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« Gerbera daisy: Adding more indoor color | Main | Blue Iris » January 31, 2008A winter tale of wisteria (no photos, unfortunately)This won't go down in history as a blog entry of any real value to someone searching for advice on wisteria -- unless he or she is wondering how firmly a wisteria's roots hold the ground when one attempts to uproot it. About a month ago, my husband tied one end of a heavy chain to the trailer hitch on the back of our 4-wheel drive farm truck and the other end around the base of the evil wisteria plant (look down at the bottom of the linked blog entry), which is about 4" in diameter. Then he put the truck in gear. I could hear the bang from inside the kitchen, about 60 feet away. Now, as a wife, I felt it was my duty to go out and inspect the accident scene right away. The bumper on the truck bent like a "V" and snapped right off and the wisteria was leaning toward the truck, partially uprooted, but not nearly enough to end its life. This would only re-energize it, for sure, I thought. With any other tree-type plant, I think the truck idea would have worked just fine, but not for this plant. I wonder if there's an emergency number for plants gone wild. Posted by Beth Heaney Commentsmaria | February 1, 2008 5:04 AM link :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) I have sawn plants off at the base. Then you can keep removing any growth. Eventually they will give up unless you don't keep up with that. karen anne | February 1, 2008 1:49 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. |
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Oh, there is. You need the help from a professional garden man - and he will most likely remove it with dynamite. Like with bamboo, that's all there is to do.