How can I kill unwanted Chinaberry trees?

by Carolyn

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I cut down 2 large Chinaberry trees. They left about a foot stump on each. I keep spraying stumps with Roots & All to kill, but a million new shoots keep coming out. It's like I'm fertilizing it. Tiny trees in flower beds, I pull up, but how can I get these 2 larger ones gone?

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Janet Pizaro on Aug 24, 2016
You can try cutting the tree stump again and pour stomp out into the hole. As for as the new shoots appearing you will have no choice but to use a herbicide such as roundup providing there are no surrounding plants.

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Ljgordon on Aug 24, 2016
Try drilling 4 to 5, 1/2 inch holes vertically in the stump and pour in roundup. Get as deep as the drill allows.

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Alan Toering on Aug 30, 2016
Add a weed killer to the roundup.Another way is burning it.

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Ljgordon on Aug 30, 2016
Roundup is a weed killer.

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Candice Silsbee on Apr 05, 2023

Please do not use round up!
Copper nails can be pounded into stump.
You can also make holes in stump and pour in vinegar and salt. Cut off new shoots immediately.

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Chloe Crabtree on Sep 06, 2023

This is just the thing! I find this works wonderfully. You have to cut the plant and then brush this on the top of where you cut it. Bonide It will travel down to the roots and kill the plant.

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