Beginner Gardening: Sumac Problem, 0 by Rocco

Rocco wrote:
The sumac will eventually try to turn itself into a grove. After several years mine grew very large and added a lot of color to my yard in the fall. Then it began sending up new sumac shoots all over my yard, at last count I had over a hundred new sumac trees. I cut down the 'mother' tree and it took several months to eradicate the small shoots. Most of this was accomplished by digging up the extended roots and strong doses of herbicide. I posted details of this horror on Dave's Garden. I would have been better off if I had killed the beast the day after it was planted.