Posted on 08/19/2005 5:03:49 PM PDT by Basselope
Okay, I know there has to be a way. There just has to be.
We moved into our house 5 years ago, and the previous owners planted some yucca plants. I want to be rid of these...FOREVER. I have tried each year, several times, and I have tried a LOT of different things to kill them, and the darn things just keep coming back!
So far, I've tried:
~Digging up the plants' roots, to a depth of 3.5 feet. They came back.
~Putting boulders on top of the plants. They came back.
~Pouring Round-Up on the leaves. Unfazed.
~Drilling holes and filling them with gasoline. Plants came back.
~Chopping them to the ground, covering with thick black plastic. Plants sent shoots out the sides.
~Cursing them.
~Burning them.
I have HAD it with these plants! Please, if you have any suggestions or can tell me what has worked for YOU, I'd be so grateful!
Oh yeah, the little boy next door was potty-training and couldn't make it inside, so I asked him to pee on the yuccas. Nothing.
I think I hear them snickering every time I walk by.
I can ship you a case if you'd like. I could easily fit a couple hundred bulbs in a 1 foot-cube shipping case. Mine are the tiger strain of daylily--up here, we call them "roadside orange." They are actually quite healthy, beautiful plants; I'm just in over my head!
I have never signed up for one of these forums however I love to laugh and I have to say I have laughed till I cried over the cow and plastic...God how I love to laugh Thanks
As for the yucca plants save the seed and sell them. If you cant beat them, sell them!!!! :o)
I have tried round up and digging them up. I started off with three large plants. I thought I had it gone by the start of fall last year. The snow melted two months ago, and now I have at least 7 of them!
I asked at Home Depot and Lowes. Both places didn’t know what it was, or how to kill it. They suggested posion ivy killer. They even suggested dumping bleach on it.
I have since found online a way to hopefully kill it, which I am going to try.
Mix Herbicide with Diesel fuel or vegetabel oil. The oil ensures that the herbicide will cover the plant thoroughly and be absorbed into the plant.
Use 15% Remedy (Herbicide) and 85% diselse fuel or vegetable oil. Make sure to sake the mixture until it is thoroughly mixed. Spray the center of each whorl and spray for at least 2 seconds.
The article I read did not say how long before you see results.
...Oh, and I have nick-named mine, the Devil Plant from Hell
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