For those of you who used this to kill invasive vines, did it work? I need to eradicate this dreadful Oriental Bittersweet that has invaded my land.
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I had problems with Rose of Sharon. Killed them with no regrowth. You must apply the product to the freshly cut surface soon after cutting the vine back. The product will NOT decay the stump...its purpose is to prevent regrowth. Works great!
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I just looked where I put the product and quite a bit of growth has occurred since then :(
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It works very well killing and discouraging the growth of many invasive plants on our property once we cut and apply the solution. My only problem with the Bonide solution it does not help destroy the root or stump for easy removal as well as the Greenlight solution does.
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Yes. I got it for that purpose, and it seems to have worked (at least on the tree that I used it on). Now the little devils have spread to my other trees and I'll have to treat them as well.
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Farley, this product is pretty much "cut & kill". It works by totally killing a stump after you cut the bush/tree...I used it with great success with Rose of Sharon. It's not a spray...you brush it on the stump. If you cut the vines and brush this on their stumps, they won't grow back. It shouldn't harm the junipers. Look at it this way...it suffocates the stump of the plant that you want to eliminate. There's not a peripheral side effect.
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unfortunately yes. We had to resort to something as inch worms were exfoliating most of our mature trees and creating quite a mess in the yard. We used it specifically to get rid of these worms and only used it as directed. Once the inch worms were controlled we had no need to use it anymore
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I have used the one with the brush-on cap on greenbrier vines--just cut the vine and brush the product on the cut stems. You don't spray it. It's effective. It may take repeated applications over a period of time. I have not killed anything I wanted to save. Garden Girl is right.
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Ha! Me too. I just used this a couple weeks ago. Didn't do a thing to the junipers. I have some Virginia Creeper that is growing over my junipers. I cut into the vine and brushed it with some of the vine killer. I will post my pictures on my review of what happened. It killed the leaves. The vine doesn't look too healthy now but the junipers are fine. What I should do is cut down to the ground and brush the vines, but they are in the neighbor's yard. I'll try that too later. But I did kill most of a tree in between my roses. Did not harm them at all.
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I'm not positive, but if the unwanted stalks share a root system with any of the wanted stalks, I would NOT use this product. I am able to kill all invasive ivy by spraying only the leaves, and it works down to the roots. I would say NO, to your question.
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Not an expert but all I can tell you is that we HAD 2 invasive Wisteria plants with almost 2 " vines (base about 5")that was destroying a metal trellis. I used a chainsaw to cut the plants @ the base, drilled several holes & poured this stuff on the "stumps". This stuff is POWERFUL. NO MORE WISTERIA. Be sure to wear rubber gloves.
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I use a pump up sprayer and my lawn is Centipede. I was overrun with nut sedge after a hurricane and it took 4 applications to destroy the weed. That was over a year and a half time frame. Just now we are using it once again for a wild violet that blew in during wind gusts. So far one application has withered the outer leaves only I see fresh shoots starting. Unfortunately the day I spayed this area had a cloud burst, where else but over my lawn. I hope someone who has St Augustine will share their findings with you. As far as the Image goes in controlling weeds, I don't use anything else. This product works if directions are followed as stated on label. Scots001.
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Everything I used it on got burned (in pots or in ground), and I'm afraid to use it. It killed 4 roses on me. The ones that didn't die went into shock and got stunted, and now its going to take 2 years to recover from that.
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Yes, I've read that it works, but ONLY on a LIVING, FRESHLY CUT stump. I remember reading someone else's post that, if you want to kill the stump, you need to apply this weed killer to the stump immediately after cutting the plant/bush/tree. If you wait too long, the plant forms a 'scab' (I don't remember the correct term) and then the weed killer will NO LONGER work. Depending on the size of the stump, you could apply the weed killer with a cotton swab, a foam brush or a bristle brush. You just have to apply it promptly! If the stump is still alive - and it hasn't 'scabbed over', yet - then the stump should suck the weed killer down to the roots, killing the stump.
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I noticed that many types of brush that I was trying to remove (e.g. poison ivy or honeysuckle vine) required 100% strength as supplied in order to knock out the plants so I did not dilute it at all for these. You might consider experimenting with various amounts of dilution to see if it will work on the types of brush you are trying to remove, but I would start as J. Messick says with a 50-50 mix and go to a more concentrated mix if the 50-50 mix did not do the job.
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I can only tell you I poured it straight onto the area where I was trying to get rid of Reeds, no weeds. I removed all the reeds and soil with the roots and then moistened the ground with the vinegar. I am not a professional when it comes to gardening. I only wanted to get rid of the reeds and I couldn't find a better way to do it. So far I think it has worked. I also covered the ground with clear plastic and made sure no water would get in (another way of getting rid of reeds I found) after putting on the Vinegar. I wouldn't use spray as it will get onto your skin and eyes, even with lots of protection and it is very dangerous to the any body tissues and especially the eyes.
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Yes!! I had zillions of those black gnats that had spread to a bunch of my potted plants. I tried that yellow sticky paper and the gnats LOVED it. I don't feel good about killing anything, but these guys had taken over my apartment. I fought back. I had the yellow sricky in all the offended pots for about a day and they were COVERED, about two weeks the gnats were gone. They never came back. :-)
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It kills Bermuda Grass. If that is what you have it will work and will not disturb other plants in the vacinity.
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It DOES kill bushes. When you mix it, just spray it on the BUSH. It will kill it dead, dead, dead. I did it to a honeysuckle vine that was massive. It is no more. Hooray!!!!
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I checked with my husband and he said "yes it does inhibit new growth as well kill current suckers". I know this is the only product that works for us and it is far more expensive at the local nursery. Hope this is helpful to you.