What is the best way to eliminate saplings from growing under my cedar trees. I have about 50 full grown cedar trees that I mow grass around and under as far as I can with my trail mower. I am looking for a way to keep the small saplings and bushes from growing under the tree limbs they are hard to get to and cut, they keep coming back, how do I get rid of them... So I only have to mow the grass.
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rustyfarmall
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Cut the saplings off at ground level, and then pour some brush killer directly on the fresh cut. Use the brush killer straight from the jug. Do not dilute.
That just kills the one that is growing now... It doesn't keep new saplings from coming up next year, which is what I think he's asking for.
Frankly I don't think there is any way to completely prevent that without just plain constantly scorching the earth under the tree with chemicals. Then the grass won't grow.
The only way to keep saplings from growing without creating a toxic waste dump under the tree, is to keep the seeds from landing. Good luck with that.
Frankly I don't think there is any way to completely prevent that without just plain constantly scorching the earth under the tree with chemicals. Then the grass won't grow.
The only way to keep saplings from growing without creating a toxic waste dump under the tree, is to keep the seeds from landing. Good luck with that.
Janicholson
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Use an offset bush hog to mow closer to the trees. To prevent dammage from mower strikes tire treads cut from casings can be used as a buffer. (super singles are wide!) Jim
Anonymous-0
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Cedar can tolerant a little Tordon and it will kill the saplings. I've cleared a lot of brush around larger desirable trees and treat the stumps with a quart hand pump sprayer. I use the stream setting not the hard to control "fog". Got to be very careful with most trees but cedars tolerate the Tordon very well. I avoid getting any spray on the cedar foliage but might get an occasional "spritz" on the trunk because the offending brush stump is tight against cedar trunk. Other tree types won't tolerate any spray and if the brush stump is close too close for comfort I shield the desired tree from the chemical spray. Just don't completely soak the ground around the cedars or you might kill everything, but spot spraying will work good.
I pour it on via a 3M scotchbrite kitchen sponge rolled up and stuffed into a short piece of conduit. Other end of conduit has a wooden handle. Now I can clip and dab stumps at same time and waste very little or no Tordan. If I have a helper I have a long handled applier made out of broken hollow handle of snow shovel. Ordinary sponge wears out faster than 3M sponge scrubber.
rustyfarmall
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Most of the "junk tree" saplings that come up share the same root system. If you are persistant, you can kill the entire root system.
Adirondack case guy
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Get a smaller walkbehind brush cutter. GOOGLE (DR brush and field cutters) Problem solved.
Loren, the Acg.
fixerupper
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I have the same problem with voluntary mulberry trees under my evergreens. It's a pain crawling under there every year to cut and treat them. I usually wait for a cool day so I can wear coveralls so I don't get so scratched up. Now I'm going to cut the lower branches off the evergreens maybe a couple of feet up from the ground so I can get under there easier. Mowing them off won't help because they'll come back only with a thicker base trunk. There are only two ways to eliminate the problem. Get rid of all birds or get rid of all mulberries within a two mile radius. Neither one is a doable option. Jim
Kenneth R Ohnstad
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The tree is trying to make money for you.
Dig a softball size ball of dirt and roots out with the sapling and pot it.
Sell them at the farmers market.
Good luck
K
Dig a softball size ball of dirt and roots out with the sapling and pot it.
Sell them at the farmers market.
Good luck
K
Stephen Newell
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Don't you just hate mowing under cedars. Makes me itch just thinking about it. I finally trimmed the lower limbs off my cedars so I can keep it mowed up to the trunk. Keeping it mowed eliminates the saplings. I don't think there is a way to stop the millions of seeds the trees drop.
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