The “angry landscaping” is my favorite 😂 I’ve thought many times how I should pull out the AR with a full mag and pulverize these bull vines or “wait a minute” vines. But no, angry landscaping leads to poor choices 🤣
Great video! I’ve been doing this for many years and it really works well. A little trick I learned along the way is get yourself some copper roofing nails to further enhance the chemical process. Works wonders on most stumps. They must be copper. I’ve tried HD and galvanized nails, but the copper seems to set off the strongest reaction. After you cut the trunk down low ( 3-4” off the ground max), drill some small holes (4-6) into the fresh cut. Go in a few inches (2-3” or so). A little deeper is even better on bigger stumps. The bigger the stump, the deeper you drill, and the more liquid you use. A few more holes helps too. The cut should be as flat as possible. Not angled. After you drill the holes, immediately paint the stump with Roundup or any good herbicide that has Glyphosate in it… at least 40%, which means the undiluted stuff, full strength. I carefully pour a tiny bit right into each hole too. We’re talking about 1/4” +/- diameter holes. An eye dropper works well for this. Let it soak in well for a minute or two, being careful to avoid runoff if it’s near any plants you want to keep. Immediately after you apply the liquid, hammer a copper nail down into each hole, full depth. If the hole is slightly wider, angle the nail in slightly so it grabs and holds. Nails should about 1”-1.25” long. The head of the nail should contact the top of the cut stump or break the surface slightly. Wear gloves and don’t spill the herbicide on anything else! The stump will usually die after a while. Certain plants may need a repeat dose. If the tree/bush has a tendency to send out suckers, do the same thing to each surface sprout when the stalk is at least 1” thick. Same procedure…. Cut, drill, paint, and nail. Works like a charm. 👍🏼 I’m sharing because some one shared this with me many years ago. I’ve been gardening for 60 years. That’s what gardening really is about. Sharing. ✌️
I’ve seen the copper nails on Amazon, so you shouldn’t need Indiana Jones to find them. 😉 And I used a picnic-type ketchup bottle to apply the Ortho. Plenty Ortho contained in a bottle with a narrow, long tip to dispense well away from you! 🤜🏼🤛🏼👍🏼 Hope the blood, sweat, and tears (yes….all three for a solid month) will pay off in the spring.
@@larondabourn6610 copper nails are readily available. They are commonly used in the roofing trade. They were available long before Amazon. I know this because I was a tradesman for 42 years before I retired 😉 Hope the technique i detailed worked for you 🙂
@KLo as long as your cut stump surface is a few inches across,it should work fine. Just be careful not to put any herbicide near other plants you want to keep. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing your technique! I work to remove as much of the offending vines as fast as possible. Hedge trimmer to cut it all down to size, works for the thin green and variable grey/brown vines. Chop them to pieces, let nature degrade the remains. That clears out the area fast and well. Locate the base of any larger vines, use a RYOBI ONE+ HP 18V Brushless Cordless Compact One-Handed Reciprocating Saw to cut such vines off of trees. Pull up as much as able to expose secondary roots, kick with boots or pull like Popeye! Tree saved. Check back for any regrowth in a couple years. I use a hand spray bottle with undiluted herbicide, no time for paint brushes, no carrying bulky sprayers, as there are many trees to save, and little time!
These vines have me upset. Taking over everything on the property. You not only gave a way, but did it in a funny and creative way. So Thank you. Going to give it a shot. Noo. Not with a gun...but round up. Hope it works. Will let you know how/if it did. Wish me good luck!!!
Thank you! The rain lately has made the kudzu grow faster around here. I do worry about you handling that roundup though but I imagine any other strong herbicide would be just as bad. So far I’m just pulling up the rope like roots as far as they will go but I don’t think that’s killing the plant off.
Two questions: 1) if I don't need to be selective, after cutting the vine where it enters the ground I could simply spray the fresh cut and there would be no need for the paint brush correct? 2) if a vine has taken over an entire fence, and I don't need to be selective I could spray the entire area with roundup promax?
Does this work for some type of vine that's full of thorns? These things have like bunches of white yams clumped together for roots, I've got way too many on my land and they're just too much to dig up.
I'm curious how come you didn't use the same method you used on the grape vine, on the vine you showed us first? I'm garden dumb but it seems like a waste of round up (plus it kills bees), to spray a bunch of weeds on a tarp that would surely die if cut off from their main source? Sorry if I'm ignorant. I am but I'm learning as I go. Lol! Thank you for the video!
The vines will die, sure, but wrapped around that tree like it was, it would damage the tree too. Best to pull it off the tree and spread like he did so the roundup stays off the lawn and the root slowly sucks it up. Cutting them alone doesn’t work because they come right back and spring up in 5 more spots. The root sucks in the moisture of the round up like a drink of water, and slowly dies, killing off any possible regrowth elsewhere. These types of vines need tricking that’s it’s just a normal day, they were just disturbed a bit. You cut them, they become aggressive and grow replacements 3x faster. You cut them then paint the stem, you’ll have 3-4 sprouts of new growth before the round up fully kills it. But you’re right, it takes the patience of a saint to wait. I’ve not yet had the patience to do this. I just rip them out the ground, throw them in burn pit and on to the next one. I’ve never managed to “rid” my yard of them this way, and I know why, I’m just impatient and hate the look lol. Angry landscaping leads to poor choices. Like shooting your problem brush 😂
Just bought a house, and I've got woody vines almost as thick as the trees they're on! This stuff has been unchecked for many years, I've got alot of work ahead of me 🤦♂️
Dude I feel that, I've been fighting the vines the previous owner let go unchecked for months now. Some of theses vines were legit softball sized. Make sure you check for new growths after it rains. Good hunting brother.
