<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><div>Get a couple people and push them over. I had no problem pushing these plants over, up to 6 feet tall, in our mesic soil woodlot. Or you could get a PullerBear.</div><div><br></div><div>As a note, I tried to purchase a Weed Wrench. However, all I got was an anti-government rant by the owner announcing he was ending this business.</div><div><br></div><div> Richard Gardner<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr><div class="ydpb05ed955yahoo_quoted" id="ydpb05ed955yahoo_quoted_3200066394"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div>On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 06:35:36 PM EDT, Mark Frey <runcator@gmail.com> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div id="ydpb05ed955yiv4835414501"><div dir="ltr">All<div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><br></div><div>Cut at 24 inches (facilitates repeated cutting)</div><div>Cut as low as possible low</div><div>Cut and peel back the bark (appears to help kill broom)</div><div>Tarp (works well on Eucalyptus)</div><div><br></div><div>Are there any techniques you have seen work better than others for non-chemical shrub control? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mark Frey</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>