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Buckthorn Management Methods <br />With Herbicide <br />Small Trees <br />●Cutting with loppers or handsaw,followed by herbicide application <br />○NOT effective in spring/early summer;best in late summer through autumn <br />●Forestry Mowing/Brush Hog <br />○follow-up treatment of herbicide to manage inevitable suckers/resprouts <br />Larger Trees <br />●Cutting with handsaw or chainsaw,followed by herbicide application <br />○NOT effective in spring/early summer;best in late summer through autumn <br />○may result in suckering and require additional treatment <br />●Girdling,followed by herbicide application <br />○best done in spring/summer <br />○may result in suckering and require additional treatment <br />●Hack and Squirt method (notches cut into the tree at a downward 45°angle,around the trunk with ~1”of <br />bark left between,then filled with herbicide) <br />Without Herbicide <br />Small Trees <br />●Buckthorn Puller <br />○plant or seed bare soil to reduce buckthorn seed germination <br />●Shovel and Root Saw <br />○plant or seed bare soil to reduce buckthorn seed germination <br />●Forestry Mowing,follow-up treatment to manage inevitable suckers/resprouts: <br />○repeated mowing,approximately once/month <br />○repeated goat browsing,twice per season or once each in spring/summer/fall,possibly for 2-3 <br />years <br />■you can’t plant any shrubs or other native vegetation that goats would eat until the <br />browsing cycles have ended <br />○controlled burning,every other year <br />●Goat Browsing,twice per season or once each in spring/summer/fall,possibly for 2-3 years <br />○spring/early summer browsing can also help weaken poison ivy <br />○seed grasses/sedges immediately prior to spring/fall goat browsing to improve seed contact with soil <br />■you can’t plant any shrubs or other native vegetation that goats would eat until the <br />browsing cycles have ended <br />Larger Trees <br />●High-cutting (trees are cut at about chest-height and any vegetation remaining below the cut is removed) <br />○repeated removal of any new growth,at least twice/year;it should kill the tree in a few years <br />●Girdling <br />○repeated removal of any new growth,at least twice/year;it should kill the tree in a few years <br />*Controlled burning can kill buckthorn seedlings,but is not effective for trees more than 2 years old.