killing the invasive yaupon!!!!
calsmom
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Comments (2)I don't know if salt would do the trick or not. I did a goole on phragamite control and found many sites. One in particular seemed to be most informative for me and I have included the link below. It does appear that there are two chemicals mentioned in many sites that have been approved for use in and near waterways. I don't know if either of them would be appropriate for you. I have had problems with invasive plants too and have basically just dug them up over and over and over until they are at least very sparse. It is almost impossible to totally eradicate them. Hopefully others will have some good information for you. Good Luck. Anne Here is a link that might be useful: Virginia Phragamite Control Information...See MoreHow do you kill invasive weeds with underground root feeders?
Comments (4)Thankyou... I actually care for my neighbors home too...And because I don't always have the time like my yard, God these vines are every where. They are choking their bushes, crawling up their foundation, overtaking their grass, crawling up the fence, and now spreading into my gardens. If you pull up a baby, no roots come up..I will take a pic of them. They grow these weird looking bean pods and they tangle and choke everything they climb on. Now they are mixing in with my honeysuckel vines..ARG...See MoreInvasive Ferns -- How do I kill them?
Comments (26)Bleach is one of the safest things you can use to eradicate unwanted plants/weeds because it does not persist for any length of time in the environment. It is amazing the amount of misinformation that gets spewed about online. Unfortunately, a lot of it remains there unchallenged and picked up, repeated and recycled and worse......often acted upon, to the detriment of our environment and sometimes ourselves. Chlorine bleach poses a significant risk to the environment, and chlorine was even used as a chemical weapon during World War I. Many countries have banned chlorine bleach or restricted its use in an effort to protect the environment and human health. As an example of bleach's persistence in the environment, manufacturers who use chlorine bleach as part of the processing, cleaning or sterilization processes often release it into local water bodies along with other liquid industrial waste. Once it reaches the water, chlorine reacts with other minerals and elements to form a host of dangerous toxins. These toxins, including dioxins, furams and PCDDs are often referred to as "persistent organic pollutants" because they linger in the water or soil and take many years to disappear. Greenpeace calls dioxin one of the most dangerous chemicals known to science, and warns that it can contribute to cancer, endocrine disorders and other serious health effects. The West Virginia University Extension also links chlorine-based compounds, like dioxins, with low sperm count, testicular cancer and breast cancer due to their ability to mimic human hormones. So you guys who are so ready to start spraying chlorine bleach all over the place may want to reconsider your choices :-) DON'T use bleach as a herbicide. It is not registered for that purpose so technically it is illegal to use it in that manner. Second it is a caustic, corrosive agent that is damaging to all manner of beneficial soil insect life, amphibians and aquatic life and any mammals it might come into contact with. It is also extremely alkaline and can negatively impact soil pH, making it difficult to grow any plant in any area so treated. If you must, use a registered herbicide - like RoundUp or similar - according to label directions. Here is a link that might be useful: bleach is not a herbicide...See MoreYaupon Holly for Dense Hedge?
Comments (12)I didn't know pinching the tips would make a yaupon denser. I'll have to remember that trick. Also didn't know that the males grow faster.---Hmmm. I do need them to be big fast though. While I love the intense red color of a Photinia, I probably won't use it because we had a gorgeous hedge of them at our old house, and one by one they developed fungal leaf spot and died.--Spraying with a fungicide didn't do a thing, nor did making the soil extra rich. I too have heard if you let Photonias grow to be the tree they really want to be that they're healthier, but for what I need, I can't do that. (There is a Photinia growing in the courtyard of Bedicheck Middle School in Austin that is phenomenal, but it has grown into a tree, not a bush.) I'll have to do some research on eleagnus because I'm not that familiar with it. Thanks for the suggestions....See MoreIris GW
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