I wish I would have watched this video before I cut my vines. But at least I know what to do when they eventually grow back. Also, I cut one vine non-tarzan on the wrong fork so I think I can still chop it at the origin and apply the roundup. Thanks. And I love that you shot the tree 🤣
we get one here in north carolina that has little yellow flowers on it that seems impossible to get rid of it also seems to have thorns on it which makes it even more difficult to remove.
Does the season or growing cycle (dormancy, growing, flowering) of the vine make a difference on how effective these treatments are? I heard it’s futile to do in spring, but if done in fall...the leaves send their energy (with the poison) to their roots much better...unfortunately I’m more motivated when I can clearly see them growing in early spring when everything else is still dormant.
Thanks for the video! Do you have any ideas for how to get rid of "field vine"? I've been spraying it with roundup and it just seems to die and then come back or not die at all. Maybe I should use the round up concentrate?
Round up will kill any green plant. That is why it is called a "non-selective" herbicide. It's just a matter of using the correct mixture and applying it properly. You are on the right track when you mention buying Round-up concentrate. Even though it is less convenient than "Ready to use" roundup, you can make a higher potency mix than the ready to use Round up. Just make sure you: 1) Read the directions 2) Wear the proper personal protective equipment. (Gloves, goggles, etc.) 3) Follow all other applicable safety rules. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Absolutely! Shotguns are also amazingly effective on old cars and old electronics that don't work. Shooting things may not necessarily fix them, but at least then, you can be quite certain as to why they don't work.
I have some high hopes for this channel. I'd like to share all I've learned over the years, and maybe save some people the pain and frustration of learning things the hard way (failures and mistakes) like I had to, before there were things like RU-vid and the internet. I do face some real challenges though, like having very little time (I work 50+ hours per week and have an hour and a half commute time.) and knowing next to nothing about computers and the internet. I'm learning it all by myself through research, trial and error. Just like I did with cars, so many years ago. It's a slow process for me. Someday, I hope to make enough money doing this, that I could pay for health insurance. Then, I could make enough money just doing repair work at home, that I could devote full time to this channel. Probably never happen, but it's something to shoot for. Thanks for watching and commenting.
fixyourself Yeah, you have a lot on your plate for sure. Here's to you being able to put together more vids in the future. At least the great thing about RU-vid is that there aren't any deadlines. I'm actually going to try your vine method here because I have those thick ones that need the paint brush. Thanks again for posting it
Hey, that sure was a great tip. I got some sucky vines in my yard I need to get rid off. This painting technique sounds just what I need to do. Thanks 👍
Please don't use Round-up. It is absolutely horrible for humans, animals, and the environment. It's just an example of how greedy people will do anything to sell a product, no matter how bad it is.
The vine you could not name at the end was probably the Kutdzu vine brought to the US from Asia years ago. It is a very invasive Vine that will kill other trees and grows the rapidly. My yard was overtaken by it. We thought it was wild wisteria but after watching several videos it appears to be the k u t d z u Vine. I also had to cut them and got two goats to help me get my yard back. After a major hurricane hit the vines that were already there really took over where I could not use about 50% of our yard from overgrowth and underbrush due to dense Vines in the wooded areas. Now we could walk through the overall majority of the yard and the goats are eating up the rest. Roundup is a direct cause of cancer so we will avoid using it. I thought you were going to paint the vine stumps with regular paint.
Do you have any advice to kill Sandpaper vine?? We’ve cut root of vine separating from vine and painted it with undiluted Round up, but the vine roots are growing in the grass and so close to our house. The vine looked like it’s been growing 50 years it is a beautiful sculpture I love but what is growing underneath is of concern . Do you have any advice please I’m in Australia 🇦🇺 thank you
For the green (Tarzanzian) vines, I was using regular old Roundup concentrate at the rate of 6 oz./gal., because that's what I had in the sprayer. If I had to mix some specifically for that purpose, I probably would have gone with 8 oz./gal., but the 6 oz./gal. worked just fine. Any type of Roundup that I know of, would work as long as you follow the mixing and application directions. For the woody (Non-Tarzanzian) vines, I used Roundup concentrate straight out of the bottle and applied with a paint brush. For this you need to use the concentrate. The "ready to use" Roundup is too weak to kill the stump of a woody plant. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Thank you and thanks for watching. I've got lots more videos to come. I kinda had a setback there for a while because RU-vid got rid of their video editor so I had to go out and buy some video editing software and a new computer. This was the first video I made using either, and I think I got most of what I need to know figured out. Hopefully, now I can post videos on a little more regular basis.
I suppose I could soak them in a bucket of weed killer rather than laying out on a tarp, either way, you just made my task seem less daunting. Greenbrier vine I got.
Take machete cut the root out and dump straight round up directly into the hole. No need to waste your time with tarps and paint brushes when you ha e multiple acreage to keep up with gotta get it done and move on to the next thing
How come I don’t see you kill any poison ivy vine, huh? You’re too scared of them? They are the most plentiful vines of them all and they are the most destructive as well!
Prybar expose the root crowns raised up (whatever it takes) and cut them off from the roots. Or if there's no root crown (such as with Oriental Bittersweet) pull out as much of the main root ball as possible. Conserving Carolina has some good stuff like the Kudzu Warriors... that works.
GOOD VIDEO-I wish I could reach my neighbors bushes to kill these dang vines. I have to spray brush killer. There bushes have vines even coming through a wooden fence. They have let their bushes grow up to 15 ft.
I keep having bush killer vine popping up all up the alley and front yard since hurricane katrina. I need something that will will get the bastards because once june comes around (i live outside NOLA near da bayous) i cannot go outside and do anything in the heat. (dr.s orders)
