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Default How do I kill Birds of Paradise roots?



On Jan 29, 3:38 pm, " wrote:
gasoline poured on them, it kills everything. when i was a kid it was
used to kill vegatation. topday the same use gets people freaking out.

but its effective, no smoking in area


Agreed. Gasoline evaporates very fast and leaves no residual damage.
Leaking underground gas tanks were dug up, the soil spread out &
allowed to air dry for a few weeks, then declared safe for use.
Diesel and kerosene is a whole different problem however.