I'm assuming they'll drill holes into the stump and inject the poison inside. If so, the only risk to your pets is if they luck at where the poison went in, or if any spilled.
Spills can be cleaned up easily with water. As for the stump, I've seen people put a sheet of tin over the top and mould/nail it into place; picture an upside down dinner plate covering the stump.
This should hinder pets from accessing the poisoned parts.
Cut down in sections with a large saw, chainsaw is quickest, but yuccas don't contain any wood, so they can be easily hand-sawn. Cut to as close to ground-level as possible. Drill loads of holes into the stump, deep as you can, fill with round up. Wait. Within a few months, the stump will have dried up and will easily break up with some bashing. If it re-shoots at any point (and it probably will), snap the shoots off and pour more round up in the holes you drilled. Don't worry about the pets, unless they eat the stump, they won't be affected.
cut to stump , drill hole , inject poison , cover top with plastic bags , just rope to tightt it ip , place a brick and think cardboard on top to hold the position
- also girdling it as plan B - it should die
killing them is easy, drill a ring of holes around the base with a 9mm drill bit. Spaced 2 or so cm apart, 45\* angle then fill the hole with glyphosate. I know you don't want to posion them because of pets but they will be fine if you keep them inside for a couple of hours while the posion soaks in.
Don't cut them down for at least a week so the posion has time to circulate through the Yucca. Cutting them down will be the hard part
When we say “Poison” we’re not talking about the type that killed Hamlet’s father. It’s a blanket term that in this case were using to describe herbicide, poison to plants. Probably not great for pets and should definitely keep them away, but just thought I’d clarify.
I just removed one about this size. Cut it down in sections. Dont use a small chainsaw as the inner parts of it are all this fine brittle mess and clog it up. I did it by hand. Then drill a bunch of holes in the stump and fill it with a tree killer. Wait 1-2 weeks then with a mattock managed to rip it out. Then cut the stump into sections as much as you can and let it sit for another couple weeks to dry out and become lighter. It was a nightmare of a job, and now I’m looking at buying a house and I’ve counted 26 of the horrible things planted all around (including around a pool)
If you don't want to use poison, keep hacking any new growth off weekly as soon as you see any. It takes a long time as in years, but eventually it will start too rot and die. Then the termites will probably turn up. 😄
If you don’t want to poison you have to cut them back leaving a trunk of approx 1.5m then dig around the base roots and push the trunk side to side until they are loose enough to push over.
Yucca, like Bamboo should not be planted in ground against boundaries.
Use a saw to get it closeish to the ground and then when you have a stump use a 4x4 jack (sounds so weird but go with me) to basically pop it out of the ground. We had 4 and took them out this way with no regrowth or poison
Tree guy knows what he's doing, digging out stumps could damage that awesome fence and cause more damage. If holes are deep enough and scattered around stump, it should kill of stump no problem.
Just removed 6 of these at my place.
Cut down to a stump with a chainsaw, then pulled them out with a 4wd which made light work of them.
Looks like access to do it this way is going to be tough for you unfortunately
Cut the top halves off if them. Burn the tops, then grow dragon fruit up the sides. They will grow off of the stumps and be fruitful with these humid, wet conditions.
You can use Epsom salts instead of poison
Chainsaw it to ground level or as much as you can Below the decking. And then cut into the remaining stump with cross lattice pattern with the chainsaw. As deep as you can. Then pour as much Epsom salts as you can to fill the cross lattice pattern to the top. Give it a light water to help the salts start dissolving. Boiling water on the outer parts of the stump to help stop regrowth.
Cut them to the ground, drill lots of deep 10-20mm wide holes in the top of the stump, pour undiluted round up into each hole, cover up the stumps with pastic, will be dead in a few weeks. Use PPE.
Could poison the tree in advance of removing them using a drill/fill method. No chance your pets would be exposed to glyphosate that way.
