Thread: How to kill and remove a Banana Tree??

Cutting it down is not going to kill it, that's how banana farmers get their crops each year. They need top be cut down to regrow and produce fruit.
Maybe a herbicide like round up or other glysophate weed killer or black berry and tree killer painted on the fresh cuts might kit it.
As bananas grow from clumps you might have to dig the clumps out?

google how to kill a banana plant.

here's one post.
Glad you asked...
The fastest way to kill a Banana Tree is to chop it down with and axe or handsaw. Once you chop it down youn need ton use kerosene and broad-spectrum herbicide. Check out this website on how to Kill A Banana Tree. http://www.ehow.com/how_5511051_kill-ban...

Bananas are actually not a tree, they are a grass,a monocotyledon,so there should be no trouble with tree preservation orders etc.For me (i hate the company that makes roundup ) I'd just dig it out and mow the new growth ,if possible.It is true just cutting them down won't work, that's how they grow,cut down the old growth after fruiting and a new one comes up.Never thought of keeping them and eating the fruit ?

Google is your friend

Use a handsaw or axe to chop down the banana plant to a height of two to three feet. Pour one ounce of kerosene into the center of the banana stump. The fibrous core of the plant will absorb the kerosene, killing it over the course of seven to 14 days.

Empty kerosene into the furled centers of any banana shoots coming up around the stem. This ensures that the buried corms do not generate new shoots. A corm is an underground bulb that grows from an established banana plant into a new banana tree.

Spray the banana plant with a broad spectrum herbicide as an alternative to kerosene. This method works best with juvenile plants that are only one to four feet tall. Spray the entire plant, including its stalk, with the herbicide. For best results, administer the herbicide on a dry day in the early morning. The herbicide also will kill any connected corms.

Inject the banana plant with herbicide or kerosene if you do not want to chop it down. Drill a series of holes around the base of the banana plant, angling down into the plant at a 45 degrees. Use a large syringe or funnel and pour a total of one ounce of herbicide or kerosene into the holes. The entire plant will wilt and die within 14 days. Chop down and remove it once it is dead.

Dig up the banana plant. This is the most labor intensive part, but is the only method of removal that doesn't rely on chemicals or kerosene. Use an axe or saw and chop down the plant's stalk. Dig up the stalk's roots with a shovel or pick. Remove any connected corms or they will sprout into new plants.

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dam I cricked my neck looking at the pics

Jon, I take it you don't like bananas?

What every one has said, that is how bananas grow...after fruiting chop it down, a sucker will come up then after fruiting chop it down...you get the picture the clump will not take over with this method

So if you like bananas follow the above orrr pour Kero over it and kill it

Mrs hh

Thanks everyone.

We do like bananas its just the tree / plant takes up too much space and makes the small area unusable, so it has to go.

Thx
Jon

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transplant it to the labor party head quarters

Originally Posted by richard4u2

transplant it to the labor party head quarters

Why There's plenty to go around to the libs and others, they all grow from the same DNA