What is good to kill blackberry briars?

[Milkman]

I have an area of about 1/3 acre covered in rotting pine tops and stuff adjacent to an existing log drag food plot.
I intend to expand my food plot into that area when it rots 2-3 more years. Of course all sorts of stuff is trying to grow in spots in that area. Much of it is blackberry. What is a good herbicide proven to work on it?

 

[Ihunt]

Remedy. Be careful though. It can harm nearby trees.

 

[bilgerat]

killzall

 

[Milkman]

Thanks guys
Someone mentioned Crossbow
Has anyone tried it?

 

[Timberman]

I've used Crossbow. It will work. Kills English Ivy graveyard dead

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

You can do it with 24d+dicamaba+ roundup if you don't want to hurt the trees, crossbow is 24d and triclopyr and will work as well.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Crossbow or Garlon, or anything with 2,4-d or triclopyr as an active ingredient. Glyphosate will kill them out, too, with less residual and volitilization, but it will usually take more than one application.

 

[Milkman]

Crossbow or Garlon, or anything with 2,4-d or triclopyr as an active ingredient. Glyphosate will kill them out, too, with less residual and volitilization, but it will usually take more than one application.

That’s what I have found. It takes 3 or more sprayings when the briars at thick

 

[Milkman]

You can do it with 24d+dicamaba+ roundup if you don't want to hurt the trees, crossbow is 24d and triclopyr and will work as well.

What amounts of those chemicals would you use for 25 gallons?

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

What amounts of those chemicals would you use for 25 gallons?

Fencerows are 2oz per gallon, that should be fine, I don't think you need the woody plant rate which is 5.3 oz per gallon

 

[treemanjohn]

You'll let herbicide if you Bushhog, let them green back up and hit the Glyphosate like HB said

 

[Milkman]

Fencerows are 2oz per gallon, that should be fine, I don't think you need the woody plant rate which is 5.3 oz per gallon

Do you mean 2oz per gallon of each of the 3 products you mentioned?

 

[Milkman]

You'll let herbicide if you Bushhog, let them green back up and hit the Glyphosate like HB said

I can’t bush hog it due to it being a mess of logs , tree tops, limbs, etc. I can access it with my ATV and sprayer.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Do you mean 2oz per gallon of each of the 3 products you mentioned?

Sorry, I thought you meant crossbow, thats the rate for crossbow. Glyphosate etc would be 6oz gly+2.5oz 2,4-d+1.5oz dicamba

 

[treemanjohn]

I can’t bush hog it due to it being a mess of logs , tree tops, limbs, etc. I can access it with my ATV and sprayer.

Personally I would rent a brush mower or saw. 1/3 acre is short work. Plus you'll be able to spray all the other trash growing underneath

 

[Milkman]

Personally I would rent a brush mower or saw. 1/3 acre is short work. Plus you'll be able to spray all the other trash growing underneath

What I really should do is rent or hire a track loader and pile the debris up. But doubt I will make that investment if I can keep it killed while nature rots it down.

 

[mattech]

Everyone has listed the correct chemical to use. If it's not something you need to kill now, I'd say the best time to spray is spring when they start to green up. Also morning time is the best time to spray they absorb more at that time. Also add a surfactant to you mix if the stuff you use doesn't have any. Dawn dish soap works fine, but you can get stuff made for this purpose fairly cheap.

 

[rosewood]

Pick the black berries before spraying them. Makes wonderful pies and a tasty snack.

I intentionally avoid spraying them around my yard so I can pick them.

 

[Crakajak]

Wait till winter and pile up the tops and have a bonfire with them. Then next spring you could bushhog and manage the weeds.