How to get rid of four o'clocks ?

by Beverly Evans

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How do you get rid of 4"o'clocks that have grown for years? They have taken over,Please help.

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Cheryl Gillman on Jun 03, 2018

Do you have any other plants around it that you want saved? If there's nothing close to the plant you are wanting gone, pour boiling hot water over the base of the plants. It should kill the roots

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- Beverly Evans on Jun 09, 2018
  
  Thank you,I'll try this.
  
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Deb K on Jun 03, 2018

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/1904705/how-to-get-rid-of-four-oclocks

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- Beverly Evans on Jun 09, 2018
  
  Thank you for the information.It had some good advice on it.
  
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Beverly Evans on Jun 03, 2018

Thank you so much. I will be trying this.

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Janet Pizaro on Jun 03, 2018

smother them out with newspaper and cardboard

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- Deona Thompson on Jul 17, 2019
  
  They come back up right through both, layers of cardboard AND newspapers AND I'll add, landscape fabric... I HATE these plants... I cannot get rid of them and they popup EVERYWHERE - under a work table, hard places to get to, out in plain sight, in the middle of my rose garden (the thorns!) and everywhere else. They sprout in full shade, full sun, survive the west Texas heat and look like weeds.
  
  I will try boiling water.... maybe that will do the trick!!!
  
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