Q&A - How do I get rid of privet that’s taking over my land?

Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison recommends several methods.
1. Pull it out. This works best on small privet plants.
2. Mowing small plants and seedlings.
3. Herbicide applied in a concentrated form to a fresh cut stump. Use glyphosate, Triclopyr, or Imazapyr. It may take more than one application to kill the privet.
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[@grantmiller6570]

Nice man, thanks, I'm going to have to try this, but Privet is even tough on the chainsaw, very dense wood.

[@bobitobob3453]

Ya, and it splits like crazy

[@corniss]

The small ones are easy to pull when soil is wet.

[@snommelfsc]

This stuff is ruining my life. Worse than bamboo. I curse any nursery that sells this stuff.

[@LonSibert]

Where can I buy appropriate herbicides for privet?
Please help spell their names!
I live in Sandy Springs, GA
Thank you!

[@sideshowbilly3755]

If you have a lot of acres of this privet, use goats instead of chemicals. Goats will eat it. But since privet is not very nutritional, make sure your goats have other more nutritional food to eat.

[@reevesautomotivefarm9614]

thanks but we have 65 acres of it

[@sandy-rr1by]

i hate privet. wouldn't wish that hateful bush on my most hated enemy.