How to Kill Aspen Shoots

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Treat the shoots in late summer or early fall, if you can.. Purchase a broadleaf herbicide.. Drill 45 degree angle holes along the lower truck and into the roots.

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Treat the shoots in late summer or early fall, if you can.

Step 1

Treat the shoots in late summer or early fall, if you can.

2

Purchase a broadleaf herbicide.

Step 2

Purchase a broadleaf herbicide.

3

Drill 45 degree angle holes along the lower truck and into the roots.

Step 3

Drill 45 degree angle holes along the lower truck and into the roots.

4

Pour the herbicide into the holes.

Step 4

Pour the herbicide into the holes.

5

Allow about 6 months for your herbicide to work.

Step 5

Allow about 6 months for your herbicide to work.

6

Cut down your tree

Step 6

Cut down your tree

7

Recognize that the tree will continue to sprout new shoots.

Step 7

Recognize that the tree will continue to sprout new shoots.

8

Cut aspen shoots only when necessary.

Step 8

Cut aspen shoots only when necessary.

9

Kill the stump and roots of a cut aspen tree.

Step 9

Kill the stump and roots of a cut aspen tree.

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