Remove lilac »This is how you put a permanent end to the Syringa

Root weeds lilac - capping the trunk is not enough

Many lilac varieties, especially Syringa vulgaris and their hybrids, develop innumerable Runnersfrom which the plant emerges again and again - even if the main trunk has long been removed. Instead, hundreds of root runners now appear in its (former) vicinity, with which the plant wants to fight its own death. Many a gardener tries to defeat this once and for all with weed killers such as Roundup. However, it is better not to use such a poison in your garden, as it also affects all other plants and living things there - as well as the soil and groundwater. Not to mention the fact that poisoning often doesn't kill the lilac. Instead, he still drives out again and again.

Clearing lilacs together with the rhizome - that's how it works

If you want to get rid of the lilac for good, only that will help Clearing of the rhizome. This is tedious, but you have peace and quiet afterwards.

And that is how it works:

• Saws You the Tree trunk but leave about 100 to 150 centimeters.
• Now prick with one spade the root area.
• The radius should be about as large as the former crown diameter.
• Loosen the root ball with a Digging fork.
• You simply lift out smaller lilacs with the digging fork.
• For larger specimens, use the trunk as a lever.
• Move it back and forth in different directions.
• If necessary, cut off roots with a spade or even an ax.
• If the trunk is wobbly enough and all the roots have been severed, simply pull it out.

Of course, you can't all do them this way root remove. So that something does not sprout from the leftover remains, you can close the root area with a Weed control(€ 13.47 at Amazon *) cover and leave it there for a few months. Since no more sunlight can get through, any lilac offspring have no chance.