08-27-2009, 05:42 PM
Roundup will kill it if used as part of a larger and long term policy of cutting, recutting, spraying, and respraying. Much better results are obtained by being very selective in what you spray rather than spraying wholesale. I have killed trees as large as my wrist by cutting them down, spraying the stump with full strength roundup, then spraying again when the sprouts come up, this time with the concentration recommended for foliage. It will take repeated follow-up but eventually it dies. If you have the time and the energy you can kill it. Unfortunately no one has the time and energy to go out and do this where it is needed most, over the thousands of acres of relatively native forest, on inaccessible ridges and mountaintops. Therefor, the biocontrol is very necessary. It is hard to believe there could be anyone as backwards and possibly malicious as that Singer guy who is behind the Save the Coqui and Save the Guava movements. I have heard of Munchhauser's Syndrome where people make themselves or other family members (usually children) sick because they somehow crave attention that much. Maybe that is his problem. Some things democracy is not good at, as when loudmouth fools can so easily upset the apple cart for nothing. It is the price we pay for the benefits of democracy.
Fire won't do much unless it occurs often enough. The above ground parts get killed back but the roots send out sprouts again. That happened on my property.
Fire won't do much unless it occurs often enough. The above ground parts get killed back but the roots send out sprouts again. That happened on my property.