Killing Privet with controlled fire

[Kimberwood Farms]

Hey I'm new to this forum and I'm familiar with several techniques for controlling chinese privet and other invasives. However, I haven't seen anything about using fire. Does any one have any experience or knowledge about wiping out privet with a controlled fire. I'm curious if it responds well to fire and grows back similar to being cut or if the fire kills it for good. I have a couple areas where I could safely cut the trees and then burn everything on top of the roots/stumps. Thoughts? Thanks.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Experience-wise, I can't speak to the effectiveness of fire in killing privet (I basal spray Garlon ester). While I have seen fire result in killing privet, I've never purposefully applied fire to kill it. That being said, privet has a relatively thin/smooth bark so I'd think fire would indeed be effective just be sure every stem in the colony gets scorched.

 

[MickT]

Privet lays down little slick leaves that don’t want to burn. You will have a tough time just carrying a fire through a privet thicket.

Individual plants in a native grass field would be hurt, but you’d have a much more intense fire. It really helps that privet holds its leaves and doesn’t really go dormant.


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