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Thread: Battle of the THORNY LOCUST!!!!!!

  1. #16
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    Immediately after cutting down the tree, (and I mean the chainsaw is still running) flood the stump with 2-4-D

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    The best(and cheapest) way to do it is to pack it with ice cream salt. Been doing it that way for three or four generations in our family. If I can get a picture on this blog, I will show you a very dead Crape Myrtle in my front yard. Now if we could just prevent the roots from sprouting, it would be wonderful. Eraser HD doesn't work either.100_0728.JPG
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clarence Martin View Post
    And it WORKED!!
    What lead you to try Off?
    Brian

    "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger or more complicated...it takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - E.F. Schumacher

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    Ex-SCM and Felder rep

  5. #20
    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Tymchak View Post
    What lead you to try Off?
    Tried the commercial stuff, and they didn't work. So, I figured if it could stick to the leaves of the Locust, it might block the photosynthesis process in the plant. Apparently, I think I was on the right track,

  6. #21
    If the roots are sprouting, it ain't dead, imo... Like the Chinese Elm trees around here. No matter what happens on top-Roundup, Triox, gasoline, diesel fuel, rock salt, stump killer, root rotter- they just get bigger down under.

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  7. #22
    Would burning the stump and the ground around it , work better ? I know there are a few Farmers around here that still burn their fields to kill the bugs and weeds.

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