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r If there is currently a fruiting buckthorn hedge on a C. Treat the stumpwith the followling Buckthorn Stump piece of property,remember that birds will eat the fruits Treatment: and spread the seeds to other areas. Woodland 2. Native Plant Community Control In a 3-gallon compression sprayer,add the following: dative plant communities invaded by buckthorn are often 64 oz. Roundup(41°o solution) difficult to control once buckthorn Bets established 191 oz. water because its growth is usually very thick. The thorns of 12 oz. spreader sticker(Activator 90 common buckthorn are another problem when removing or other approved product) buckthorn. Simply cutting down buckthorn results in 1/2 oz. dve or 1 dve tablet Vigorous resprouting if no other control measures are (This makes up 2 gallons of total mi:r) initiated- Wetland Effective control requires an initial labor intensive action In a 3-gallon compression sprayer,add the following: followed by monitoring Physical and chemical control 64 oz Rodeo(.@3.8%Solutions measures maybe used in reducing the likelihood that 191 oz. water buckthorn will spread. However.any of these control 1/2 oz. spreader sticker 1(Activator 90 measures alone will not eliminate it. Acombination of or other approved product*) control measures plus monitoring and replanting is 1/2 oz. dye or 1 dye tablet essential in the buckthorn battle. (This makes up 2 gallons of total mix) 3. Physical and Chemical Control When treating stumps,be sure to spray both the upper Large Buckthorn: surface of the cut as well as above any ground bark Cut buckthorn as close to the around as possible since that remains on the sides of the stump. Stump treatments buds are located beneath the bark. However, if you can only be applied when temperatures are above 32 use the stump control approach`B"below,it would be degrees F.You must apply the stump treatment as soon easier to leave several inches of stump above ground. as possible(but no more than 24 hours)after cutting. When cutting the thorny Common Buckthorn,be sure to wear protective clothing,leather gloves and safety Caution: This stump treatment will not work if you cut the buckthorn in early spring when the shrub is glasses. beginning to bud out. The stump treatment will work Following the cutting of buckthorn use one of these onli, after the plant has fulls-leafed out or when it stump control approaches. is dormant in the winter. �,. Grind out the remaining stump and upper roots. Following removal oflame buckthorn, smallerbuckthom will grow where light permits seed to germinate. Also, B If there are only a few buckthorn,try this: for several years after removal of large buckthorn,the seed population will begin to thrive, so ground areas Recvcle a tin can that is several inches in diameter larger may literally be covered with a blanket of buckthorn than the stump, drilling several nail holes around the seedling' entire can at two inches below the can opening. Set the can over the stump. Loosen the soil beneath the Small Buckthorn and Seedlings: rim so that you can push the can down into the soil at A. If the soil is moist and you have many volunteers, east an inch. Then nail through the drill holes into the one to two year old plants can be pulled or dug out. Be remaining stump. Leave in place for two years. If any sure to remove the entire root system in the process. B. If no other desirable plants are thriving and there is a green sprouts emerge from beneath the can, remove These shoots are a signal blanket of seedlings on the ground,try excluding light. them as soon as they appear. , that you probably need a larger diameter can. Cover the seedlings as soon as they leaf out in the spring