Kurt from Swansboro, Nc writes
Had a couple of large crepe myrtles removed. Now I am getting constant shoots coming up from the roots. I apply your post-emergent Atrazine High Yield formula to avoid harming my centipede grass. It will do an initial kill, but then they come right back. Have been doing it for 2 years now. Thought by now the tree would die from lack of light access. Wonder if Triclopyr for woody weeds would work better? Don't want to knock out the centipede though.
If you have shoots coming out directly from the stump or roots, you can cut the shoot and apply Ferti-lome Brush Killer and Stump Killer directly to the fresh cut, It’s not labeled to harm your grass but we do not recommend making direct applications. Apply it undiluted to the freshly cut stumps/roots and then use it at either full strength or the highest dilution on any shoots that are coming up around the main stump. This will penetrate further into the root system to kill it out. You may have to cut back new shoots from time to time in the beginning as the Crossbow and Stump Killer products will only kill what has already emerged from the ground, not prevent the new seedlings still below the surface from sprouting up. Over time the stump and root system should die out and eventually break down in the soil.
Answer last updated on: 08/29/2018
