Hack and squirt recipe
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I will be going to war with acres of BH, MFR, privet, burning bush and Olive this spring...is there a way to apply this with a sprayer or the viscosity it too thick?
BenAllgood
5 year old buck +
That's how I did mine. I used a 4 gallon backpack sprayer. I did a 3 to 1 mixture of diesel to triclopyr 4. I added blue dye. I used a long paint mixing blade to a cordless drill, and mixed it well. I went through 22 acres in a couple of days, working all day long. The forester painted the trees ahead of me.
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Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
3:1 Triclopyr to diesel? I use the opposite ratio, 3:1 diesel to Triclopyr and have had good kill results. Curious why you us the ratio you use?
Tree Spud
5 year old buck +
That's why I use old dish soap bottles, no clogging. I tried a sprayer and had too many issues with clogging especially in the cold months.
BenAllgood
5 year old buck +
Yep, 3 gallons of diesel to 1 gallon of triclopyr 4. Sorry about that. That makes a huge difference. I'll edit.
TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
.......then load in a 4gal 28$ backpack sprayer from harbor freight and head for the Sweetgum stands
gratifying
bill
I am going to go nuts from the trails i opened with this every year. just keep whittling them back more and more and more....
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
We used H & S method using trigger-spray bottles from H Depot. Couple of $$ for the bottles - adjustable spray nozzles. Triclopyr 4 + diesel ......... 2 of us killed about 300 to 400 TOH in about 5 hours. Adding blue dye helps you see where you already sprayed.
jsasker007
5 year old buck +
Anyone have any luck doing this to get rid of buckthorn? I'm noticing I have a few spots and want to try whatever I need to keep it at bay if possible.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Triclopyr n diesel is what I do. If you close to a nice oak, you can just duble gridle and use straight diesel. I also have the green tordon rtu when near trees I want to not kill. More use that lightly with grape vines on trees I want to save. More mature trees than not grow back from cut stumps. The young growth is great for winter forage if the specieis is right. If you don't want it to grow back cover the outside layer of the stump with diesel, green tordon, or triclopyr mix.
General, general rule of thumb, smooth thinner bark species can be killed by applying some of that triclopyr n diesel. Hack n squirt good trick is to get a rounded axe face, chop a little pocket tat can hold your chemical.
Chainsaw girdle, just 2 complete circles within lets say 2 or 3 inches from each other.
Also, spring is a bad time to do this. Sap flows. Some trees have flows during warm spells in the winter when you want to go outside.
If lower stuff looks very well browsed, higne cutting isn't a bad idea at all. Depending on the species. ONly downside is it can make a mess to clean up a few years later. Not a bad thing to do near entrances of seclusion zones. I do it lightly at my hunting lease. They are easy going, but the main prupose of that land is logging. So I don't overdo some things over there.
General, general rule of thumb, smooth thinner bark species can be killed by applying some of that triclopyr n diesel. Hack n squirt good trick is to get a rounded axe face, chop a little pocket tat can hold your chemical.
Chainsaw girdle, just 2 complete circles within lets say 2 or 3 inches from each other.
Also, spring is a bad time to do this. Sap flows. Some trees have flows during warm spells in the winter when you want to go outside.
If lower stuff looks very well browsed, higne cutting isn't a bad idea at all. Depending on the species. ONly downside is it can make a mess to clean up a few years later. Not a bad thing to do near entrances of seclusion zones. I do it lightly at my hunting lease. They are easy going, but the main prupose of that land is logging. So I don't overdo some things over there.
