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Post by hunter7x on Mar 3, 2008 8:47:41 GMT -5
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 3, 2008 8:53:04 GMT -5
That is the mother of all vines ! They range from thumb saize to that huge one. Some examples of what they do to trees.    |
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Post by kbiddle on Mar 3, 2008 8:53:38 GMT -5
YEs... I had my forester tell me the exact smae thing but on 100+ AC that is allot of work we are doing it in sections...
Good luck cause they are a real PIA...
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 3, 2008 8:57:36 GMT -5
Thats what I'm doing also. sectioned it off and working thru it.
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Post by drs on Mar 3, 2008 9:27:40 GMT -5
I had a bunch of wildgrape vines growing in an unwelcome area of my property. This is what I did, in the early spring of 2007,: I went in and cut the vines at ground level, pulled them out. Then I drilled a 1/4" or smaller hole in the vine stump and put about 1/2 oz. of Round-up (Full Strength) into the hole. This did the trick!! No more Wild Grapevines growing in the treated area!!
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 3, 2008 9:39:57 GMT -5
I wondered about spraying them also. The forester told me they would die from lack of sunlight in a couple of years?
It drove me nuts during deer season to sit in a deer stand and look around at all of them ! I cannot believe how many I have.
I was thinking about leaving them in the locust trees because the same forester advised me to girdle them anyway. My thought process was the birds can still eat the fruit but the vine will eventually kill the unwanted tree.
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Post by mullis56 on Mar 3, 2008 10:30:03 GMT -5
Forester told me the same thing I take my small Sthil chain saw and cut them at the ground and just let them rot they will die. PITA
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Post by drs on Mar 3, 2008 10:54:54 GMT -5
I wondered about spraying them also. The forester told me they would die from lack of sunlight in a couple of years? It drove me nuts during deer season to sit in a deer stand and look around at all of them ! I cannot believe how many I have. I was thinking about leaving them in the locust trees because the same forester advised me to girdle them anyway. My thought process was the birds can still eat the fruit but the vine will eventually kill the unwanted tree. Before I tried the "Round-up" method, I was cutting them to the ground and pulling them away. They only came back during the summer and I had to do the same thing the next winter. |
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Post by drs on Mar 3, 2008 10:56:04 GMT -5
Forester told me the same thing I take my small Sthil chain saw and cut them at the ground and just let them rot they will die. PITA I tried this and when I cut one back, three or more grew back! |
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Post by mullis56 on Mar 3, 2008 10:58:13 GMT -5
I haven't experienced the regrowth. This seems to make them die  |
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Post by drs on Mar 3, 2008 11:24:06 GMT -5
I haven't experienced the regrowth. This seems to make them die They sure grew back for me. The Round-up got 'em though.  |
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Post by danf on Mar 3, 2008 14:30:34 GMT -5
hunter7x- the dead trees you have in your pictures were elms, and most likely didn't die due to the grapevines. Though the grapevines certainly didn't help. I would hazard a guess and say that Dutch Elm disease got them.  Not gonna argue that the grapevines need to be dealt with though! If you are worried about them re-sprouting, after you cut them off, hit the remaining fresh-cut stump with some Tordon. A quart of it goes for $10-12 and your local co-op should have it or can get it. It's blue in color; wear rubber gloves (and obviously read the label!). |
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 3, 2008 15:24:39 GMT -5
yeah the second definately was an Elm.
I just took pics of the the ones close at hand. They do a number on the big trees regardless of the species.
I've used Tordon with mixed results. Some o fthe trees I girdled and they were dead in a coupel of weeks, others still look ok.
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Post by huxbux on Mar 3, 2008 18:42:42 GMT -5
Just be thankful it's wild grapes and not poison ivy vines.
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Post by danf on Mar 3, 2008 19:41:21 GMT -5
Tordon is a stump treatment, not necessarily meant to kill a tree. If you apply it to a fresh cut stump (not a girdling ring), it should kill the stump and keep it from sprouting new shoots. Not sure if this is how you were using it....
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Post by steiny on Mar 3, 2008 19:52:14 GMT -5
The forrester told me the same thing. They are hard on the trees they hang on.
I figure a few of them are a good thing because they do produce wild grapes which coons, opossums, and numerous birds really like. I'd say, leave them be if they are hanging on junk trees that don't have much potential timber value, but cut them off of your hardwoods.
It's pretty darned entertaining in early bow season to watch racoons eating wild grapes off of those things, 50' off the ground, climbing around like monkees, etc.
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 4, 2008 7:48:56 GMT -5
Tordon is a stump treatment, not necessarily meant to kill a tree. If you apply it to a fresh cut stump (not a girdling ring), it should kill the stump and keep it from sprouting new shoots. Not sure if this is how you were using it.... I see...no that is not how I was using it! |
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Post by drs on Mar 4, 2008 7:58:38 GMT -5
Just be thankful it's wild grapes and not poison ivy vines. Correct! Besides wildgrapes DO provide food for many species of Wildlife. So you may not want to get rid of all of it, just control it's growth. |
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 4, 2008 8:46:12 GMT -5
They can have the locust trees ! I just hope I don't find they have the personality of my ex wife...give her a few trees and she still wanted the whole woods !
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Post by drs on Mar 4, 2008 9:53:59 GMT -5
They can have the locust trees ! I just hope I don't find they have the personality of my ex wife...give her a few trees and she still wanted the whole woods ! MAN, Don't get me started on Black Locust Trees!! I had to cut & Split three of them this past fall and Man was that a job!! I HATE TO SPLIT LOCUST TREES!!! TOUGH JOB!!! |
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