method kills the plant and the root, but do you still need to pull the plant and roots out after they die? Or do you just let them decompose?
I have a problem with aspen roots growing in pasture. If I treat with roundup on the yard side will the roots growing into the pasture be poisonous to grasing animals like sheep in that pasture?
How long after painting the suckers before you should mow the grass ?
When the leaves of the pest plant have drooped and dried, it is okay to mow. 3-4 days.
A brew of 50/50 Roundup and methylated spirits is much more effective than any water mix. I use a spray bottle to apply to any (freshly-cut) stump. It works on tree-stumps, suckers, and any weeds too big to pull. But get a good-quality spray bottle! A laundry or car-care castoff bottle will last a long time, and not leak.
@Devo491, that's just it. We had it professionally removed tree and only later we learned that the fresh stump should have been "suffocated" to prevent suckering from our poplar tree. And while your idea might work just as well, it's the overspray I would worry about.
The method presented in this video worked 🙂
@@incanada83 With a hand-held spray bottle, there is virtually no overspray, the nozzle can be turned to 'stream', and is held inches away from the target.
Hello my apple tree fell down from a strong wind, now I got plenty of root suckers from the apple tree roots. Are they ( suckers from apple tree roots) good to grow and have fruits? Thanks
Not unless it was a wild apple tree. Most apple trees are grafted.
Thanks for this tutorial video :) Would this work with creeping bellflower?
yes
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thank you! Will give it a shot :)
I was waiting for him to pick the paint brush or use it on his fries 🤣🤣
I'd say do your research, there's a lot of stuff that successful gardeners and lawn companies do and sometimes his advice seems a bit "sponsored". But then I am no scientist.
Should I be using the brush , stump , grass and weed round up concentrate or just the grass and weed concentrated round up ?
Both will work. The brush one might be more effective, but look at the glyphosate concentration - higher is better.
Anyone know which roundup he's using? There's brush killer and then regular round up...
What time of year is the best to do this?
All times that the tree is in growth. Does not work when tree is dormant (winter).
I wonder whether this can be done in late winter, before they have new growth? We would like to take care of this problem as soon as possible.
We have an un-landscaped back yard. Some invasive willows in the irrigation canal on the other side of our back wall have migrated across to this side. Lots! The previous owner obviously just kept cutting down he suckers and not treating them. They are about 2-3 feet tall, in clusters of many thin willow clusters that come up from the same area.
No - the plant needs to be actively taking nutrients into the roots.
The plant must be pulling in water to absorb the Roundup. Won't work if the plant is dormant.
I have suckers growing from several roots of a cotton less cottonwood tree I had removed last December. Would your Roundup procedure work to kill the suckers? Thanks
If the suckers are growing from a root system then yes. If they are sucking from the base of the main tree than no.
What product did you use?
What if I do want to kill a larger plant, like a 8 foot tall one. Will it work if I hack and squirt using concentrated roundup?
How long after I 'dab' them suckers can I mow? Hours, days?
TY for your help.
Once you apply the Roundup, leave them for at least a week.
Wat if it rains during the 7-10 days of application? Start over again? Thanx.
Thank you for all of your valuable information. But why don't you use a sprayer instead of a bucket?
If I spray - I would kill the grass. A point brush only kills the cut stem.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 I have bermuda root shoots coming up every where in my new sod. Would painting them with round up kill them without harming my new grass
We have many sweet gum suckers coming up from the roots of the neighbor's sweet gum tree. I don't want to harm their tree, but don't want a grove of sweet gums in my front yard. What can I do? Will using the roundup on the suckers as you describe harm their trees? Thank you and thanks for the video.
I can't guarantee anything, but I am quite sure the main trees will be fine. The video shows suckers from my larger trees, and removing them this way has not harmed them.
I came here to solve the aspen problem that came with this house bought 7 yrs. Ago. I’m reading the comments, but I can’t find out: WHAT TYPE/ Kind of ROUNDUP are you USING? I’ve never used it before- can’t do as you suggest, until I know what product to buy.
ANYONE KNOW? Help!
Can you use this technique on silver maple sucker roots coming up threw flower gardens without damaging or killing flowers? Thanks
yes - that is why I use the technique - it only harms he plant that you paint. Notice that lawn grass is a flower too.
In my experience, the Roundup will kill surrounding plants and lawn grass if it is dripped/spilled on them.
