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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5670760" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I just ad a day out with my forester so I could tag along & help as he treated my invasive trees. For the tree of heaven we foliar sprayed anything thumb size or smaller, basal sprayed anything thumb to wrist size, and hack-n-squirt anything larger than wrist. It was triclopyr-4 mixed with diesel & dye. His words for cutting them were that if you cut a tree of heaven, 100 of his relatives will show up for the funeral & never leave. He said best way to kill them, especially the ones large enough to seed, was to hack-n-squirt so they die slowly. Apparently cutting them triggers the roots to go overload sending up new stems. </p><p></p><p>Even though I only have a few trees large enough to seed, we spent an entire day spraying all the smaller stuff. He instructed me to go back in 2-3wks to see what is dead and to treat anything new or still living. He said between May & September is when I should be doing it and I should check in on it every few weeks and treat anything alive. In two or three years if we can cruise the property and not find any then and only then would it be appropriate to begin plans for a timber harvest. I've got a very old closed canopy forest so not a lot grows in the understory, but tree of heaven is spread around enough that if I were to harvest timber right now I'd have a nightmare with what grows back. The closed canopy is what has been keeping them suppressed so they haven't become a problem. With a timber harvest that canopy would no longer provide that protection. So we're getting it under control beforehand. </p><p></p><p>Not surprising the areas with most aggressive growth was around my food plots. Just those small openings in the woods cracked the door open just enough for those suckers to get a foothold. I had no idea. They weren't even on my radar until a state forester pointed them out to me and recommended a consulting forester who could address the issue. I dodged a bullet. Unfortunately not everyone does. Lots of places get cut and the landowners find out only years afterward that they have an invasive problem. By then it's a mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5670760, member: 20583"] I just ad a day out with my forester so I could tag along & help as he treated my invasive trees. For the tree of heaven we foliar sprayed anything thumb size or smaller, basal sprayed anything thumb to wrist size, and hack-n-squirt anything larger than wrist. It was triclopyr-4 mixed with diesel & dye. His words for cutting them were that if you cut a tree of heaven, 100 of his relatives will show up for the funeral & never leave. He said best way to kill them, especially the ones large enough to seed, was to hack-n-squirt so they die slowly. Apparently cutting them triggers the roots to go overload sending up new stems. Even though I only have a few trees large enough to seed, we spent an entire day spraying all the smaller stuff. He instructed me to go back in 2-3wks to see what is dead and to treat anything new or still living. He said between May & September is when I should be doing it and I should check in on it every few weeks and treat anything alive. In two or three years if we can cruise the property and not find any then and only then would it be appropriate to begin plans for a timber harvest. I've got a very old closed canopy forest so not a lot grows in the understory, but tree of heaven is spread around enough that if I were to harvest timber right now I'd have a nightmare with what grows back. The closed canopy is what has been keeping them suppressed so they haven't become a problem. With a timber harvest that canopy would no longer provide that protection. So we're getting it under control beforehand. Not surprising the areas with most aggressive growth was around my food plots. Just those small openings in the woods cracked the door open just enough for those suckers to get a foothold. I had no idea. They weren't even on my radar until a state forester pointed them out to me and recommended a consulting forester who could address the issue. I dodged a bullet. Unfortunately not everyone does. Lots of places get cut and the landowners find out only years afterward that they have an invasive problem. By then it's a mess. [/QUOTE]
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