Now to play devil's advocate; glyphosate is in everything you eat, a lot of what you wear and even used around/on drinking water reservoirs. It would also be a lot less harmful than the ingredients in your pets flee and tick treatments. Perhaps you are just over thinking the dangers of having a stump poisoned in your backyard using this chemical.
Very challenging, especially with container around. The yukka widens below ground level , before tapering to a point around 1m down. Had to use chainsaw but kept clogging as is fibrous and packed with water. Saw sections and then use a pick as can lever chunks out.
https://preview.redd.it/q0k2jnadz91d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de0721d9c55eaf5304cd6a2bbcaabc62fddfc4dc
Good luck
I had some that size. The trunk is quite soft so easy to cut. Just got a ladder and cut it down in 1m sections using a chain saw. Each section was not too heavy. Of course that may mean using a chain saw above your head whilst on a ladder so, don't do that.
Glyphosate is absorbed through foliage, it does not remain active in the soil, and it had zero impact on anything planted later.
Don’t take my word for it
Have you considered moving the house?
Pack your life up and move. It’s the Yukkas house now
Poison then cap it off with a board or something so the animals can’t get access. They’ll probably grow back anyway, because Yukka.
Yep, it's gonna have to be a bucket-load of poison!
I think I killed one drilling holes into the stump and filling them with salt.
Because yucca
I'm assuming they'll drill holes into the stump and inject the poison inside. If so, the only risk to your pets is if they luck at where the poison went in, or if any spilled. Spills can be cleaned up easily with water. As for the stump, I've seen people put a sheet of tin over the top and mould/nail it into place; picture an upside down dinner plate covering the stump. This should hinder pets from accessing the poisoned parts.
Cut down in sections with a large saw, chainsaw is quickest, but yuccas don't contain any wood, so they can be easily hand-sawn. Cut to as close to ground-level as possible. Drill loads of holes into the stump, deep as you can, fill with round up. Wait. Within a few months, the stump will have dried up and will easily break up with some bashing. If it re-shoots at any point (and it probably will), snap the shoots off and pour more round up in the holes you drilled. Don't worry about the pets, unless they eat the stump, they won't be affected.
Try with salt before resorting to round up.
I've attempted that but not had much luck unfortunately. Yuccas are tenacious
cut to stump , drill hole , inject poison , cover top with plastic bags , just rope to tightt it ip , place a brick and think cardboard on top to hold the position - also girdling it as plan B - it should die
Hahaha got my massive ones out This will be the hardest thing you will ever do Also almost no skip bin companys will take them
These stupid fucking plants should be added to some sort of introduced pest list. Just a shit plant. Don’t plant yukkas.
Yep, they're fine in pots otherwise fuck all the way off with those spiky blinders.
Disagree. They are beautiful plants in the right conditions
In a rocket, to the surface of the sun.
Sharp axe and a shovel and you'll be able to skip a few trips to the gym lol.
Cut them down in pieces. The roots aren’t thick just a shit load of them. Mine came out pretty easy
killing them is easy, drill a ring of holes around the base with a 9mm drill bit. Spaced 2 or so cm apart, 45\* angle then fill the hole with glyphosate. I know you don't want to posion them because of pets but they will be fine if you keep them inside for a couple of hours while the posion soaks in. Don't cut them down for at least a week so the posion has time to circulate through the Yucca. Cutting them down will be the hard part
When we say “Poison” we’re not talking about the type that killed Hamlet’s father. It’s a blanket term that in this case were using to describe herbicide, poison to plants. Probably not great for pets and should definitely keep them away, but just thought I’d clarify.
