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Dealing with Locust and Mesquite

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Texasmark

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I posted this in the Using Your Tractor forum and didn't get the responses I felt are out there so I am posting here hoping for better results.

You folks who have these trees and cattle, what is a pass/fail thorn length that you use in dealing with them for hay and grazing?

I know 2 would be prohibitive, but how about thorns under 1. What about new shoots that pop up all over that maybe don't get over 2' tall?

I am trying to help a neighbor reclaim some neglected land and it is a stellar Coastal Bermuda patch, great bottom land but has sporatic Locust outcroppings. Trying to get that cleaned up and need a guideline on when we have reached a tolerable level on thorns.

Comments appreciated.
 
The best way I have seen.For Mesquite. Is to burn them or plow them up. Never let them get started.I have seen them go through military tires with ease
 
(quoted from post at 10:31:10 08/25/21) I posted this in the Using Your Tractor forum and didn't get the responses I felt are out there so I am posting here hoping for better results.

You folks who have these trees and cattle, what is a pass/fail thorn length that you use in dealing with them for hay and grazing?

I know 2 would be prohibitive, but how about thorns under 1. What about new shoots that pop up all over that maybe don't get over 2' tall?

I am trying to help a neighbor reclaim some neglected land and it is a stellar Coastal Bermuda patch, great bottom land but has sporatic Locust outcroppings. Trying to get that cleaned up and need a guideline on when we have reached a tolerable level on thorns.

Comments appreciated.
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alf inch locust will puncture a tire, so I have zero tolerance. See one, hit it with Remedy. When dead, remove & burn so as to not leave thorns behind.
 
I wouldn't bale / feed a thorn of any length. As far as grazing, cows typically won't eat thorny brush.

I have mesquite in Llano. I have rooted them out with a dozer and skid steer......and eventually they come back.

I've sprayed them with Grazon P+D, Tordon etc with mixed results.
 
I have been spraying Mesquite on a place in Jones Co Tx for 20 years. Used 100s of gallons of diesel and 15-20 gallons of Remendy or its clone and still have them. I know of several places that have been cleared at least 3 times in last 50 years, they need it again.
 
I was raised on Hickory but Jimmy Dean (Sausage) changed my eating habits. Mesquite chips are in my chips bin.
 
Well I thank you for your replies and I thank you for your helping to reinforce my feelings in that 1 thorn is 1 too many.
 
I have no knowledge of Locust. Workshops advise spraying bottom six inches of Mesquite stem with mix of Remedy and Diesel.
You didn't ask about Huisache, but workshops insist, from TX A & M research, they be cut off and sprayed with same mix of Remedy and Diesel, BUT IT MUST BE DONE WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF CUTTING!!! Good luck, kelly
 
I found that Tordon and an anionic surfactant will kill cedars up to 5-6 feet tall.
First batch I mixed, the 12v pump on the 4 wheeler sprayer lost about half speed when the surfactant hit it.
Had a bunch of brown cedars 2 weeks later.
I've also drilled downward into stumps and pumped the holes full of the mix, with good results.
 
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