[MAIPC] non-chemical shrub control techniques

[Margaret Chatham]

You can also try "buckthorn baggies" -- heavy black plastic bags to put over
a cut stump to inhibit resprouting -- but if you do, the bags must get down
to ground level or even a smidge below: any bark left exposed can sprout &
leave you running around knocking the sprouts off.

Margaret Chatham


On 8/9/17 9:12 PM, "James Remuzzi" <james at sustainablesolutionsllc.net>
wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> Is prescribed fire an option? Depending on surface fuel conditions
> -we've had success reducing overall height and density using fire.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JRR
> 
> James R. Remuzzi
> Sustainable Solutions, LLC
> www.sustainablesolutionsllc.net
> 
>> On Aug 9, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Mark Frey <runcator at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All
>> 
>> I have many large invasive shrubs (mostly Viburnum plicatum and Lonicera
>> maackii) in the county park near me. I am not able to use herbicide in this
>> setting and the plants are mostly too large for a weed wrench. I would like
>> to do a simple trial testing a handful of techniques in the late summer and
>> the same techniques in the spring. Here are my ideas so far:
>> 
>> Cut at 24 inches (facilitates repeated cutting)
>> Cut as low as possible low
>> Cut and peel back the bark (appears to help kill broom)
>> Tarp (works well on Eucalyptus)
>> 
>> Are there any techniques you have seen work better than others for
>> non-chemical shrub control?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mark Frey
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