Thanks for the video. Would this work with a mop head tree?
works with any plant.
wed and grass killer? i haven’t found tree killer roundup
I have a tree that drops those helicopter type seeds everywhere. I got a lot of saplings growing last summer, and it got a bit out of control because I was out of town for a few months. Some of the saplings got as tall as me and kind of thick. Will this still work for that?
Yes, just apply to the saplings as this vid shows.
Which round up? Is there a mix ratio?
Humm
could it be when tree was being removed or trim
a lot of debris of the tree fell to the grown and because it was not clean up, it become a seeds to grow .
I notice that a lot when ppl come out with a chain saw
no - they are suckers.
Thanks for clarifying the myth about glyphosate
I really appreciate
Yeah because I trust the guy on RUclips when it comes to my health. Not saying he's wrong, but do your own research using a wide range of reputable sites. They seem to confirm what he's saying but there's continuing study so we'll see over time.
Would you be willing to make a list of the fears that you have about glyphosate?
Not a myth. Monsanto has agreed to settle because it causes cancer.
Did you just use weed killer Roundup?
I have a Buckthorn that I love but it has runners everywhere. Will the mother plant die if I treat only the runners with Roundup?
If this is a larger tree - it should be fine.
I just left Lowes where I looked for a version of Round Up, that was labeled to kill trees/suckers. I found no such labeled Round Up.
Which version of Round Up do I use to kill those suckers?? Thank You!!!
SERIOUSLY, someone help! I’m here to learn how to rid my backyard of the annoying aspen shoots. From a 70+ yr. old woman in Utah. Hurry, it will be too HOT soon!
@@judytruesdell6816 I used this one as it was the only one available in my area, and on the spray bottle it reads:
1 liter bottle, "ROUNDu Advanced, acetic acid, grass and weed control, fast acting, rapid burndown formula, for non-selective control of broadleaf and grassy weeds in and around the garden"
I applied this roundup in exact method as shown in this video about few weeks after the big poplar tree was cut down in early last Spring (beginning of May, 2023, zone 4). I applied 3 times 1 to 2 weeks apart, as we had rains.
Throughout the Summer, new suckers were popping up everywhere (I wrote about it so I don't want to repeat myself). I kept applying then gave up. The suckers "won" BUT!!!! This year, not one survived! No more suckers anywhere! So it does work. However, aspen tree might need more applications when I red, it says:
"although yellow-poplar is heavier and harder than aspen, aspen is higher in shock resistance. Big tooth aspen and aspen weigh the same, but big tooth aspen is harder and tests hi~her in all strength proper- ties except shock resistance or toughness".
You might find stronger and more specific roundup where you live? I don't know. In Ontario everything that worked on plants before, is banned.
Good luck. If it works for you, it would be nice to write an update to help others :-)
OK, but here’s the other issue if you paint the tips, how do you go about mowing your lawn without it chipping off that part that you painted?
@av92, you let dry, then it doesn't matter. On the bottle I bought it says to use when it's hot, and don't walk on it for about an hour so the liquid can dry. Just mow your lawn 1-2 days later.
Roundup safer than vinegar? I dont know about that one!
I think I said less toxic - look up the LD50 for both.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Sure, because people routinely make salad dressing out of Roundup with no ill effects... *roll eyes*
Any roundup would work ? And how long it’s take to kill it ?
Glyphosate works. There is a new Roundup product on the market that is 20% acetic acid - it will not work.
I've tried roundup on buckthorn and it didnt seem very effective. Maybe I have to be more persistent with it.
I kill hundreds of buckthorn this way every fall - it is 100% effective. Maybe try a more concentrated solution.
Maybe because the strength of the roundup was different. I’ve been spraying leaves, stems of suckers for about a year with roundup; they just come back elsewhere. I am going to try full strength concentrate and cutting the stems.
@@AAB463 They do sell a concentrated version. It was locked up behind the counter where I live.
I found it effective if you drill in a one or two inch sprouts and then apply. For small stuff that he's dealing with it should work with just a clipping and dry it out
Thank you. I use round up on our prevalent poison ivy.💚🙃
Yes, give it a try with a spray bottle or use Roundup's spray attachmt.
Can you see the irony of this situation?
Poison ivy is thousands times more toxic than glyphosate, but for being natural is not vilified as the chemical :)
Would broadleaf killer also kill these trees?
