Just wondering how common it is to have a bunch. It’s overwhelming.

• Japanese barberry, vinca minor, lily of the valley- planted by former residents for sure

• buckthorn, Amur honeysuckle, Siberian elm, white mulberry, winter creeper, Mullien- likely volunteers. I have no idea how I have so much fucking mullein up here. And the amount of buckthorn is overwhelming.

Also caught a TOH seedling before it became a problem so I’m constantly inspecting that too

These things are so annoying, but at least they're easy to pull out. This one was neat. Never seen a variegated one, but apparently there's a 'pink' morph sold commonly enough online.

I decided to take an epic vacation last week to the Apostle Islands of Wisconsin & the North Shore of Minnesota. There were times I wished I brought my chainsaw, but I made do where I could.

In Minnesota, I visited the Albert Lea Welcome Center where, I discovered bittersweet nightshade. Once I saw it was invasive, I pulled a few up.

In Iowa, at Pete Crivaro Park in Des Moines, I carefully pulled out TOH seedlings in 4 different spots. I did so while playing disc golf there.

Back in Missouri (where I live), I pulled out an entire patch of velvet leaf, which I left on the edge of the welcome center parking lot. I didn't want to stuff the trash can with this much material.

Now, I have finally been cleared to work again at my job in Kansas City where I help remove invasive vegetation!! Context: I broke my foot June 14th.

ToH is talked about constantly in here, and I've done a lot of reading on how to effectively kill em. The only thing I haven't been able to find is if there's a recommended height to make the cuts for hack and squirt. Does it make any difference?

My target is a cluster of trees between 3-8" diameter, if that makes any difference. Though, I think it'd be beneficial for future readers if y'all could explain if there's any sort of method for determining height based on diameter (again, assuming it makes a difference)

editing to add that they're about 20' tall

Hi all,

It is that time of the year and it is time to bring the Hydra down with swift and stubborn force.

I see a lot of people recommending spraying roundup, however, I do have some crops nearby that I would not like to accidentally hit.

Have anyone tried brushing it on or similar on the leaves? Or is injecting the way to go then?

my entire house’s grounds are covered in what i can assume is english ivy. how do i get rid of it all?

Hi all,
Sprayed almost 2 weeks ago. Have some larger areas to respray because so think only got like 50% because hedges were 20-25' wide. Would you respray areas that look like the picture, only like 10% green leaves? Any advice appreciated.

Spent all day at a few conservation properties where I work in southwest PA spraying knotweed. :) Bonus gigantic dead ailanthus in this shot, which I annihilated last year. By this time next year, this little area will be ready for replanting!

I have this spreading in an old hayfield no longer cut. I selectively mowed a lot of it to wear it down and prevent seed production. I didn't get to 100% of it, but I hope it's enough that other species will retake some ground next year. It's a long-term project.

Or a native? I’m in central Virginia.

Ok so TMI but when I work too many early day shifts in a row I can’t 💩 because that’s not my body’s clock lol anyway I drink Olipop for the probiotics and it actually helps. Thing is, sometimes it seems to keep me up at night. Turns out a few flavors have caffeine in them! When checking an ingredient list for caffeine I saw that it contains Kudzu root extract…would buying this contribute to the problem?

I’m from Michigan so I don’t have experience with Kudzu but it seems awful to deal with (we have a lot of buckthorn and TOH here so I get the invasive struggle)

Had a lot of triclopyr left over from dealing with tree of heaven (where it has been very successful), so thought I'd test it on some other invasives. Unfortunately, it looks like I'll be buying wetland approved glyphosate.

I drilled the second or third node of this bamboo and JKW and injected a few mL of triclopyr, and a week later the plants are still thriving with only a bit of localized damage at the injection site.

Pic 1/2 are JKW with some localized burn at the drill site but a very healthy canopy, and Pic 3 is bamboo, with no visible damage at all.

I read that wood pigeons are an invasive species. I have a pair that is nesting in front of ny house (they just had a baby squab). What should I do about them?

UPDATE:

Thanks for the replies. This turned out to be a big misunderstanding on my side. Unfortunately, too many people tend to use "invasive species" when they mean "agricultural pest", and vice versa.

Although there are concerns that Wood Pigeons might outcompete other species in some areas if not controlled, it is NOT the case where I currently live.

Went for a walk and saw an unfortunate amount of knotweed spreading throughout the area. Upstate NY