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Post by kevin1 on Jun 9, 2009 11:56:24 GMT -5
I don't know about gathering them, but has anyone else noticed the explosion of honeysuckles? I was walking down my driveway to get the mail the other day, and the perfume from them was simply intoxicating, my woods is overflowing with them. Between the honeysuckle and the neighbor across the street planting corn this year I should be well set up when deer season begins.  |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jun 9, 2009 14:17:28 GMT -5
Man i love to smell that stuff!
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Post by danf on Jun 9, 2009 18:48:57 GMT -5
Lonicera maackii or Amur honeysuckle is an invasive weed.  It's the shrubby stuff you see in the understory of the woods that holds it's leaves well into winter after everything else has dropped. Kill it when the opportunity arises! But yes, it does have a pleasant smell but that's probably the only good thing about it. 
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Post by kevin1 on Jun 10, 2009 9:44:53 GMT -5
You're not kidding about the invasive part, that stuff is everywhere! There's a small flowerbed at the end of my driveway that has all but been choked out by it.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jun 10, 2009 19:41:40 GMT -5
Although the smell is nice I hate the stuff. It constantly encroaches my yard. It tries to take over all my dogwoods on the yard edge. Stuff is like from a science fiction movie.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 10, 2009 20:04:36 GMT -5
Although the smell is nice I hate the stuff. It constantly encroaches my yard. It tries to take over all my dogwoods on the yard edge. Stuff is like from a science fiction movie. Grapevines are just about as bad. Then there is Kudzu... I hope that stuff stays south of the Ohio river.. |
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Post by huxbux on Jun 10, 2009 21:27:56 GMT -5
I believe I've heard honeysuckle referred to as the Kudzu of the north.
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Post by gunnah on Jun 11, 2009 7:00:02 GMT -5
Kudzu has been in Indiana for quite some time. Here's the Purdue site on the invasive vine. www.btny.purdue.edu/weedscience/2004/articles/Kudzu3-8-04.pdfThe last report I heard was that itis now being found in nearly half of Indiana's 92 counties. The shrub honeysuckles along with the olives and buckthorns are some of the worst invasives. Watch you favorite hunting sites disappear due to their encroachment. The Honeysuckle vines are easy to knock out compared to the wall of honeysuckle shrubs. There is a native Indiana honeysuckle vine however. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2009 8:52:26 GMT -5
i see nothing wrong with it there proabbly a lot of quail and other critters made it through this yrs ice storms on akind of it
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Post by parrothead on Jun 14, 2009 17:37:07 GMT -5
Between Seymour and North Vernon on 50 there is probably a mile of the Kudzu along the railroad tracks.
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Post by danf on Jun 14, 2009 20:16:00 GMT -5
i see nothing wrong with it there proabbly a lot of quail and other critters made it through this yrs ice storms on akind of it When one of THE authorities on landscape plants (Dr. Michael Dirr) considers it a "truly noxious weed", it's certainly not something to take lightly. |
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Post by duff on Jun 14, 2009 20:46:56 GMT -5
What is the most effective way to rid the bushes? I have a handfull that need to go.
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Post by danf on Jun 14, 2009 21:31:26 GMT -5
If you've only got a few, a chainsaw followed by a stump treatment of Tordon is usually all you need. If you have no Tordon handy, use some Round-up/glyphosate concentrate instead. Standard disclaimer applies- read and follow label directions, blah, blah, blah. |
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Post by duff on Jun 15, 2009 18:13:21 GMT -5
If you've only got a few, a chainsaw followed by a stump treatment of Tordon is usually all you need. If you have no Tordon handy, use some Round-up/glyphosate concentrate instead. Standard disclaimer applies- read and follow label directions, blah, blah, blah. I assume Tordon is available at Lowes or TSC??? |
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Post by danf on Jun 15, 2009 20:00:10 GMT -5
I don't think either one would have it. TSC would be the more likely option, but the co-ops/fertilizer yards should have it for sure. Comes in a ready-to-use formulation (you want Tordon RTU), usually quart size bottle. Last I bought was around $10 or so a coupe years ago.
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Post by duff on Jun 16, 2009 19:48:45 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by kevin1 on Jul 6, 2009 8:50:45 GMT -5
Kudzu has been in Indiana for quite some time. Here's the Purdue site on the invasive vine. www.btny.purdue.edu/weedscience/2004/articles/Kudzu3-8-04.pdfThe last report I heard was that itis now being found in nearly half of Indiana's 92 counties. The shrub honeysuckles along with the olives and buckthorns are some of the worst invasives. Watch you favorite hunting sites disappear due to their encroachment. The Honeysuckle vines are easy to knock out compared to the wall of honeysuckle shrubs. There is a native Indiana honeysuckle vine however. Mine is all of the vining type, never seen the shrub variety. |
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Post by danf on Jul 6, 2009 9:08:43 GMT -5
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It's the shrubby stuff you see in the understory of the woods that holds it's leaves well into winter after everything else has dropped.
