This is the greatest video I've seen for removal of the famed and feared invasive species bush honeysuckle!!!! Go get 'em!!!!!! I'd be truely appreciative of an equally effective video for eradication of my greatest enemy, the MOLE.
Just apply a 50-50 mixture (water roundup) to the freshly cut stump. Use a spray bottle or even a paint brush to apply. You don't need much. No hole drilling necessary.
Great work guys I have just started my battle with these and I find it very rewarding killing them. The very small ones can be pulled out by hand easily.
Chainsaw leave them up about 2-3 ft then "Brushgrubber" out the roots w tractor or 4 wheeler when the ground is damp. The natural balance of other plants is ruined with chemicals especially roundup. This approach is way too toxic.
+Bradwick1 We have found that by spraying in the early spring and late fall, Bush Honeysuckle is normally the only "green" vegetation in the woods and does not have much affect on other plants. By using a Skid Steer or tractor you have a higher potential for erosion and damaging other trees and plants.
I tried cutting them low and spraying back in 2006-2008 with several types of chemical. 8-10 years later every one of them resulted in the roots going 3 times as deep and they do not die. I have pictures of ones that were sprayed and then years later pulled and the roots are bigger and deeper than ones that have not been sprayed. This approach is not effective long term. Anything else that manages to grow around it is growing in contaminated soil as well as contaminating the water table underground. I can show evidence where this has contaminated soil around where it was sprayed and the larger roots are still there 10 years later. From the ones we pulled without spraying, erosion has not been a problem as the surrounding flora fills in the hole and tractor impressions and recovers within a year. Chemicals are not effective or safe for the natural ecosystem.
+Bradwick1 The only way we've managed to get rid of them is to pull them out right after the Spring thaw and a nice rain. Once they leaf out, they're almost impossible to pull and get the roots. We don't like using chemicals either. Cutting them low doesn't seem to work.
Even if they don't leaf right away the roots will lateral off until it gets out of the poison zone. Then root up till it breaks ground and bam, new bush, now with thicker roots! . I poisoned ones here heavily in 2006 after cutting short and 90% grew back. By 2015 the ones still there were thin sprigs on top but with monster roots! It was twice as hard to dig them out and pull the root. 6 - 8ft lateral roots. I have pics. Still have a couple 4in diameter bush stumps poisoned in '06 that are like rocks 10 years later. The poison has ruined the ground around those spots for anything else worthwhile to grow. I use BrushGrubber (best investment for hs, way faster than wrapping chain alone) on a 8ft chain on a 30ft x 4in yellow nylon tow strap on front of an old large wheel tractor or equivalent pulling power. For branch cuts, a string type trimmer with 8pt metallic cutting blade trimming down to about 2-3ft height. Attach brushgrubber spring side up from ground level to a foot up or more for larger ones. Lightweight hand pick the ground around the roots of the big ones to loosen the soil then pull. If the ground is damp they pop out. The hardest part is the gathering of the cut branches which in any case must be done. Once cut, gathered and cleared, 2 person average pull rate about 45-60 bushes an hour that do not grow back.. Knock the dirt off the roots and burn when dry. Smells like burned popcorn.
What if the honeysuckle is in a place that is to steep for a tractor to access? Also with it being so steep I worry about "pulling all the roots out" disturbing the ground too much and causing excess erosion. I'm thinking I need to leave those roots in place as they die slowly as my new plantings take root. Maybe drilling holes in the stump and filling them with diesel fuel??
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thank you so much for this information. very helpful
thank you! these bushes are taking over my woods -- i have to do something immediately -- thank you for the great tips and info.
Good video and information. Thanks!
I have been removing invasive bush honeysuckle and am being rewarded with increased trillium, wild ginger, false sarsaparilla, etc.❤
This is the greatest video I've seen for removal of the famed and feared invasive species bush honeysuckle!!!! Go get 'em!!!!!! I'd be truely appreciative of an equally effective video for eradication of my greatest enemy, the MOLE.
