I wonder if they’ve experimented with the components of the herbaceous seed mixtures, wild rye is a good fairly aggressive native grass but replacing the rudbeckia with something a lot more aggressive like goldenrod I feel like would have a lot better results as goldenrod self seeds like crazy and also spreads by rhizomes and secretes a chemical that suppresses other plants Also what about trees that secrete chemicals such as black walnut? Does that suppress buckthorn at all
I'm now a wizard at destroying this stuff...I cleared 6 acres of very thick buckthorn.....so thick a baby couldn't get through it....cutting things at the right time helps a little but one just has to keep cutting back the suckers back for 2 or 3 years....so.....it's a full commitment...
We purchased home in Brooklyn Center that is over grown with buckthorn. I had never heard of it before. I cut all the female trees down to stumps about 2 feet high so I wouldn’t have to deal with berries this year when I treat them. I wish there were videos about how to deal with the buckthorn in yards. Half the garden centers have no information for me at all.
Hi Nanette! You might want to check out our video on How to Manage Buckthorn at ua-cam.com/video/Ti_7LIOZUAU/v-deo.html. You can also see our website at z.umn.edu/ControlWoodyPlants for information on chemical and non-chemical options for controlling woody plants like buckthorn. Good luck!
I wonder if they’ve experimented with the components of the herbaceous seed mixtures, wild rye is a good fairly aggressive native grass but replacing the rudbeckia with something a lot more aggressive like goldenrod I feel like would have a lot better results as goldenrod self seeds like crazy and also spreads by rhizomes and secretes a chemical that suppresses other plants
Also what about trees that secrete chemicals such as black walnut? Does that suppress buckthorn at all
I'm now a wizard at destroying this stuff...I cleared 6 acres of very thick buckthorn.....so thick a baby couldn't get through it....cutting things at the right time helps a little but one just has to keep cutting back the suckers back for 2 or 3 years....so.....it's a full commitment...
We purchased home in Brooklyn Center that is over grown with buckthorn. I had never heard of it before. I cut all the female trees down to stumps about 2 feet high so I wouldn’t have to deal with berries this year when I treat them. I wish there were videos about how to deal with the buckthorn in yards. Half the garden centers have no information for me at all.
Hi Nanette! You might want to check out our video on How to Manage Buckthorn at ua-cam.com/video/Ti_7LIOZUAU/v-deo.html. You can also see our website at z.umn.edu/ControlWoodyPlants for information on chemical and non-chemical options for controlling woody plants like buckthorn. Good luck!