Stopping re growth of cut brush

[airbiscuit]

What are you cutting - a trail, an opening, understory in a woods, or ?? A little or a lot?

 

[Oz_Kioti]

We've been doing a fair bit of clearing over the years, of woody stemmed weeds/trees usually from a half inch up to around three inches diameter, and find "Access" does the job well. Mixed with diesel 30:1 (diesel:Access).

From the supplier's website:
Access Herbicide is a specialised herbicide for robust control of almost any woody weed via the cut stump or basal bark application technique. ... Access contains the active ingredients Triclopyr (240g/L) and Picloram (120g/L), which have activity on a range of broadleaf weeds.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

If a plant is woody, triclopyr on the cut stump while the sap is still oozing. I use a cup and a paintbrush.

Right now is the perfect time of year, plants are sucking nutrients into their roots for the winter. Herbicide in the sap gets into the roots and kills the whole plant.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

Right now is the perfect time of year, plants are sucking nutrients into their roots for the winter. Herbicide in the sap gets into the roots and kills the whole plant.
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I'm going to guess, regardless of the chemical you use.. The most efficient time window will produce the most efficient control...

I do know I have seen someone go through a growth of woody invasive plants with a disc or sub soil shank... I believe there thinking was to break up the root system of how this plant spreads..

NOT a good idea as it seemed every cut end of the root system put up a new plant shortly or the next year.. Most of these types of invasive, un wanted require the multi step control of cut and chemical, for best results..

 

[RalphVa]

The stiltgrass had grown up so much that it was becoming very difficult to see where one is stepping to find and to cut the other invasives. So, we're having a herd of goats come in to eat everything. Then we'll be able to see what's coming in and all.

Fence is up. Waiting for goats today or tomorrow.

 

[the old grind]

IMO sooner or later many of us will be dealing with phragmites, a pernicious invasive rhizome with a narrow window of opportunity to treat. (Sept in my USDA zone) See it in ditches, retention ponds, freeway medians and low wet areas as it spreads nationwide. When cut down or cut up nodes will resprout so one learns not to.

 

[kenmbz]

The stiltgrass had grown up so much that it was becoming very difficult to see where one is stepping to find and to cut the other invasives. So, we're having a herd of goats come in to eat everything. Then we'll be able to see what's coming in and all.

Fence is up. Waiting for goats today or tomorrow.

Please let us know how the goats work. Nothing here seems to eat the stiltgrass and it is hard to kill.

It shot up to 3-4feet in a week from the 1foot base to get to seed. Not fun to get at with a trimmer.
That stuff even comes up through our juniper bushes!

 

[RalphVa]

The local goat guy said they eat the stilt grass but it takes 7 years to stop it. It's the main reason we're going with the goats (other than the fact that we have not heard back from the 2 outfits that do heavy duty bush hog work). The stilt grass is a safety hazard in finding out where to step to get at the autumn olives and oriental bittersweet.

He said they're sometimes are choosy about eating the oriental bittersweet and will not touch some stuff called Parilla.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

The local goat guy said they eat the stilt grass but it takes 7 years to stop it. It's the main reason we're going with the goats (other than the fact that we have not heard back from the 2 outfits that do heavy duty bush hog work). The stilt grass is a safety hazard in finding out where to step to get at the autumn olives and oriental bittersweet.

He said they're sometimes are choosy about eating the oriental bittersweet and will not touch some stuff called Parilla.

Parilla is a variety of mint that can be fatal to ruminants. Goats generally won't eat it unless there's nothing else for them.

 

[LDR812]

A third endorsement for Crossbow or Rural King's equivalent CrossRoad, which is easier to find in North Florida.

The addition of Triclopyr seems to kill roots more effectively if rain follows application by four to forty-eight hours.

2x for triclopyr - only thing that was effective on palmettos (sprayed onto “stump”) and any other small shoots or saplings