How do I remove this stupid bush?

Not a good idea for a backyard in the suburbs that my dogs are in for hours every day. Jeez...diesel?!?!

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I would either use boiling water or burn it personally. Is it a camellia? Just guessing... It's so hard to tell since your attempted murder. My BIL has a dog I'll sell you that will even eat my rose bushes. $1 OBO
I think the dog may be part goat?

you have NOT cut it down all the way to the ground..it is sprouting from above ground buds..

if you cut it all the way to the ground and then put something over it so it can't get sun and water it should die

try really cutting it to the ground, and then put a cement block over it..maybe some black plastic or tar paper below the block..if you don't want to use herbicides..also you might pour boiling water over it

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But you couldn't hang onto those points for long. I think you're back in negative territory.

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Actually, I was hoping for that because I needed a good grin...

This. I would use black plastic covered in rocks to keep it from being able to grow up instead of a bucket though.

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If this is in the privet family or similar, it is going to be tough to kill. Impossible to dig up unless you excavate the entire area and get all the feeder roots. Privet family puts out extremely long roots and are terribly hard to rid your yard of. The only way to rid it completely and permanently is to chemical kill it down in to the roots. There are a few chems on the market that are very specific and won't harm the area around the one you are trying to rid.

Round up can be used full strength and should be applied by hand(sponge) to each stem that has been cut. If the cuts are a day or more old, then you will need to cut about an inch or two off below where the stems are cut presently. Then dip your sponge in the round up, swab or dab it on each stem tip until the stem stops absorbing the roundup rapidly. Then let it alone for a few days. You can cover the whole root/stump ball with black plastic or a bucket if you can cover it completely and that will speed the kill up some. One Gallon of Vinegar, cup of salt and a tablespoon of dish detergent(Dawn works the best) sprayed on the foliage will kill the plant and if you are watchful over it for a few days, and re-apply the vinegar solution, within a week you will have a totally dead plant that WILL not come back.

Lastly a thorough and rapid kill that will totally eradicate the plant is a chem called Diquat. It is some seriously powerful stuff but IT WILL kill ANYTHING green/plant that it touches. Probably no more than a tablespoon sprayed on the plant even the already cut stems will kill it. It won't harm the soil nor any successive plantings but wind drift will take it to anything in the plant kingdom and kill it. That's why I recommend only using about a tablespoon in a Windex type spray bottle IF you decide to use something powerful like that. Roundup is the most effective and the safest of the Chemicals IF you sponge it on the stems like suggested above. The Vinegar solution works great but is a little more labor intensive. I use the vinegar exclusively on my farmstead and have never been disappointed. I have also used all the methods and mixes I listed in this post and all have performed well. But vinegar/salt/dish detergent is totally harmless to the environment, won't harm you and will NOT sterilize the soil.

pickaxes are awful expensive now especially if you only want it for this. I don't know what kind of a bush this is that you need boiling water,salt and whatnot. I haven't found one yet that I couldn't get out with a strong shovel, a come-along, an ax and my trusy old crowbar. ~Georgia.

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