Help!!! Wisteria trouble

farmmom · #1 03/08/09, 04:19 PM

I purchased my property back in October, and then was informed that there was a "small" problem with Wisteria. The stuff is climbing every tree in my yard, killing everything it wraps around. How do I get rid of it, or is it possible? I'm pulling up every root I can find and pulling it out of the trees, rose bushes, etc.

Kmac15 · #2 03/08/09, 04:23 PM

So where are you? I could come help, my wisteria is planted near the chicken coop and will not bloom.

would round up work?

Sorry not more help.

Old Swampgirl · #3 03/08/09, 04:24 PM

Try the most powerful type of Round Up, sprayed at the base & roots. It helps if you can cut it off at the base also. It can be as bad as Kudzu.

chickenista · #4 03/08/09, 04:33 PM

Cut the base with loppers and spray the open wound with the Round-up stuff. The trick is to cut and then spray quickly. After the cut, the plant 'sucks' quickly in to keep from bleeding too much. If you spray quickly it will draw the herbicide in deeply and kill the roots.
Also, you get more bang and spray less poison.

dancingfatcat · #5 03/08/09, 04:57 PM

Awwww, but it's soooo pretty

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Common Tator · #6 03/08/09, 05:32 PM

Here is a link to the giant old wisteria that is the focus of the wisteria festival in Sierra madre California. The vine was purchased for $.75 in 1894, and eventually covered and pulled down the house beside it. It is supported by arbors and now covers a huge area. Hundreds of people can be seated beneath it at once.

Coming from California I love wisteria! When I visited South Carolina I saw exactly what you described, Woods filled wit trees that had wisteria vines groeing all the way to the tops! No wonder I saw very few planted in yards for decoration! Good luck to you!

http://www.sierramadrenews.net/wistaria.htm

Fae · #7 03/08/09, 06:26 PM

I was told to take a runner and cut the end and put it in a baby bottle with roundup in it. You cut a hole in the nipple and put the runner in it and into the bottle with the roundup. I have not tried this and think I would just use an old can or something and not a baby bottle.

Old Vet · #8 03/08/09, 07:44 PM

How thick is the trunk? IF it is big enough Inject roundup in it by cuting it with a hatchet then pour roundup 50% on it and let it die then all you need to do is to remove it.

Ozarkquilter46 · #9 03/08/09, 09:58 PM

I love the plant but I can't have it on my place at all because if my sheep get ahold of it I was told it will kill them. If you find a good way to rid yourself of it let us know how you did it

pamda · #10 03/08/09, 10:09 PM

OMG..before you try to kill it send me some starts. LOL. I love that stuff and it grows here, I've seen it but I can't find any to buy. It is so pretty. Good luck with it I have been told it is really invasive but I no idea how to keep it in control.

#11 03/08/09, 10:27 PM

Here's what you do..you cut slips from the plants..put them in little paper cups with soil..sell them for $1 each to all of the folks such as myself who would LOVE to have Wisteria plants..

that way, eventually, your Wisteria will be gone and think of the money you'd make !!!!!

farmmom · #12 03/09/09, 08:03 AM

The trunks on some are up to 4 or 5 inches across. I understand that there are not invasive bush forms of wisteria for those of you who want them. If you want the runner kind, pm me with your address and I'll send it to you, but I'm giving you fair warning, it will take over!!!!!

longshadowfarms · #13 03/09/09, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by farmmom

The trunks on some are up to 4 or 5 inches across. I understand that there are not invasive bush forms of wisteria for those of you who want them. If you want the runner kind, pm me with your address and I'll send it to you, but I'm giving you fair warning, it will take over!!!!!

I THINK the bush ones are just plants that have never been allowed to climb something. Ours was up against the house and started doing damage to the house so we cut down the big part on the house and started a sucker out in the middle of the lawn with a metal support to make it into a tree/bush. So far so good! We trim around it every year to make sure it doesn't attack the house again.

For those who want plants, be SURE to get them from a plant that is a proven bloomer! My parents bought one from a nursery and it took years to bloom and despite following all expert suggestions, it rarely had more than a few flowers. Ours blooms like crazy so they finally got some cuttings from ours and planted them like we did - away from other plants and with a support to get it started. I'd offer starts to people but the only things I can grow with any success are cacti!

Backfourty,MI. · #14 03/09/09, 10:50 AM

I Planted 2 plants 2 years ago, they were up to about 2 1/2 feet tall last year. I have them planted on each side of an arbor & can't wait for it to cover it & bloom. Maybe because it get's so cold here but I don't see mine taking over. It is the vining, climbing kind. Didn't know there was a bush variety.

Woodsprite · #15 03/09/09, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bostonlesley

Here's what you do..you cut slips from the plants..put them in little paper cups with soil..sell them for $1 each to all of the folks such as myself who would LOVE to have Wisteria plants..

that way, eventually, your Wisteria will be gone and think of the money you'd make !!!!!

Yep. A little savvy marketing, and inside of a year or two, you could pay off your mortgage and put Wayside Gardens out of business!

I remember waaaay back when I was a newbie gardener, surrounding my little (urban, hand-dug) lily pond with English ivy. I prepared and amended the soil, and fussed over those little ivy starts as if they were some priceless, finicky import from outer Slobovia. Three years later....standing IN the pond hacking the ivy back, well, suffice it to say I'd learned my lesson.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, I guess. Good luck - I hope you can subdue the monster.

Woodsprite · #16 03/09/09, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.

I Planted 2 plants 2 years ago, they were up to about 2 1/2 feet tall last year. I have them planted on each side of an arbor & can't wait for it to cover it & bloom. Maybe because it get's so cold here but I don't see mine taking over. It is the vining, climbing kind. Didn't know there was a bush variety.

Stand back. "First year, sleep...second year, creep...third year, LEAP..."

Old Vet · #17 03/09/09, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by farmmom

The trunks on some are up to 4 or 5 inches across. I understand that there are not invasive bush forms of wisteria for those of you who want them. If you want the runner kind, pm me with your address and I'll send it to you, but I'm giving you fair warning, it will take over!!!!!

Check your state laws. It is called a noxious weed in some states and not alowed to be shiped in.