Tree roots

We've recently cut down an old copper beech tree and want to know what to apply to the roots to prevent regrowth?

 

Try B&Q there are crystal thingies that you put into the stump that kill the plant. Alternatively just snip shoots off.

 

The product Root Out will destroy roots and convert them to a Nitrogen rich food.Drill holes or make cuts in stump and apply taking care not to get it on other plants you wish to keep.
Best wishes,
Gerald

 

Will Root Out or B&Q's crystal thingies deal with the Sycamore invasion in my garden?

I have several rogue sycamores which seem to have sprung up practically overnight in my small terraced house garden. They are even growing up through the drains and causing cracks in my house!!!! I did have someone come round and cut down sycamores a number of years ago but he wouldn't destroy the roots as there was a sycamore tree a few doors away. Trouble is these rogue growths have already killed a columnar cherry tree and are destroying my house and drain!

Please help!

 

Hi Lynda cut the trees down to almost ground and put a heavy dose of SBK on them, depending on how thick the stems/trunks are, if over say 2" , try to split or drill a few holes in centre,get some sump oil from a garage and mix with it, so it flows slowly in, instead disappear in to the ground. Read instructions on mixing.I killed 6-8" free trunks that way very successfully.
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Ladybird

 

Thanks for your replies folks.

Sorry I have been a bit tardy in coming back to this subject but in desperation I enlisted the help of a gardening expert friend who did a grand job of clearing a wild looking garden into a neat one! He also cut down the trees and, presumably, killed the roots. As the garden is now manageable for me I will go out and check for little shoots soon.

 

Yes, they're a pest, if you have a big tree nearby you have to be constantly checking for little seedlings. They grow really quickly in the most unlikely places, like Buddleia.