pulling trees/organic options
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- Subject: pulling trees/organic options
- From: L* a* A* F*
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:30:59 -0500
- References: <199907301610.LAA24964@ns.htc.net>
Hi all,
I too have woods full of Lonicera maackii and have had to
go looking for options. Roger Swain(of Horticulture Mag)
reccommends a "Weed Wrench" invented by Tom Ness.
It gives an 18:1 mechanical advantage, and can let ordinary
mortals pull up 2" diameter trunks. Unfortunately for me
my woods are on a steep slope with the midstory limited
to honeysuckle and multiflora rose-if I pull, I loose my topsoil.
I have been cutting the trunks, then, using an old-fashioned
library paste jar, painting the stumps with Round-Up.
I like the salt idea and intend to give it a try.
Thanks, Betty
> Betty Moorman@ZEON
> 07/30/99 09:08 AM
>
> I have kept small stumps from sprouting by notching the stump somewhere
> about in the middle and pouring salt in them. I repeat the salt
> application a time or two, just for good measure. Doing this, I have never
> seen one put up sucker growth.
>
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Lisa Flaum
Waterloo, SW Illinois, USA
Temp range -10F-105F (-24C-40C), clay soil,
Winter wet, unreliable snow cover; Summer dry, punctuated by downpours
Member NARGS, AHS, RHS, AGS, SRGC, IBS, APS, ACS (I like seed exchanges)
