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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;">For smaller vines you might want to try a Pullerbear or even a long claw shaped pry bar. <span><a href="https://www.pullerbear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_3523863527">Pullerbear Tree, Root, Sapling Puller</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="">I have found that pulling by hand is tough for all but the smallest vines. I am not sure if the remaining rootlets clone as we have had Oriental Bittersweet vines I cut off regenerate from the roots. We are maintaining an organic yard, so most pesticides are not an option. We have about 1/2 acre of wood lot which is a nice laboratory for a lot of the ecology I do. 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On Monday, November 4, 2019, 09:04:55 AM EST, Wakeford, Anne M <anne.m.wakeford@wv.gov> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">I’m currently working on a project at Cacapon state park in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. The project involves cutting orientalist bittersweet vines that are growing up trees and applying garlon 4 (triclopyr) mixed with diesel to the surface of the cut vine encircling the vine and to the ground.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We worked on the project last weekend and plan another work trip mid November. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The area where we are working also has numerous areas of “undergrowth” of vines. I was told best to use foliar spray in late summer and then cut vines. However in summer lots of other underbrush and ticks and snakes. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Instead can these shorter vines be killed and controlled in November? <br></div><div dir="ltr"> If these vines are cut close to the ground if herbicide garlon 4 is applied will it kill the vines? How close to the ground do these undergrowth vines need to be cut. How should spray be applied surface or all the way down to the ground?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks for getting back to me on this. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anne Wakeford <br></div><div dir="ltr">WVDNR Biologist <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone<br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">MAIPC mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><br></div></div>
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