Eliminating Salt Cedar and Desert Broom Cancel The title field is required!

1. Bear Doug A

   
   1/1/2013 5:01 PM

   Has anyone in the Southwest area had any luck eliminating Salt Cedar or Desert Broom using either Arsenal herbicide or Garlon 4 Ultra Herbicide? I was told by a plant pathologist that if you cut the plant and paint a solution of 3 parts MSO and 1 part of either of these herbicides, you can come back in a few months and kick the stump out. Dead as dead can be. Going to try it but was wondering if anyone has used it in a foliar application and what results have you had..... THANKS

   
   
   
   
2. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   1/1/2013 6:01 PM

   I've used both of these to take out several different species of trees, up to 100' tall Pines and Live Oaks. Be very careful though with both....I know for a fact the Arsenal has a long replant time after application. Unless, of course, that is what you are going for.....
   
   Every time I have applied it, we mixed with Diesel fuel (acts like MSO) and sprayed the trunk to about breast height. I do remember the larger trees needing a few reapplications, but within about 6 weeks, it was all dead as dead can be.

   
   
   
   
3. Bear Doug A

   
   2/7/2013 7:02 PM

   Doug Bear said: Has anyone in the Southwest area had any luck eliminating Salt Cedar or Desert Broom using either Arsenal herbicide or Garlon 4 Ultra Herbicide? I was told by a plant pathologist that if you cut the plant and paint a solution of 3 parts MSO and 1 part of either of these herbicides, you can come back in a few months and kick the stump out. Dead as dead can be. Going to try it but was wondering if anyone has used it in a foliar application and what results have you had..... THANKS

   
   
   
   well, I can't upload the photo for some reason but I treated the trunk of a fairly large and very healthy salt cedar plant/tree with Garlon 4 Ultra and MSO or spray slick. Three weeks in and the bottom foliage (which I didn't spray, are smoking!) You can see the herbicide moving up the plant. Bye Bye SC!

   
   
   
   
4. Bear Doug A

   
   2/7/2013 7:02 PM

   The Next step is going to be all the desert broom plants that the guys have cut back, spray those and see if I can kick em' out in six months. This product gives me hope for controlling woody plants.

   
   
   
   
5. Bear Doug A

   
   10/2/2013 9:10 PM

   Well It is six months later since my application to the trunk of a very healthy, 20 foot tall salt cedar. I applied 1/2 Garlon 4 Ultra and 1/2 water to the base of the trunk up to about 6 feet with a paint brush. The plant has no leaves and I can crack some of the smaller branches off. IT'S DEAD. That was great for the test but the true apps I have done are on freshly cut salt cedar plants and desert broom. Same rate.... Cut and paint immediately, and I can can kick them out after six months. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

   
   
   
   
6. Javier Schaab

   

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   3/12/2014 8:03 AM

   Good morning,
   
   My golf course has a high % of salt on the soil . Im appling solid Gypsum Ca sulfate . The golf club buyed a new topdressing redexin machine with two disc for sand distribution. Every time Im doing top dressing on the fairways is making a cloud of gypsum amd Im loosing a 10 % of gypsum.
   
   How can I fix that ? Any advice fron another GCS whit similar situation ?
   
   Javier Schaab.
   Golf Course Superintendent
   Country Club Villa, Lima , Peru.