Japanese barberry

[chugger172]

Does anyone have any good method of getting rid of Japanese barberry? My woods are becoming infested. I don't want to use chemicals. Loaded with rocks.

 

[MossRoad]

A car jumped a curb and took out 6 of them at my old house.... pretty fast!

But seriously....

Do you have a tractor with FEL? You could use a root bucket quite effectively if you can get in there.

No chemicals is gonna be a lot of work.

 

[DIYOrangeDave]

I only had one and my back hoe popped it right out. That was 2 years ago and it hasn’t returned.

 

[ning]

Apparently they can regrow from root fragments, otherwise I'd say yank them. Sounds like digging time.

 

[Jstpssng]

Dig them, preferably before the berries ripen. Then keep after them. Once the fruit is red, birds spread it everywhere.

 

[leonz]

Chugger 172,

If you do not want to use wood brush killer the only other option
is to invest in several brush grubbers from Gemplers to rip them
out and renting a tracked backhoe to pull on the heavy chain
and brush grubber and also enable you to dig out the clumps further if needed.

Having more than one brush grubber and several lengths of chain
with hooks and chain loops to pull several of them out at a time
within the extended radius of the tracked backhoes reach.

The brush grubber tugger chain is $72.49. The shrub clump puller is $79.99.