Killing and removing large Jasmine bushes/trees in garden for good?

delmonta

Hi

I am building a garden room soon, and I have these two very large Jasmine bushes, with thick trunks/roots. I am wondering what the best way to go about getting rid of them and making sure they don't come back is? I can't have them growing back and damaging the garden room

I have seen various things like trees stump killer on Amazon, from Roundup and other companies. I don't know if this is the right thing for the job

Any advice? Photos attached

TELLIT01

Presumably the decking will be remove so cut the jasmine down, leaving a couple of feet of thick stems to help act as a lever and then dig out the roots.

delmonta

TELLIT01 said:

Presumably the decking will be remove so cut the jasmine down, leaving a couple of feet of thick stems to help act as a lever and then dig out the roots.

Thanks, so you don't think I need to use any root killing stuff like round up stump killer?

I thought maybe the roots will be hard to get out on such a beast of a plant. But obviously it's nicer to not use chemicals, I just have to make sure it won't come back!

TELLIT01

If you can't dig the roots out then it would be sensible to use root killer.  Your problem is that root killer isn't fast acting and slowly breaks down the material. 

pdblake

I had to get rid of some jasmine several years ago. Not as big as the ones in your photos though, but I just dug it out. Just cut it back as far as you can and dig down and cut it out, getting as much root as you can.

I did notice the odd bit of growth coming back for the following year but all you do is just dig them out. Not seen any in years.

delmonta

pdblake said:

I had to get rid of some jasmine several years ago. Not as big as the ones in your photos though, but I just dug it out. Just cut it back as far as you can and dig down and cut it out, getting as much root as you can.

I did notice the odd bit of growth coming back for the following year but all you do is just dig them out. Not seen any in years.

Thanks, yeah my issue is I'm going to build a room on top of it, and won't be able to dig up anything after! I will put a weed barrier down before building, but if a proper tree like this takes hold, it could do some damage and be impossible to get to

Ganga

I would cut off the branches first and then the top of the tree leaving about 6 ft above ground ,dig around the roots and expose them ,cut with a saw and then use the 6ft of tree as a lever to snap/expose any other roots you have missed ,when the tree is pulled clear of the ground you can cut it into managable chunks to dispose off ,whats left in the ground will die off ,job done.

Slinky

How is your garden room being built? Your builder could probably scrape any remaining root out with a digger. We were going to pay for a cherry tree to be removed. Our builder just dragged it out and was happy to have the timber to eventually burn.