100,000 Buckthorns to kill
dandy_line (Z3b N Cent Mn)
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Comments (0)Anyone here with experience with Buckthorn for Bonsai? I moved into a house last summer with a ton of buckthorn in the back woods. This spring my girlfriend is on a purge mission. We're going to team up and I'm going to collect as many as a can and pot them up.(As for what's left - well - that's for a different forum. This is one seriously infective bush) Has anyone tried these? I'm sure they fall into the 'hard to kill' category. I can only find one image on the web of one. They don't get very fat in the wild - so perhaps that's why they are rare as bonsai. I have one that was poisoned, removed from a landscaped wall, and left in the sun roots exposed to die for who knows how long before my gf glanced at it and thought it would make a nice bonsai for me. Its tiny so won't be much for a handful of years....but I stuck it in a pot and its very healthy in spite of the attempt on it's life. (will be a root over rock project) My status = complete newb by the way. Depending on material I will probably experiment with some advanced techniques in spite of my newbieness. I have been specially asked by landscaping/gardening friends to torture these - as an example to other buckthorn - lol. so perhaps a windswept and some experimenting with jin, shari (snow damage look?) and such. I Will probably start applying these techniques in a spring 09 - although if I kill a buckthorn in impatience no jury will convict me. Will probably dupe this message on bonsaisiteforums in case you see me over there....See MoreBrush-hogging Buckthorn
Comments (11)I have a lot of Buckthorn in the back of my lot. I've cut and applied herbicide to almost all of the mature shrubs, and pulled or Weed wrenched many of the smaller ones. There are lots of seedlings out there left though and the seed bank must be impressive too. I will probably do a combination of mowing (along the path) and pulling for the remaining plants. Not sure how frequent the mowing would need to be though. It's an ongoing experiment to find the easiest ways to get rid of these invasive plants! As for the Weed Wrench, it was well worth the money and I could have used it years ago. I have dug out so many invasive shrubs and small trees in this yard with a shovel and had many more to go. (Also have lots of Honeysuckle, Burning Bush, Barberry, Rosa multiflora, Norway maples). The Weed Wrench sounded like it would make the job easier and quicker, and it does. I bought the medium sized Weed Wrench, which is the 2nd largest and weighs 17 pounds, sells for about $150....See MoreBuckthorn and Honeysuckle herbicide questions
Comments (14)1) Spraying Glyphosate on leaves of buckthorn will not kill them. It does cripple the new leaf growth, but after a couple of years they will regrow normally. 2) I would not use 24d. Why spray when you can cut and paint - much more environmentally friendly and safer for you. 3) Saying that you use a certain % of Roundup does not help the reader. Roundup is available in a number of formulations (not counting the competitors) and these formulas have different strengths. the very dilute formulation that is ready for spraying is too dilute. 4) I can't comment on using glyphosate in winter, but it seems to me that this would not work once the tree has lost it's leaves. At that point it has gone dormant. I would recommend doing this in fall, up to leaf fall. 5) The strategy for a large infestation--mine is 4 acres--is to start with berry producing plants. This will be larger female plants. Berries are reported to be viable in the ground for 7 years. the sooner to stop having berries the sooner you will get rid of the Buckthorn. Once berry producers are gone, get rid of all large plants. You can also go after very small plants. I find that if the ground is wet, you can easily pull plants up to about 2 feet tall. As they get larger, the roots become too strong for hand pulling. For 3-4 ft plants, I usually wait until they are 5 feet tall - easier to handle then. Cut and paint with glyphosate in fall. You can leave cut wood on the ground. It gets brittle in one year and rots fairly quickly. I find that it does not make good firewood. Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Myths...See MoreReady to plant Buckthorn!
Comments (3)Thirty years is a long time to fight anything. Is there possibly a local organization that could assist you. I'm in quite a battle with it right now. I do late fall foliar spraying and basal treatment for larger plants. I really, really dislike it, but you have to admire its tenacity and adaptability....See Moredandy_line (Z3b N Cent Mn)
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