I did that and and now I have giant root knuckles at grass leave
It seems like it is hard to keep roundup where you want it. I am struggling to keep virginia creeper from creeping in from both of my neighbors yards. I am very allergic to it.
?? it only goes where you paint it?
@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thank you very much for this video. After letting the information you presented sink in, I realized that the invasive norway maple sapplings that I have been struggling with are really the remains of the larger trees that I have removed. They carpet a narrow wooded area under some older trees. Could I just spray those sapplngs? Or would that damage the overhead trees?
@@kiafreeman8778 Because the roots may lead back to the parent tree, it could cause it to absorb the Roundup. However, the vid seems to show that the solution is too weak to harm it.
Would that work on bamboo?
It will work on most things - but not sure how effective it is on bamboo. I'd cut all the stems in a clump and paint all of them.
What if I don't want to kill the tree?
Then don't kill it.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 if you spray round up on suckers and shoots, it can kill the full size trees connecting. My trees are large enough to be dangerous. This important to tell people. Don't just blow off the question cause you didn't wanna think.
In case it helps, he replied to another person that he did this to kill the sucker plants but this did not go on to kill the main tree.
Hello.. Can you use the Round Up liquid in the container?
Would that work on my mother in law?
Didn’t work for me and the willow that was cut down
Try chopping into the stump or drilling. Pour Roundup into the holes and be persistent. Repeat every few days. Willows are tough but not impossible. Treat the suckers as described.
Yeah because Roundup AKA glyphosate is so safe to use
Correct, even the EU has now reported that it is safe. www.gardenmyths.com/truth-roundup-glyphosate/
@@Gardenfundamentals1Where I work only my boss is allowed to use Roundup. This is because the man we originally had assigned to it developed cancer related to it and died within a few months after diagnosis. I don’t care what anyone has to say, it is not safe.
@@Gardenfundamentals1 You said it's less toxic than vinegar... does that mean you'd put Roundup on your garden salad and eat it? Good luck!
“Round Up is less toxic than vinegar”. No, it’s not.
So toxic there are cancer lawsuits against it.
As convincing as the person you’re quoting.
Thx but who has time for that?
why not just paint the leaves and not worry about cutting then dabbing..
It is more effective and less work to dab the stem.
RoundUp is NOT LESS TOXIC THAN VINEGAR
Yes it is - the LD50 is well established for both.
"the LD50 value for glyphosate was 5600, and the LD50 value for acetic acid was 3310. Keep in mind that an LD50 value represents the amount of individual dose required to kill 50 percent of a population in the test, we realize the lower the number, the more toxic the material. "
fairfield.osu.edu/news/vinegar-it-%E2%80%9Csafer%E2%80%9D-herbicide
@@Gardenfundamentals1 "acetic acid" is not vinegar. Vinegar only contains 4% acetic acid... way to lie to people by playing word games with research studies. If you really want to prove to us how Roundup is safer than vinegar, why don't you toss your garden salad with some Roundup and eat it in a video.
Doesn't LD50 mean lethal dose for 50% of the population exposed? So maybe you don't immediately drop dead but it can still cause cancer years later. Seems like two different things to me
What do you do with all the tree sprouts? You dig them up, pot them, nurture them, then give them away or sell them to people who want that type of tree in their yard.
I dont trust roundup. Id rather just mow them. And vinegar isnt toxic. You can eat/drink it.
Did you look up the Toxicity LD50 value for both? Vinegar is more toxic than glyphosate. It is a known fact that is not disputed.
I'd be interested to hear if you develop Parkinson's disease from exposure to that substance which you claim is safer than vinegar.
Best of health.
Great video. One thing. Stating you don't need to use gloves when using it is irresponsible. Use gloves. No reason not to. It's not worth the risk to take 30 seconds to put on a pair of gloves when handling herbicides.
Yea round up is not safe
Science says otherwise www.gardenmyths.com/truth-roundup-glyphosate/
"For some reason arborists don't do that"
They don't want to put roundup into nature.
Less toxic than vinegar... put it on your salad
“Less toxic than vinegar?!”😳 Not according to Monsanto.
Does someone want to tell him about the multi-billion dollar RUp cancer lawsuit?
Lost me at glysophate is less toxic than vinegar… must be a Monsanto rep