STOP Cutting Down Trees (Do This Instead) // TSI 1 Year Later
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Published 2022-09-16
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Our farm is dominated by trees like hackberry, sweet gum, and privet. These tree species are not marketable timber and offer little benefit to our native wildlife. Using the hack and squirt technique allows us to remove these undesired tree species so that other trees, like oaks and walnuts, may thrive.
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Select a herbicide based on the tree species you are targeting. We used Tordon RTU, which you can purchase at the Amazon Affiliate link above. Always read the label and follow all necessary safety precautions. Strike the tree (hack) about one inch below the bark, into the cambium layer of the tree, and then apply the herbicide (squirt) into this fresh wound. By applying the herbicide in this way the tree will be terminated without felling it, thereby saving many man hours.
0:00 TSI Basics
3:40 How to mark “keeper” trees
4:08 Why TSI
5:37 H&S vs. Girdle vs. Stump Treat
After a year or two, once these trees have begun to decay, we’ll fell them and throw them in the burn pile. Thinning the trees will promote better plant growth on the forest floor which is better for wildlife, and it will allow us to make necessary repairs to our livestock fencing. There’s lots of work to be done and we hope you’ll subscribe to the channel and follow along. Thanks for watching!
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All Comments (21)
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Black locusts never make thorns on the trunk only on new growth (also that bark doesn't look correct either) what you have is a honey locust
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I used this process on a very large Bradford pear that I didn't want to drop on my neighbor's fence and it worked very well. I also used Tordon RTU. Found a large "Paper mulberry" - cut it down and treated the stump with Tordon RTU. Ended up also killing a very nice hackberry tree (that I wanted to keep) that was about 6' away. So, lesson-learned and people should be aware...when using Tordon RTU, it WILL kill neighboring plants / trees also, if their roots are entangled together. Using a 20% solution of Glyphosate is a better herbicide that won't cause such risk to nearby plants.
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Black Locus have short rosebush thorns. Honey Locus have the nasty 3" thorns and banana seed pods.
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I saw fence rows and thickets of Honey Locust in the Blue Grass region of Kentucky in 1971. Very impressive! Thanks for the video
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Don't wait to put prescribed fire on the ground. Even if the fuel is not continuous (there are bare spots) and all there is leaf litter, begin fire early. And keep burning every 1-3 years. As you thin and use other TSI practices, they will work with the prescribed fire to improve wildlife habitat in fire dependent communities like oak woodlands and savannas. Just make sure you have good fire breaks and a safe burn plan -- and follow the prescription. Contact your state prescribed fire council for help getting started.
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I wish I had all that Goldenrod…WOW….incredible medicinal properties🙌🏼
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My neighbor must’ve seen this .. I’m glad I know how he did it. …
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Here in Kansas for some reason Bradford Pear Trees have become invasive. I need to get rid of volunteer trees along the fence line and used another product last year just after cutting and did not work at all. This method is really going to help me get some control of the situation. Thanks for your video.
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Personally I use drain acid and paint the whole way around the trunk. Plumber trick There's noise associated when the process starts so best to do it in the dark. It pops the bark but stays on the tree.
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Very informative. I am clearing a small area of my property as well. There a to many trees to cut remove an destump. This method certainly will help me over time.
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I also see some nasty poison Ivy vines on your locust tree. Cut 6” out of the vine and squirt the bottom cut.
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Oh, I like this technique. Thanks for showing and explaining it so well!
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I have unwanted trees growing in a narrow spot between a shed and a fence…. And, I need this method for small stumps that keep sprouting branches and it’s a never ending battle to cut them back.
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Black locust is great handle wood, You may have hickory though, in the west we don’t get it
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I have Tordon & use it sometimes but i usually cut everything down & burn it up....
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What about using this method on a really big tree? The one on my lot is 60-80 ft. Big trunk too. Ash tree as I am told. If it will work, how much to use and is Tordon the right one to use on an ash tree?
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the tree you thought was a maple was actually a sweetgum!
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The maple you could not identify at 2:40 looks a lot like a sweet gum to me.
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Not 100% but i believe the oak you referred to was a Chinkapin.
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Well if they are dead they can fall on u at anytime vs a strong tree which makes it more dangerous ?
