I have the same issue on my property. Trying to control invasives like bush honeysuckle can be a pretty overwhelming task, but working a small area at a time helps make the process more manageable. I’ve treated several areas using a foliar application of glyphosate/triclopyr, and cleared other areas and created small food plots that are +/-1/4 of an acre.
@@trophyoutdoors so very true! I’ve had areas that deer have all but abandoned because it had gotten so thick with bush honeysuckle. This is especially true when bucks are still in velvet.
Even if you wipe out the invasives before a timber harvest, you’re still going to have to deal with the seed bank that will grow once the sunlight hits it. It adds another factor to deal with but it can be done. So you might as well get the timber harvest done and then get after the existing invasive plants at the same time as the seed bank plants that will come.
Priced some Garlon 3a and Arsenal the other day....whoa.......I think I might try straight knock off Roundup for hack and squirt and I have been using Crossroads for foliar treatment. About 2 days and 40 gallons later my Country Way Rural King pack pack spray was toast. Glad I bought the biggest baddest Echo leaf blower. Buy once cry once applies to everything I guess.
Deer tear up honeysuckle on my place during the winter. After a good snow the deer will stomp out the honeysuckle. I’ve lived on the same place my whole life and honeysuckle is not taking it over. Bradford pears or as my wife calls them, bastard pears, are the worst invasive on our place.
The invasive species has ruined deer hunting in the west. As well as fire suppression. They keep studying it though and can’t seem to figure out how to bring the mule deer back. No predator control as well.
I have the same issue on my property. Trying to control invasives like bush honeysuckle can be a pretty overwhelming task, but working a small area at a time helps make the process more manageable.
I’ve treated several areas using a foliar application of glyphosate/triclopyr, and cleared other areas and created small food plots that are +/-1/4 of an acre.
It's a challenge, but an important one to face!
@@trophyoutdoors so very true! I’ve had areas that deer have all but abandoned because it had gotten so thick with bush honeysuckle. This is especially true when bucks are still in velvet.
Even if you wipe out the invasives before a timber harvest, you’re still going to have to deal with the seed bank that will grow once the sunlight hits it. It adds another factor to deal with but it can be done. So you might as well get the timber harvest done and then get after the existing invasive plants at the same time as the seed bank plants that will come.
Priced some Garlon 3a and Arsenal the other day....whoa.......I think I might try straight knock off Roundup for hack and squirt and I have been using Crossroads for foliar treatment. About 2 days and 40 gallons later my Country Way Rural King pack pack spray was toast. Glad I bought the biggest baddest Echo leaf blower. Buy once cry once applies to everything I guess.
That's for sure!
Public land in Indiana is full of that crap
I thought honeysuckle was good for deer cover??? Holds its leaves the longest into November…. Hmmm 🤔
After enough time, it will kill off everything else in your woods!
Curious what federal government program helps pay for bush honeysuckle removal?
Honeysuckle isn’t so bad. It’s bush honeysuckle that’s invasive and has to go.
Deer tear up honeysuckle on my place during the winter. After a good snow the deer will stomp out the honeysuckle. I’ve lived on the same place my whole life and honeysuckle is not taking it over. Bradford pears or as my wife calls them, bastard pears, are the worst invasive on our place.
Honeysuckle is good. Just not bush honeysuckle. Two different varieties
The invasive species has ruined deer hunting in the west. As well as fire suppression. They keep studying it though and can’t seem to figure out how to bring the mule deer back. No predator control as well.
My farm is in Western PA. We have a problem with Spice Bush. Any thoughts on that?
Your best bet would be to reach out to a private land conservationist. Pennsylvania should have some that work for DCNR or someone with USDA.