Can you use triclopyr in the winter
What about drilling a hole in the stump and filling it up with roundup?
Just apply a 50-50 mixture (water roundup) to the freshly cut stump. Use a spray bottle or even a paint brush to apply. You don't need much. No hole drilling necessary.
what is the reason for waiting a year to burn the lopped branches?
+Stephanie Olson The branches burn better when dried and not "green" or fresh cut.
they don't even need to be burned..
Great work guys I have just started my battle with these and I find it very rewarding killing them. The very small ones can be pulled out by hand easily.
is this similar to autumn olive or Russian olive?
Robert Young Yes, this same process can be followed. The only thing I use different is glyphosate.
hoenysuckle can be removed much easier manually.. While Russian Olive has much stronger roots systems and are harder to remove by hand..
Walking through the area sprayed?
I saw that. Walk backwards.
Chainsaw leave them up about 2-3 ft then "Brushgrubber" out the roots w tractor or 4 wheeler when the ground is damp. The natural balance of other plants is ruined with chemicals especially roundup. This approach is way too toxic.
+Bradwick1 We have found that by spraying in the early spring and late fall, Bush Honeysuckle is normally the only "green" vegetation in the woods and does not have much affect on other plants. By using a Skid Steer or tractor you have a higher potential for erosion and damaging other trees and plants.
I tried cutting them low and spraying back in 2006-2008 with several types of chemical. 8-10 years later every one of them resulted in the roots going 3 times as deep and they do not die. I have pictures of ones that were sprayed and then years later pulled and the roots are bigger and deeper than ones that have not been sprayed. This approach is not effective long term. Anything else that manages to grow around it is growing in contaminated soil as well as contaminating the water table underground. I can show evidence where this has contaminated soil around where it was sprayed and the larger roots are still there 10 years later. From the ones we pulled without spraying, erosion has not been a problem as the surrounding flora fills in the hole and tractor impressions and recovers within a year. Chemicals are not effective or safe for the natural ecosystem.
+Bradwick1 The only way we've managed to get rid of them is to pull them out right after the Spring thaw and a nice rain. Once they leaf out, they're almost impossible to pull and get the roots. We don't like using chemicals either. Cutting them low doesn't seem to work.
Even if they don't leaf right away the roots will lateral off until it gets out of the poison zone. Then root up till it breaks ground and bam, new bush, now with thicker roots!
. I poisoned ones here heavily in 2006 after cutting short and 90% grew back. By 2015 the ones still there were thin sprigs on top but with monster roots! It was twice as hard to dig them out and pull the root. 6 - 8ft lateral roots. I have pics.
Still have a couple 4in diameter bush stumps poisoned in '06 that are like rocks 10 years later. The poison has ruined the ground around those spots for anything else worthwhile to grow.
I use BrushGrubber (best investment for hs, way faster than wrapping chain alone)
on a 8ft chain on a 30ft x 4in yellow nylon tow strap on front of an old large wheel tractor or equivalent pulling power. For branch cuts, a string type trimmer with 8pt metallic cutting blade trimming down to about 2-3ft height.
Attach brushgrubber spring side up from ground level to a foot up or more for larger ones. Lightweight hand pick the ground around the roots of the big ones to loosen the soil then pull. If the ground is damp they pop out.
The hardest part is the gathering of the cut branches which in any case must be done. Once cut, gathered and cleared, 2 person average pull rate about 45-60 bushes an hour that do not grow back.. Knock the dirt off the roots and burn when dry. Smells like burned popcorn.
What if the honeysuckle is in a place that is to steep for a tractor to access? Also with it being so steep I worry about "pulling all the roots out" disturbing the ground too much and causing excess erosion. I'm thinking I need to leave those roots in place as they die slowly as my new plantings take root. Maybe drilling holes in the stump and filling them with diesel fuel??