It grows mainly on a (for now) limited part of my backyard, mostly in the lawn. I sprayed it before with Dicotex but as I’m not a huge fan of herbicides, I’m looking for a more environmentally friendly way. The plant has very strong and greasy roots that stretch out horizontally, meters away just under the surface. Dicotex appears to kill it quickly, but it sometimes comes back on the spot, and it keeps coming on other spots nearby. Once I dug one up, it had a root thick like a little finger, and it tore may lawn open like a zipper!
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I tried the Obsidentify app on the picture but no clear results
Maybe you can post this in r/whatsthisplant or r/plantidentification
Nothing a bit of roundup can’t solve
It’s a tree. It’s a poplar sprout. Just pull it out and make sure to have the roots out too.
Or accept that stuff grows in your garden and just mow it along with the grass. I only pull out stuff that has thorns and the rest is kept under control by mowing.
Looks like Japanse Duizendknoop. Hard to get rid of and very invasive.
Edit: the leaves look a bit different but the stem looks alike so not very sure it is a Japanse Duizendknoop exactly.
This is a lime tree, or Linde. You should dig a hole, there might be a tree stump pretty deep. Cut all roots and leave them to dry out for a few days
There are some bodembedekkers that keep onkruid at check, and help keep the soil moist. But you’ll have to have them instead of grass in that area.
Most environmentally friendly way to get rid of such plants is a shovel. Dig a big block around, see what kind of roots there are.
Some weeds have a single, very long, deep root (notably dandelions, thistles). Then you need to dig deep (not *that* deep Mundo, 50-60cm is more than enough).
Some others have a lot of roots going around just beneath the surface, many trees do that as well. In that case, you can dig for at least one meter in all directions… Seems like, according to your description, we got such a case, although with only one root (I’d guess it means this is a hanging tree, which makes new trees when branches hit the ground, dig in it, and resurface further (eg hazelnut tree, summer lilac, forsythia, …).
Once you got your dirt block out, you can hit it with the shovel, provided it’s dry enough. Crumbs should fall everywhere. If it’s wet, well, you’ll want to slice, and remove as many roots as you can with your hands. Put the dirt back in without roots, and stomp a bit on it to compress it a bit (otherwise some things like ants are quite likely to settle there).
His name is Francis. He’s quite poplar. To get rid of him just pull him out. He might sprout again somewhere else though…
We have a small part of a Forrest, with rules what trees can grow there. But becouse a bug passed are trees they destroyed all trees on our part including all the others around it. All the trees had to be cut down.
We did.
But there comes the same problem like yours. Becouse manny of the big was taken down, other trees started to grow. Some good ones but also a amirican leaf tree or whatever. But they are not allowed. But the roots are so strong it’s not even posse le to just pull them out. We will let a firm deal with it, but I did get a great tip that could help you.
Break the tree close to the ground. Do not fully break it off or cut it off. But just break it and leafe it like that.
If you break it fully or cut it, the roots will just sproud a new tree. But if you break it, to roots will use there full power to try to restore the tree. But fail and therefor will die off. When it’s dead, then remove it
If you want to identify plants etc you can use the app plantnet. Very effective, better than google lens.
You are fucked, i think it might be the japanse duizendknoop. It keeps coming back if you try to destroy it. If you cut it up it will multiply, the only way of getting it out is to scoop out the plant with x amount of dirt with it. Most community’s just put some rope around it and don’t fuck with it because the more you try and get rid of it the more it spreads
Pull it out and stop poisoning your ground. It’s not ivy, it can’t be that hard.
It doesn’t look like hazel. I have a lot of similar plants popping up in my garden. Their roots go everywhere and they “fuse” with the upper layer. If you try to pull them out you’ll destroy the upper layer of your garden. I just try to destroy the roots with a spade by cutting them up after cutting the plant itself. It looks like its working so it might help with this plant as well.