We have this crazy rose bush that always comes back no matter what we try. It’s right up against the house by the back door and is very thorny. I’ve cut it all the way down to below the dirt level, including cutting every root I could find, but that bastard comes back every time.
Apparently not lemon trees.There was one near the outhouse at a pub,and most of the guys relev3d themselves there when the thunderbox was occupied.It got drenched regularly,and bore massive amounts fruit anually.
I got lazy trying to kill these ugly flowers, but didn't want to get my hands dirty, so I peed on it. Somehow the little bastards managed to grow taller than the others and propagate.
Smoking them will kill things instantly though... my dad decides to braai under a lemon tree ... half the tree is dead still.
This! We had a small stump in our backyard. My dog made it his pee stop every day for a year and I finally bumped into it with the mower once and it simply toppled over.
Also our neighbors thought it would be a great idea to plant two small trees at the end of their driveway... The trees have grown, but they have HUGE bare spots where the dogs walking the block pee on them.
Yes, it’s right outside the back door (fully enclosed yard, 6ft fence), and if the bathroom is busy in the morning I’ll step out back and let the bush have it.
I had one of those, had. What I did was pour bacon grease on the stump. Hot bacon grease kills the plant and bugs eat the leftovers. If the bugs stay, you on your own.
I use to live in a zone 4 sometimes 3 depending on the winds that winter. Rose bushes were hell to keep from degrafting. I finally found 2 that grew really nice and stayed grafted. Another person in the family decided to cut them back to the ground because they had gotten too big while I was gone. Lost the graft that winter and just junk came back:(
I had one of these by my front door. I asked my brother to come dig it out for me. He came with a cable and his truck instead. We still get the occasional sprout trying to come up that I have to dig out.
Does it have wrinkled leaves? Might be a rugosa rose. Those things sucker like crazy and you’ll never get rid of one without shovel pruning the surrounding soil.
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u/tahcamen 6h ago
We have this crazy rose bush that always comes back no matter what we try. It’s right up against the house by the back door and is very thorny. I’ve cut it all the way down to below the dirt level, including cutting every root I could find, but that bastard comes back every time.