Our property has a significant amount of woody weeds and vines intertwining with some of the fruit trees / bushes. Is this product safe to use around fruit trees such as blueberries, mandarins, figs? If not, any recommended alternatives?
by Little_Tea_Leaf1115
9 Comments
Careful with tryclopir. Serious stuff. Be mindful of placement and read instructions. It will kill all plants.
Not really, as it can be absorbed through the roots and bark and hurt the fruit trees. A product containing glufosinate is probably your best bet. Very little root absorption and limited systemic activity, affecting primarily the green stems and foliage
However, by the same token, it may not give you great control. Mechanical removal may be your best bet. Or you could cut them at ground level and treat whatever new growth the roots put out with the glufosinate. It is not recommended to ever use triclopyr in the root zone of fruit trees
Cut vine, apply concentrated glyphosate to cut end so it gets down to the roots. That’s your main practical option for killing perennial broadleaf weeds around desirable fruit trees.
Most other systemics (including the triclopyr in your photo) can be absorbed by nearby roots, so not worth it.
Thank you all so much for the advice! Really appreciate it.
just ask the squirrels they seem to know everything around here
If you use it directly on the plants you want to kill, it should be fine. Use that brush to be safe. I wouldn’t spray it anywhere near plants you want to keep, let alone harvest from, though
No
No, triclophyr stays in the soil and will mess up nearby trees for a good while. I cut a stump and painted it with Grazon (which contains triclophyr) then planted a mandarin next to it a couple
Of months later. The Mandarin is now 9 months old and is stunted, with curled leaves and is no good. As someone else said, painting a stump with round up (glyphosate) should work and will be less dangerous as it doesn’t gag rounding the soil.
Careful with chemicals man they can wreck your fruit game big time better stick organic like neem or something