I have to catch up on some brush growing along the road and fencelines. Just wondering what some of you are doing and if you had learned any tricks that will kill brush and small trees??? Some of the true brush I will just spray with brush killer which looks to be a 2,4D type product. Some of the information says to hack around the trees with an axe and drench the cut with brush killer. Also talked about some kind of injector for injecting the brush killer. Wondered about drilling a hole with a rechargeable drill and squitting in some brush killer??? Would that work???? Any ideas would be appreciated - methods / chemicals / etc. Thanks
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uncle henry
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tordon rtu comes in quart bottle around here i pour a little in a small soup can and put it on with cheap paint brush
johndeerefan
Member
I use a combination of round up, 24D, and crossbow. Crossbow will take care of the brushy stuff. I did my fences 2 weeks ago and checked them today. Nothing but a line of dead grass, dead tree seedlings, and burned down bushes.
One size doesn't fit all for killing trees any better than for planting them. If you have pine or cedar 2-4-D isn't effective. While 2-4-D will kill most broad leaf plants,what you plan doing with the dead plants afterwards,what desirable plants are near-by or where the herbiside could be transfered by water run off needs consideration. Drilling as you mentioned is effective.
Uncle Henry, Here in Texas... We use Grazon mixed with Dsl at a rate of 4 or 5 to 1. (4 or 5 gal Dsl to 1 gal of Poison) on Mesquites and kill the snot out of them.
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On Smooth bark a 1in band sprayed around the trunk 6 ins or so up from the ground. Rough Bark trees will need a slash with a machete to the softer layers under the Bark! Spray the slash!
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I like to mix up a batch add some (Tea cup or so) Red dye marker so you can tell where you have been and get after it. Use most any sprayer like a Cheap 2 or 3 gal pump up sprayer, or a s nicer back pack style or a small electric pump in the back of your mule or gator will work.
Chemical will work best when the plants are Actively Growing!! Not in a drought after a good rain, and really is best Here 4 weeks or so prior to Frost, the material gets taken down to the roots a stays there and kill the Tree, Brush.
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There are other Contact Brush Tree killers IE (Crossbow) but you had better watch for drift accidental spraying of desired trees and you can get in a mess.
Hope this helps!
Later,
John A.
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On Smooth bark a 1in band sprayed around the trunk 6 ins or so up from the ground. Rough Bark trees will need a slash with a machete to the softer layers under the Bark! Spray the slash!
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I like to mix up a batch add some (Tea cup or so) Red dye marker so you can tell where you have been and get after it. Use most any sprayer like a Cheap 2 or 3 gal pump up sprayer, or a s nicer back pack style or a small electric pump in the back of your mule or gator will work.
Chemical will work best when the plants are Actively Growing!! Not in a drought after a good rain, and really is best Here 4 weeks or so prior to Frost, the material gets taken down to the roots a stays there and kill the Tree, Brush.
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There are other Contact Brush Tree killers IE (Crossbow) but you had better watch for drift accidental spraying of desired trees and you can get in a mess.
Hope this helps!
Later,
John A.
James Howell
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We use <a href="http://www.dowagro.com/range/products/remedy_ultra.htm">Remedy</a> to kill large brush and trees.
Pour 100% Remedy in an empty, dish liquid squeeze bottle.
Take the rechargeable drill, as you mentioned above, and drill a few holes in the stump.
Fill each hole with Remedy from the squeeze bottle.
We use <a href="http://www.monsanto.com/products/pages/roundup-powermax-herbicide.aspx">RoundUp</a> for the smaller brush along the fence line.
Hope this helps.
Pour 100% Remedy in an empty, dish liquid squeeze bottle.
Take the rechargeable drill, as you mentioned above, and drill a few holes in the stump.
Fill each hole with Remedy from the squeeze bottle.
We use <a href="http://www.monsanto.com/products/pages/roundup-powermax-herbicide.aspx">RoundUp</a> for the smaller brush along the fence line.
Hope this helps.
Fergienewbee
Well-known Member
I have used Tordon RTU on cut stumps with good results. It depends on the kind of tree. It works better on some species than others. Time of year makes a difference too.
Look up frill on the net. Basically make slashes in the trunk and squirt RU in the cut. Drill and fill works too. I think you need one or two 3/8" holes for up to 4" diameter trees and then add one or two for each additional 3-4" diameter. Drill the holes at a 45-degree angle. Doesn't take much herbicide. If you can post what trees you have I can look it up in my book. Or check with your NRCS office.
Larry
Look up frill on the net. Basically make slashes in the trunk and squirt RU in the cut. Drill and fill works too. I think you need one or two 3/8" holes for up to 4" diameter trees and then add one or two for each additional 3-4" diameter. Drill the holes at a 45-degree angle. Doesn't take much herbicide. If you can post what trees you have I can look it up in my book. Or check with your NRCS office.
Larry
For fence rows I mix 2.5 ounces of Grazon and 1.5 ounces of Remedy per gallon of water. Throw in some Dawn dish washing soap as your surfactant and in 24 hours there is no doubt as to where you have sprayed. In the pasture where I want to kill mulit-flora rose bushes and not the grass, I mix 2 ounces of Crossbow to one gallon of water and Dawn soap. This takes more time for kill but doesn't kill the grass.
Kerry in Mid-MO
Kerry in Mid-MO
I've been fighting Asian Honeysuckle or bush Honeysuckle for 3-4 years now. I've just tried Tordon and waiting for results. I've cut it down and treated the stump. Some that is accessible I've dug up the root with bucket and it's 100% effective. Very invasive and spreads very fast with smaller plants under the mother plant.
waltdavies
Member
Goats they eat anything but grass. Got one up on the hillside right now cleaning it off. They do a great job and the cost is next to nothing.
Walt
Walt
Geo-TH,In
Well-known Member
When it comes to asian honey, I use backhoe.
Very effective, no chemicals, no waiting, very
fast too.
I made a brush trimmer out of an old 33 inch
snapper mower deck. Turned it vertically, 6.5 hp
briggs, attach to forks on loader and it does some
serious trimming, up to 10 ft. Have a horizontal
version of a mower attached to front loader for
lower trimming.
As soon as the spring growing spirt ends, in a few
weeks, I'll do my annual trimming.
Very effective, no chemicals, no waiting, very
fast too.
I made a brush trimmer out of an old 33 inch
snapper mower deck. Turned it vertically, 6.5 hp
briggs, attach to forks on loader and it does some
serious trimming, up to 10 ft. Have a horizontal
version of a mower attached to front loader for
lower trimming.
As soon as the spring growing spirt ends, in a few
weeks, I'll do my annual trimming.
mtf
Member
- Location
- Bottom of the Bluegrass State
You will get a better kill if you spray in fall right before the sap starts to come down. I like to use Brushmaster instead of Crossbow, because it has dicamba. Pour in about 1/2 quart of tordon/ 25 gal plus surfactant. It WILL BE DEAD the next year.
Pair-a-dice farm
Well-known Member
I use the same mix as Kerry50. I works very well and doesn't kill the grass
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