On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:14:36 -0400, Don Wiss
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Aug 2016, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Thse
berry plants are tenacious, have deep roots, and once establishes are
very difficult to remove without removing everything else.

You don't have to dig up any roots. You cut it down to the ground. Then you
paint the stump with full strength Roundup. That will kill it completely.

For a couple three plants that works, but once it becomes established
and spreads it's not so easy to to get rid of it with Round Up without
killing adjacent plants. With one plant I'd dig it up and keep an eye
out for others popping up. Round Up tends to spread in the soil from
roots so will kill a bunch of that nice ground cover. I use Round Up
to kill weeds in bunches in gravel driveways and around outbuilding
foundations but I've learned that it tends to kill adjacent plants...
I wouldn't use Round Up within 20 feet of plants I want to keep. I'd
dig up that berry plant and move it somewhere else or toss it in the
composter. Since there are many here growing along the roadways I'd
dig it up and let it die.