tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719294991043449873.post6923544328544803264..comments2024-03-29T01:27:27.827+13:00Comments on Alan Jolliffe: When to prune shrubsAlan Jolliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01124266990635665551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719294991043449873.post-25280811035255304442011-09-07T17:10:38.463+12:002011-09-07T17:10:38.463+12:00Hi Alan, Given your background I think you might b...Hi Alan, Given your background I think you might be able to help me. I've just spent a very satisfying afternoon cutting out the woody weeds from the shrub borders of my new home. Some of them have obviously been cut down before and resprouted and I fully expect the same thing to happen again. In my previous garden I painted stumps with woody weedkiller, which worked a treat on the stumps. But I was surprised to find that the poison had been taken down to the soil. A shrub I planted near a poisoned stump died and my favourite hosta was never seen again. Did I do something wrong - the wrong time of year for instance? Is there a more eco-friendly way of stopping stumps resprouting?Megnoreply@blogger.com