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Re: herbicide recommendation

On a site I work on they've used a lance that uses 22cal shells loaded with a Roundup charge that injects into the base of the trees. Basically you walk a ring around the tree/shrub and it kills it. I think its called Ez-Lance or something similar. Supposedly pricey but saves on labor.
Good luck
Tom Schneider

wayne morton wrote:

Hi, If you have anything at all worth saving the the hack and spray or ring and spray or basal trunk spraying is best. Or cut and treat the stump just leaving the tree lay where it falls. I personally use a Garlon [or Remedy] and Tordon 22K in Diesel Mix and have fair success with it and its pretty cheap. The Tordon tends to seperate some it you don't keep it moving but seems to do fine in a hand or backpack sprayer. I like a squeeze bottle best to treat cut stumps. Also if it sets for weeks in cold weather the Tordon forms a precipitate but this doesn't seem to affect the active ingredients much if any. 4 to 6 oz of each in each gallon of diesel seems to work. For a basal spray, spray trunk to a height of 3 times the diameter of the trunk. Works much better on thin barked trees and can be used even in freezing weather. If there is absolutly nothing to save I think the areal sprayers use Garlon and 2,4,5 T ester. Here in Mo I cleared about 27 acres of very thick brush whe!
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nothing could be seen to save by ringing, basal spraying, and treating the cut stumps and dozens of native prairie species came back so be sure to error on the side of trying to save what might be there. You might be shocked at what lies hidden under those exotic trees. Wayne Morton

Scott Lenharth <slenhart@texas.net> wrote:Hi all, which herbicides can be used to kill a large area of undesirable trees?
I've been told there are systemic herbicides that will travel from tree to tree.
This is a grassland area in a clay gravel soil not close to any stream or pond;
the trees are predominantly non-native invasives such as chinaberry (Melia).

Scott Lenharth
central Texas

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