How to Get Rid of a Pachysandra
- 1). Don your garden gloves and begin with grasping the main root stem at its base and pulling gently but firmly straight up. This should pull the plant and it main root system up in one piece.
- 2). Loosen the root system's grip in the soil by watering if soil is dry and make vertical cuts around the Pachysandra plants with your shovel and then use the shovel as a lever to lift up the root ball. These two tactics should make it easier to pull the plants out by the roots.
- 3). Dig in with a shovel or hand trowel when a plant top breaks loose from its roots to dig up the roots and connected stolons and discard.
- 4). Rake through the soil gently when all of the plant and main root material has been removed. Lift out runners, stolens, root pieces and any remaining plant foliage as you work.
- 5). Monitor the area closely for several months, pulling out shoots and plants by the roots as they emerge. Full eradication of a previous carpet-like planting of Pachysandra may take many months but will require just minimal maintenance.
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