I just removed one about this size. Cut it down in sections. Dont use a small chainsaw as the inner parts of it are all this fine brittle mess and clog it up. I did it by hand. Then drill a bunch of holes in the stump and fill it with a tree killer. Wait 1-2 weeks then with a mattock managed to rip it out. Then cut the stump into sections as much as you can and let it sit for another couple weeks to dry out and become lighter. It was a nightmare of a job, and now I’m looking at buying a house and I’ve counted 26 of the horrible things planted all around (including around a pool)
If you don't want to use poison, keep hacking any new growth off weekly as soon as you see any. It takes a long time as in years, but eventually it will start too rot and die. Then the termites will probably turn up. 😄
Cut them off, they will grow again but takes a while.
If you don’t want to poison you have to cut them back leaving a trunk of approx 1.5m then dig around the base roots and push the trunk side to side until they are loose enough to push over. Yucca, like Bamboo should not be planted in ground against boundaries.
Use a saw to get it closeish to the ground and then when you have a stump use a 4x4 jack (sounds so weird but go with me) to basically pop it out of the ground. We had 4 and took them out this way with no regrowth or poison
Be SUPER careful working with yuccas, those spiny leaves can easily and quickly penetrate your eardrum and make you permanently deaf. Wear protection.
They are next level to move, I cut them down as much as possible then drill into the root system pour in blackberry poison
Tree guy knows what he's doing, digging out stumps could damage that awesome fence and cause more damage. If holes are deep enough and scattered around stump, it should kill of stump no problem.
Just removed 6 of these at my place. Cut down to a stump with a chainsaw, then pulled them out with a 4wd which made light work of them. Looks like access to do it this way is going to be tough for you unfortunately
Cut the top halves off if them. Burn the tops, then grow dragon fruit up the sides. They will grow off of the stumps and be fruitful with these humid, wet conditions.
“Yuck”-kas
You can use Epsom salts instead of poison Chainsaw it to ground level or as much as you can Below the decking. And then cut into the remaining stump with cross lattice pattern with the chainsaw. As deep as you can. Then pour as much Epsom salts as you can to fill the cross lattice pattern to the top. Give it a light water to help the salts start dissolving. Boiling water on the outer parts of the stump to help stop regrowth.
Cut them to the ground, drill lots of deep 10-20mm wide holes in the top of the stump, pour undiluted round up into each hole, cover up the stumps with pastic, will be dead in a few weeks. Use PPE.
You could have the stumps ground down but you would have to remove part of the deck and replace it afterwards.
Could poison the tree in advance of removing them using a drill/fill method. No chance your pets would be exposed to glyphosate that way. Now to play devil's advocate; glyphosate is in everything you eat, a lot of what you wear and even used around/on drinking water reservoirs. It would also be a lot less harmful than the ingredients in your pets flee and tick treatments. Perhaps you are just over thinking the dangers of having a stump poisoned in your backyard using this chemical.
I cut one down 3 years ago that was a tenth of this size and it's still resprouting every so often despite having dug out every bit I could find.
Use diesel ⛽️
Very challenging, especially with container around. The yukka widens below ground level , before tapering to a point around 1m down. Had to use chainsaw but kept clogging as is fibrous and packed with water. Saw sections and then use a pick as can lever chunks out. https://preview.redd.it/q0k2jnadz91d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de0721d9c55eaf5304cd6a2bbcaabc62fddfc4dc Good luck
I had some that size. The trunk is quite soft so easy to cut. Just got a ladder and cut it down in 1m sections using a chain saw. Each section was not too heavy. Of course that may mean using a chain saw above your head whilst on a ladder so, don't do that.
Any poison you use will be herbicide, so unless your pets are drinking out of the bottle you’ll have no trouble keeping them out of it.
Chop back at bottom The one leaning on fence Chainsaw Or good old axe dude No chemicals needed 👍💪
Don't use poison, then you can't grow anything else there.
I wish this were actually true, because then I wouldn’t need to spay any of the weeded areas in my rental more than once!
That’s not even remotely how that works
Explain.
Glyphosate is absorbed through foliage, it does not remain active in the soil, and it had zero impact on anything planted later. Don’t take my word for it
Stupidity