Killing Hop tuber

Guybrush

Hi

I need advice on killing a hop tuber. My father rents out my Grandparent's old bungalow. It has been rented for a few years and over the time the garden has become a mess. Looks like nobody has maintained it at all! A hop (which I never remember being there before) has draped itself over a good third of the garden, killing most of the underlying plants and distorting the shrubs. I've cleared all the vines and root tendrils and believe all I have left is the tuber which is like a tap root, going down into the bowels of the earth and some other bits going under a path and the lawn. As they can't be dug out, can anyone recommend a way of killing off these tubers so it doesn't grow back again? In hindsight I should have glyphosated the leaves but I needed to clear it to see what had survived underneath. 

All suggestions welcome.

Cheers James

Hostafan1

Guybrush said:

Hi

 In hindsight I should have glyphosated the leaves but I needed to clear it to see what had survived underneath. 

All suggestions welcome.

Cheers James

I think you've answered your own question.

Dovefromabove

Let it grow a few leaves then paint them with glyphosate.  

Hostafan1

  

Guybrush

I can't I'm afraid, the bungalow is going to be rented out soon and I won't have access to it. 😕

Dovefromabove

Can't see an alternative than digging it out in that case.

Could your father not explain the problem to the new tenant and arrange with them t that he will be sending someone in to treat any regrowth?

A lot of landlords around here employ someone to come in and deal with weeds, hedges, lawns etc every few months.

Guybrush

Yes I think that's probably the best solution. I just thought there might be some age old method of painting the tuber with napalm or something. I think some garden maintenance people might be the answer. Cheers James  

Dovefromabove

Give the maintenance people a written list and explanation of what's to be done and when ... not all garden maintenance people are gardeners