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Post by smsmith on Apr 2, 2024 17:55:27 GMT -6
Spraying diesel/triclopyr with a hand pump sprayer is my favorite for ease but burns through the chemical fastest. Getting it all killed without all the bending over and cutting gets things done way quicker and the basal bark spraying seems to do the trick. I have a couple buckthorn blasters and a squeeze bottle that as had the diesel/triclopyr mixed in it sitting for a handful of months. Does the chemical lose it's effectiveness when stored with diesel like this? I have no idea how long triclopyr can sit in a diesel mix and remain effective. I do know Crossbow can sit in a sprayer with diesel for at least 10 days and still work.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 18, 2024 11:13:21 GMT -6
I have this as well, guess I shoulda mixed this up instead! the great thing about diesel/crossbow is that you can spray stumps anytime, even weeks after you cut them. I'm going to find out if spraying box elder stumps when the sap is running is effective or not. I'm dropping a bunch in the back yard near/around a foodplot. With the massive number of B.E. bugs I had last fall, I figure getting rid of as many trees as I can has to help. I let the damn trees grow too long...
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 18, 2024 11:28:58 GMT -6
the great thing about diesel/crossbow is that you can spray stumps anytime, even weeks after you cut them. I'm going to find out if spraying box elder stumps when the sap is running is effective or not. I'm dropping a bunch in the back yard near/around a foodplot. With the massive number of B.E. bugs I had last fall, I figure getting rid of as many trees as I can has to help. I let the damn trees grow too long... I'd be happy if all of the boxelders on my place died. They grow fast, but they are mostly worthless for wildlife and timber value.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 18, 2024 13:13:18 GMT -6
I'm going to find out if spraying box elder stumps when the sap is running is effective or not. I'm dropping a bunch in the back yard near/around a foodplot. With the massive number of B.E. bugs I had last fall, I figure getting rid of as many trees as I can has to help. I let the damn trees grow too long... I'd be happy if all of the boxelders on my place died. They grow fast, but they are mostly worthless for wildlife and timber value. when I bought this place, there wasn't a lot of boxelder here. The cattle must have kept it in check. I've been lax in controlling the young stuff. That ends now, I'll be basal spraying all the b.e. I find from now on
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2024 13:30:56 GMT -6
Interesting comments. I can’t remember his last name, but Sam who makes habitat videos from up in Ottertail County likes his box elders.
I finally sprayed this spring for the bugs. I should have done it last fall, but they didn’t seem too bad then.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 18, 2024 13:43:28 GMT -6
Interesting comments. I can’t remember his last name, but Sam who makes habitat videos from up in Ottertail County likes his box elders. I finally sprayed this spring for the bugs. I should have done it last fall, but they didn’t seem too bad then. Boxelder grows fast even in shitty soil. It also is a hingecutter's dream tree. They'll survive many years after being hinged and send up shitloads of new vertical growth from the trunk. Deer do browse the young growth here. All that said...I still hate 'em
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 18, 2024 14:11:49 GMT -6
If you have poor soil, they are definitely a good option but I still don’t like them.
The big trees tend to blow down in storms and end up sprouting new roots wherever the trunk touches the ground. Just spraying doesn’t work as well as it should in that case.
I’ll agree that they hinge cut well and make a thick area fast, but there are better long term options for that.
I’d never hire a habitat guy, but if I did and he recommended boxelders I would not be happy.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2024 16:02:03 GMT -6
If you have poor soil, they are definitely a good option but I still don’t like them. The big trees tend to blow down in storms and end up sprouting new roots wherever the trunk touches the ground. Just spraying doesn’t work as well as it should in that case. I’ll agree that they hinge cut well and make a thick area fast, but there are better long term options for that. I’d never hire a habitat guy, but if I did and he recommended boxelders I would not be happy. I don’t know if he recommended them, but he liked them for hinging. I don’t like them around my farm site and keep cutting them back. Stumps are hard to kill.
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