How can I kill off a perenial wild shrub?

I have a number of those horrible non flowering wild shrub type things that grow as tall as they like unless I cut them back each year.I need to get rid as secretly and effectively as possible.

How can I kill off a perenial wild shrub?
Salt will kill anything and everything.





Either drill holes in the base and spike or pack around the base.





Could take some time though but works everytime!
Reply:stamp on it and quick, i can sense the urgency in that question!!
Reply:Get your dog or borrow one to piss on them regular that seems to kill everything else in the garden
Reply:Ammonia %26amp; Water or use Old Oil that Kills Everything
Reply:Spray the cursed hellweed with roundup.
Reply:whats with the nasty chemicals ???





urine (human or animal) poured into a hole drilled at the base or cut and burn the stem
Reply:accidentally spill some household bleach on it kills all the weeds in my garden. Oh make sure there's no pets around
Reply:More than likely, you will need to get down to the roots, and dig them up. You may be able to cut them off at the ground, and pour stump killer all over the exposed roots.


Never use old oil, or gasoline on the ground! Remember, whatever goes into the ground will eventually make it's way into our water system. You dump it, you drink it!
Reply:get an old paint brush and paint a number of leaves with SBK, you may have to do it more than once. you could even cut off a few branches and paint the cut ends with it too
Reply:Oh, secretly.





I was going to suggest gasoline.
Reply:There are two ways. One, girdle the tree. Two, drill a small hole and inject a systemic plant killer (go ask at a nursery which chemical is best, I don't know.)





How to girdle the tree: Cut a line in the first layer of bark, all the way around the tree. I would suggest doing it far down, near the soil, so it's not noticable. Then go at least 1/2 inch down, or an inch is better, and cut another line in the first layer of bark, all the way around the tree. If the shrub/tree is thicker than your wrist, you might want to go a couple inches or more wide. Strip off the outer layer of bark. Cover the white underlayer with dirt so it's not so noticable. If the ring is near the ground, and it's possible, dump some leaves or whatever to cover. The tree will die within 4-6 months or so. Definately by next spring. I've done this to a number of trees and it works infallibly. I like this way best because it's pretty subtle, especially if you only do one or two a month, and spread it out. Plus, there's no nasty chemicals involved, and less evidence later.





To inject a systemic chemical: cut a round plug out of the first layer of bark, preferably somewhere pretty hidden, near to the roots. Make the plug bigger than the hole you will drill. Drill a hole, probably what, 1/2 inch around or so, all the way to the center of the bush. Angle the hole downwards so gravity takes the chemical to the heart. Use a funnel or basting syringe or something to get the chemical down the hole. Be careful!! Throw away the funnel %26amp; syringe afterward- you don't want anybody using it and getting killed!!! Seriously, you can't trust on cleaning it afterward!! Then plug up the hole with the plug, you can use glue to keep it in place even, it doesn't matter. This is a quicker, but less subtle, way to make the shrub/tree die.