[AT] Honey Locust - Crossbow

Tue Nov 19 05:39:32 PST 2019

Crossbow is fantastic stuff. I’ve used it in Wisconsin to completely wipe out blackberries, prickly ash, multiflora rose, sumac and a host of other undesirable “woody” plants. I haven’t found including Roundup to be necessary but then I also use a somewhat higher concentration of Crossbow than suggested because I use it simply for spot spraying. The best part is that it kills the root systems completely so that plants don’t come back once they have been sprayed.

Joe

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of deanvp at att.net
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Listening to all these horror stories I am no longer feeling sorry for myself having to deal with BlackBerry Bushes.
When we first moved here, where we still live after 20 years, the place was infested with Blackberry plants. Some with stalks almost two inches in diameter and it was like cutting a steel rod.  Being very naïve about what was the best way to get rid of them I started cutting them out with a chain saw. Only to find out next year I had done nothing more than created 20 new plants. So I finally got smart and did my homework like I should have  done to begin with.   Black Berry plants are killed in the fall when the leaves are turning and the plant is drawing it nutrients back into the roots for the winter. So systemic fluid on the leaves does the trick.  It is called CrossBow and is so potent you need to register where you are going to use it upon purchase.   It works but to do a 100% job we mix Roundup in with it as well. That does the trick.    But this only works in the fall.   I wonder if this concoction would kill some of your wild growth. I can honestly say that I have less than 5 known blackberry plants in my acreage right now and most of them are encroaching from the neighbor’s lot. Try it it might work.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

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Trichlopyr 4, Pronto, Remedy and Crossbow are selective herbicides.  Roundup kills everything.   I have found that the secret is to use enough water to soak the plants.  If the mix directions says to use 4 to 10 gallons of water per acre, I use the 10 gallon water rate.   IIRC, my 250 gallon sprayer covers 25 acres at 4mph at 50 psi pressure.  It is usually best to use the greatest concentration rate of spray.  If the recommendations are for 2 to 6 pints per acre, use the 6 pints rate.  Those low rates might kill weeds for the first time, but the second time they might just grow faster!!!  I used to mix liquid fertilizer with 2-4D and Cimarron Max for Thistle control.  It would brown the pasture until it rained then the grass came back like gangbusters.  I was in a hurry one time and did not mix the high ratio of spray with my fertilizer mix.   It seemed to just fertilize the weeds.
Cecil
On 11/18/2019 8:54 PM, Moe Fretz wrote:
“Roundup” will

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 9:22 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com<mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
Will 2-4,D kill woody plants, Cecil? What about poison ivy? My place is overrun with the stuff, has been for the last 70 years according to the farmer down the road, lived here his whole life.

Mike M
On 11/18/2019 7:59 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:

Sounds like it has a 2-4,D deficiency.   Grazon P+D or Remedy would e worth a try.
Cecil
On 11/18/2019 6:15 PM, Brian VanDragt wrote:
Sounds like the Autumn Olive that I have here in southwest Michigan. 40 years ago my grandpa planted a row of them at his house for decoration. Now it is my house and they are getting out of control faster than I can keep them trimmed.
Brian

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Date: 11/18/19 6:47 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Re: [AT] Honey Locust

Anyone know what plant that that grows in Michigan that has rose like
thorns and light gray bark. The thorns will tear you to shreds. I have a
surprise for them this year, I bought a Stihl with one of those circular
saw blades on it. I have a lot to clear though.

Mike M

On 11/18/2019 4:17 PM, STEVE ALLEN wrote:
> 4 inch thorns on your Locusts?  Ha!  Pikers!  I've measured thorns in excess of 10 inches on our place.  And they are made of iron, near as I can tell.
>
> I wage--and have taught my son to wage--a continual war on those d at mned trees.  We find; they come down and burn.  We pay a blood price for every one, but I am convinced they are a central facet of the original curse on Adam and his progeny.  I have had too many holes in tractor tires, implement tires, truck tires, and boots.
>
> Sure, we have Osage Orange, blackberry, multi-floral rose, and some other blasted vine that would make effective barbed wire, but Locusts are my especial bane, and I repay the compliment!
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> The "original" Steve Allen
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