I have English ivy growing throughout my property. I have been pulling out of the ground and off of trees for 3 years now. I probably have 5 more years to eliminate it from the yard and trees. Hate the stuff.
Back in the day, people made good income harvesting and selling this. Bittersweet, wild grape vines, ginseng, mushrooms, blood root, and black walnut and comfrey always has a market.
Cutting it out as a good idea but I would highly recommend pulling it out from the root before it seeds next year. You may have to do that for a few years but each year it's less and less new plants to pull before it seeds. Until finally it stops coming back. For me it was about 3 years. That was my experience with a highly invasive vine that took over my back yard at one point. I can't remember what the plant I got rid of was called but it was a cousin to morning Glory.
Tip: I would pick a day around late spring right after heavy rain. It made the vines roots come out of the ground so easy. Much less effort than when it's really hot and dry out 👍
We have oriental bittersweet all over our 7 acres!! Bought our place 2 yrs ago & I'm in warrior mode with it. I cut the vine, spot spray root w/30% strength vinegar then use non toxic dye in squirt bottle to mark where I've treated it. It's a nightmare. Vines as thick as my thigh climbed our huge oak trees, strangling them. Good luck with yours!! It's worth the work.
It's killing trees here in SE Mass.practically impossible to eradicate,roots are >10" thick & travel underneath foundations. Black Locust & Honey Locust trees are horribly invasive, too
Can you PLEASE say where each invasive is native to?? Cause I'm not from the US and of course I don't want to kill a plant that is invasive to you but native (and good) to me 🥺🇨🇱
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I don't have that but I do have honeysuckle and wild olive. I'm constantly grubbing them out.
Can you show us how you're going to remove them?
Like Himalayan blackberry for the PNW 😢
Thank you for showing us this!!
We have buckthorn 😮
It is the worst. Even if you cut every bit of it at the ground it will still create a web of roots that will ruin your life. 😅
Where you at? I'm in Northern MN. Up here I got buckthorn everywhere. There's also grape vines and other vines that are hard to get rid of… 🤬
Which states are seeing this ornamental?
Apply brush and root killer
It can't be as bad as buckthorn
Thank you for sharing such valuable information about really invasive plants
I got it and a neighbor is growing it on purpose. They're hard to remove in my berry patch.
Moon flowers. Hate them.
Absolutely hate these things! Please keep showing how you get rid of them – live and in action!
For us it's wisteria and kudzu… and honeysuckle. Oh, and Bradford pears which are taking out our native plum stands.
I have English ivy growing throughout my property. I have been pulling out of the ground and off of trees for 3 years now. I probably have 5 more years to eliminate it from the yard and trees. Hate the stuff.
I see invasive plants that look like grape vines. haven’t seen these yet.
Yep. Got that one. Longer in ground, harder to rid.
I'm in Massachusetts with bittersweet, buckthorn, Virginia creeper, wild grape vine that I know of where I live. Ugh!!!
Sell it!
The roots are orange colored.
Back in the day, people made good income harvesting and selling this. Bittersweet, wild grape vines, ginseng, mushrooms, blood root, and black walnut and comfrey always has a market.
Yeah, stores sell MANY Invasive plants, ticks me off its allowed.
BIRDS NEED IT…LEAVE IT‼️‼️‼️
Cutting it out as a good idea but I would highly recommend pulling it out from the root before it seeds next year. You may have to do that for a few years but each year it's less and less new plants to pull before it seeds. Until finally it stops coming back. For me it was about 3 years. That was my experience with a highly invasive vine that took over my back yard at one point. I can't remember what the plant I got rid of was called but it was a cousin to morning Glory.
Tip: I would pick a day around late spring right after heavy rain. It made the vines roots come out of the ground so easy. Much less effort than when it's really hot and dry out 👍
We have oriental bittersweet all over our 7 acres!! Bought our place 2 yrs ago & I'm in warrior mode with it. I cut the vine, spot spray root w/30% strength vinegar then use non toxic dye in squirt bottle to mark where I've treated it. It's a nightmare. Vines as thick as my thigh climbed our huge oak trees, strangling them.
Good luck with yours!! It's worth the work.
I just love LOVE bittersweet!! Every attempt to get it to grow in central Texas has been unsuccessful.
From Westport , ct, mega mega honeysuckle country. There were tons of scallion farms here.
Cut and dab w/ glyphosate is the way to go.
You have to mow it regularly for a few years, never letting it get to seed again.
It's killing trees here in SE Mass.practically impossible to eradicate,roots are >10" thick & travel underneath foundations. Black Locust & Honey Locust trees are horribly invasive, too
Thanks it looks like what keeps taking over my neighbors trees😢
We have Oriental bittersweet and Autumn Olive which is choking out the tree of heaven…. Three invasive plants all in one area.
Bush Honeysuckle is horrible where I live
Can you PLEASE say where each invasive is native to?? Cause I'm not from the US and of course I don't want to kill a plant that is invasive to you but native (and good) to me 🥺🇨🇱
I have to fight honeysuckle like this. It’s a never ending battle to stop it from taking over