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Need advice on stopping tree growth

Anna1212
Anna1212

So I have these weed/tree things in my back yard.  I don't know what they are, they grow really fast and have round little leaves and their branches have huge thorns.  they grow sort of in a line. they grow very tall if they aren't stopped, like twice as high as the house at least.  someone at the hardward store said they are sprouting up from a tap root or something.  Anyway, I paid a lot of money to have them cut down to the stumps but they started growing again really fast.  The branches were cut back again.  I saw something online about pouring salt water and vinegar on the stumps to stop growth?  Does that really work?  I don't really want to use a chemical like Round up if I don't have to.  Any advice on this would be appreciated.  I can't afford to hire anyone else professional right now to deal with it.  thank you!

Group FounderSeamus
Seamus
OK, they are growing from roots, (not the taproot).

You can get a tree stump killer and kill the old tree. You can get large bags of salt, similar to road salt. Dig down a bit..... An inch or two. Spread heavily around each one.

Or check with a nursery for a poison. Or dig them out..... Which is a MAJOR job.

Look for the source.... Meaning, the Mother tree, where the roots come from.
arfie
arfie
Mushroom plugs. You can buy them on-line. I've tried them but wasn't able to stick around long enough to see how well they worked. but I would love to hear a first-hand report from a more stationary gardener.

No doubt about it. Those root sprouting trees are a force of nature. Even when you manage to take out the Mother Tree, the roots go on and on and on and on. . .

Sigh. . .
Ghostwolf04
Ghostwolf04
Get a pump sprayer and mix a cup of salt with a gallon of whole vinegar and some Dawn dish soap. It kills weeds like lamb quarter, which grow up like tall trees. If they have thorns it might be Hawthorne? Those you need to dig out.
Anna1212
Anna1212
Thank you for the advice. It's all very helpful! I looked at photos of lamb quarter and Hawthorne. it's not those. I think I want to try the natural methods first like the salt around the stumps and the salt and vinegar. maybe both? I don't know what mushroom plugs are. If you see this, could you explain more about that? I don't know how to figure out what the mother tree is. There are a row of them, like maybe 7 or 8 and they're all similar size.
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