Multiflora Rose

[nate77]

Crossbow, or the generic from Rural King Cross Roads work wonders on woody plants.

I’ll take multiflora roses over Russian Olive any day, I hate that stuff.

 

[firecadet613]

I'm pulling out all the small ones that sprout up around the property, just sprayed the big thickets with crossbow, and will hit with glyphosate when they leaf up in the spring.

Looks like the Crossbow did some good. Quite a bit of it is leafing up and I sprayed a ton with glyphosate. Quite a bit appears to be dead, mainly the thicker, full bark stuff.

I'll know in a few weeks if the glyphosate works, and if so, have one more big thicket to go after.

 

[Mij]

That crossbow ($$$$) is great on woody stuff, it’ll kill full grown mulberry trees, i like to mix it and round up for fence lines because of the bird droppings. Miss one season you can’t mow with a lawn mower have go to a brush hog. Gonna hit around the barns next week.

 

[firecadet613]

Looks like the Crossbow did some good. Quite a bit of it is leafing up and I sprayed a ton with glyphosate. Quite a bit appears to be dead, mainly the thicker, full bark stuff.

I'll know in a few weeks if the glyphosate works, and if so, have one more big thicket to go after.

Glyphosate worked well, but it took about a month for them to die off.

I'll wait until early next spring and do another round on whatever I missed.

 

[Hkindiana]

I’ve managed to get rid of ALL of the Johnson grass and most of the Thistle on my 165 acres, and am now working on the multiflora rose. It will be a battle of many years

 

[Mij]

Glyphosate worked well, but it took about a month for them to die off.

I'll wait until early next spring and do another round on whatever I missed.

No need, I know it’s expensive but see if you can buy a quart of real round up from a farmer. 100% better than the stuff you get from RK, I know I’m making some assumptions here please excuse me if I’m mistaken.

I’ve managed to get rid of ALL of the Johnson grass and most of the Thistle on my 165 acres, and am now working on the multiflora rose. It will be a battle of many years

Again no need.

Last week ran fence lines with 50/50 real Cross Bow n real Round Up, mixed with diesel, three days later everything was dying. Mulberry trees, Wild cheery, multi flor. rose, thistle, Hackberry, Wild Raspberry, Chinese Elm, and even Maples. Everything on the fence line. Do it while still growing n leaves stage, while it’s dry outside. No rain in site. JMO, good luck folks.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Yup.
Not the PITA it used to be. When I was a youth, we had a ton of it on the farm. Now it's autumn olive and bush honeysuckle.

Just starting to get serious with it on my property. Spreading fast.

 

[firecadet613]

Ah, such a great sight! Dead multiflora along the edge of the woods.



I haven't gone way into the woods to see if one of the large patches has all died, but the section under the power line died off and native plants are taking over!

 

[patience0830]

When I said Multiflora Rose, I meant MULTIflora Rose. It appears to be heavily concentrated above where an old oil pipeline is...I bet it likes the lack of dense forest there.

I'll put in a call to my district forester after the holiday to see if he has any suggestions.

This is green briar.

 

[firecadet613]

This is green briar.

I did a search and it looks just like greenbrier when it was at the stage pictured above, in spring.

This is greenbrier.


Once it gets leaves, you can tell it's multiflora rose and it spreads fast. Gets very thick and woody after a few years and the thorns look like this.

 

[firecadet613]

Looks damn like what I've got though. Regardless, it looks like I found a way to kill it!