The saga of the removal of Porcelain Berry Vine
As I faced it today at 1 PM. It's surrounded by raspberries:
While cutting back the raspberries I accidentally cut back the vine. Here you can see the two cut ends:
By 2:30 all raspberries had been cut back, all Louisiana irises dug, and we were left with two stumps:
Jack offered to dig and I accepted. He managed to find still more raspberries!
You can see my green jug of poison ready, at the left bottom of the photo.
Now we're left with these roots that extend into the garden protected from deer by deer fencing:
5:15 We're left with the roots that do get very narrow. Can I just cut them off and keep an eye out for future growth?
No tap root was found at all.