Autumn Olive?

[Victor Van Meter]

Is this autumn olive?





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[Mortenson]

I'll go with yes.

 

[mikmaze]

I'll go with yes, and add that it is ready to take over your place if ya don't stop it now.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

Thanks, I thought so. The stuff is all over the roadsides here in SE Ohio. I found some close to my house a few years back and killed it with a mix of stuff. I will attempt to do the same with this tomorrow and hope it dies.

VV


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[Tap]

Thanks, I thought so. The stuff is all over the roadsides here in SE Ohio.


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Man, there is a section along I-70 East (if I remember correctly) of Cambridge that is many, many acres of solid AO. It gives me the creeps every time I drive past it.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

If it ever stops raining, I plan to dig it up and douse the hole in gly hopefully killing any roots I don't get. Anyone see a problem with this plan?

The first time I ever heard of this stuff was at The Wilds (https://thewilds.columbuszoo.org/). We were on an open air bus tour and a beautiful whitetail buck was eating some of the leaves. I asked the guide if we could stop and look at the buck and I asked what he was eating. He told me autumn olive and they were having a horrible time controlling it.

VV

 

[mikmaze]

douse roots in gly? leave it stand and spray it, the leaves absorb the gly, killing top to bottom.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

douse roots in gly? leave it stand and spray it, the leaves absorb the gly, killing top to bottom.

My concern is that the gly won't kill it off since it seems to be stubborn to get rid of. I was under the assumption that it wasn't just as simple as spraying it with gly and being done with it.

VV

 

[yoderjac]

My concern is that the gly won't kill it off since it seems to be stubborn to get rid of. I was under the assumption that it wasn't just as simple as spraying it with gly and being done with it.

VV

It is very hard to get rid of. They planted it for wildlife at Quantico many years ago. They are now spending millions to try to eradicate as much of it as they can. It gets little red berries during the summer and birds love them. Every place they poop more pops up. While I'm not sure if what you show in the picture is autumn olive, if it is, it came from somewhere nearby.

 

[homerj]

Crossbow or Triclopyr would be better choices for controlling AO

 

[Victor Van Meter]

It is very hard to get rid of. They planted it for wildlife at Quantico many years ago. They are now spending millions to try to eradicate as much of it as they can. It gets little red berries during the summer and birds love them. Every place they poop more pops up. While I'm not sure if what you show in the picture is autumn olive, if it is, it came from somewhere nearby.

The stuff is all over my area, so it is no surprise to see it since you say bird crap spreads it.

I plan to try and dig it up this evening.

 

[yoderjac]

Yep, it is one thing to get rid of a hedgerow planted years ago, but another thing trying to get rid of all the places it pops of from seed in wooded areas. I'm not saying individual plants are hard to kill, just that, once infested, there always seem to be plants that are missed and the cycle continues.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-69-11

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Part of my property is an old overgrown (30 years) cattle pasture. Along every roadside and opening is AO. It’s the bane of my existence. I only recently took ownership but when I go if I don’t kill at least some AO it wasn’t a successful weekend. I don’t know if I will ever get it under control but I will give it hell.

 

[blueKYstream]

Easy way to tell if it's AO is to see if it has thorns or walk into it and find out real quick! You can spray the leaves and kill it, but I imagine you'd have to spray a lot of gly to achieve that. I have used 40% gly on cut stumps and had great success that way. It's tough work cutting it though!

 

[White Birch Farm]

As far as invasives go, AO is not as bad as most people make it out be from a termination standpoint. There are several much, much more troublesome plants like Mile a Minute. Even MFR is worse.

Gly will unqueationably top kill it, but Crossbow is much more effective.

If you mow or cut off the tops first, then give it some time to grow back before spraying you will be better off.

I have literally eliminated solid acres of it on my place.

Notably, if you mow it annually, the deer will browse it hard enough that it will likely never set seed and will remain a browse source. I wouldn't recommend that, but it can be useful information to know.

 

[White Birch Farm]

Everything in this picture that is open ground was for the most part covered in multi-trunk 20ft tall AO when I started working on my place.

 

[blueKYstream]

It is easy to mow or to pull up/push out of the ground with a tractor bucket due to their shallow roots. If you have a field of it, cutting it or pulling them out work. If it's along a field edge or in the woods, it's not so easy. I have several large areas in the woods where you can't walk through it's so thick. It grows in shade or sun. A little bit wouldn't be so bad, but AO takes over everything!

As an experiment with removing via foliage application, I sprayed some growing up along a fence next to my hunting cabin with gly mixed with water. It didn't kill it, but it did kill some multiflora rose next to it. I have not tried Crossbow, so that may be better as WBF suggested. If you can cut the AO and spray the stumps, it's easier. The problem is cutting the stumps. It's thorny and, absent a mower, it's tough to get to. There's so much AO by me that deer do nothing to keep it in check.

 

[White Birch Farm]

There's so much AO by me that deer do nothing to keep it in check.

If that is your situation, which is no different than when I started working on my farm, the simple answer is to get started with a Fecon Mower.

 

[roymunson]

i want one of those. Not sure I have a real need for it, but i totally want one.