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<\/a>our purchase of this property. \u00a0 Doing research I discovered Rhus radicans<\/em> likes the ground around oaks. \u00a0We have lots of oaks in our woods.<\/p>\nMy first efforts with roundup (glyphosate) had no effect. \u00a0Ha, ha. \u00a0Like rain water to me.<\/p>\n
The first time I used triclopyr, as brush-be-gone, a dilute solution sold for ornery shrubs and could-be-tried as adult weeds, failed, too. \u00a0Back to the research. \u00a0Ah. \u00a0The best time to spray them is in the fall when the plant stores energy in its roots for the coming winter season.<\/p>\n
(Gog and Magog)<\/p>\n
Today (it’s fall, you may notice) I sprayed the creeping charlie because of this information. \u00a0I also went hunting poison ivy. I’ve been after it off and on for 15 years. \u00a0This year I had trouble finding any. \u00a0A good sign. \u00a0The ones I did find I coated leaves and stems. \u00a0The word on triclopyr is that it vanishes after three months in the soil. \u00a0You don’t want to use it around things you want because it’s effective.<\/p>\n
Last I’ll use it on stumps. \u00a0The problem with stumps, especially ash and black locust is (in our woods near the big oaks, Gog and Magog)<\/p>\n In all cases I use integrated pest management to reduce and\/or eliminate the need for pesticides. \u00a0I use hand removal, physical barriers like landscape cloth and careful selection of plants to reduce the need for herbicides. \u00a0I don’t like using them, but in some cases I’ve not been able to come up with other solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lughnasa \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Harvest Moon I use herbicides sparingly, for problems I can’t eliminate by hand. \u00a0Those problems include an invasion of rhizomatous … Continue reading Herbicides<\/span> <\/a>that the tree immediately sends up new treelets to replace the missing one. \u00a0Unless you grind the stumps, which I no longer do, you’ll have a clump of new trees instead of an eliminated old one. \u00a0I don’t cut down many trees, but when I do it means I have a specific purpose in mind: \u00a0more sun for a growing area, more space for the bees, an area for our fire pit. \u00a0New trees are not part of the plan. \u00a0Using a paint brush to coat the stumps with triclopyr, a less dilute version than brush-be-gone, solves the problem.<\/p>\n