Killing Grapevines

[Cdash]

Does anyone have a good idea on how to kill grapevines without killing everything else around it?

 

[Laminarman]

Maybe try waiting until full green up and before fruit, and spot spray Roundup (very, very concentrated) on the leaves alone. Hopefully the roots will take it up and it will die. Sorry can't be of more help.

 

[Boondox]

This probably won't help, but I am amazed by my sheep's fondness for grape leaves! Fudge Baah ate all she could reach, then climbed a big boulder and launched herself into the top of a sapling to get more grape leaves! I had to help her get out of the sapling when her udder got caught on a branch! Poor ewe! She sure is LOUD when she's stuck! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Pete

 

[SPIKER]

cut thm with a chain saw is as about as fast as possable with least amount of calateral damage. there is also a stuff that can be brushed onto cut root ends to KILL the vine faster but I forget the name and it is expensive too. when you cut them leave them hand and cut out sections so that you can SEE them CUT. work in small square patches to avoid missing any. then re-cut following years as needed. I have 10 acres of woods that are involved with the grape vines and this was the advice I got from a forester but with the exception that he KNEW what the stuff was called /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Mark M

 

[daedong]

The best way i know is to wait till the vine is fully leaved and actively growing. Cut the vine off about 2 or 3 inches from the ground, <font color="red"> immediately </font> you have cut the plant, place neat (undiluted) Round Up soaked cotton balls or wadding on the cut.

 

[Egon]

Some cultures incorporate grape leaves in their cooking. Mainly wrapping fillings and then roasting. [ Stuffed Grape Leaves ]

Your sheep are very knowledgeable feeders Pete.

Egon

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Stuffed Grape Leaves )</font>

I tried that once in a Greek restaurant; not bad, but nothing to get excited about either. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[beenthere]

There are a number of herbicides. One is Tordon, and another Tahoe 4e. I use the Tahoe 4e and just spray the stem with it, and it will kill woody plants. I assume it would kill the grape vine as well.
Some of these chemicals require care that they don't get into the eyes. Apparently it causes temporary blindness (which makes it hard to find your way home).

 

[jmc]

Someone with a background in forestry told me that wild grapevines don't actually creep up into tree tops. Instead, they get started on the trees when the trees (and vine) are small, and the two grow simultaneously. If that's true, cutting the vine offf at the base should do it. I cut a bunch off about 10 yrs ago and they haven't grown back.

Incidentally, my excavator calls grapevines "widow makers". He says to resist the urge to pull them down.

Oops. It just occurred to me you may be asking about the good kind of vines. We have so many of the bad kind that I forgot about the other.

 

[EastTexFrank]

When I lived in Dallas I grew 4 grape vines in the back yard. I had a Lebanese friend who used to come over and pick the young leaves. She used to stuff them with minced lamb, herbs and things. They were OK, nothing spectacular but definitely OK.

If the vines are small enough that you can spray all or most of the leaves without too much collateral damage, I use Round-up or Brush-B-Gone. If they are too big for that, cut them off, drill a couple of holes in the stump (depends on the diameter of the stump), cover the exposed wood and fill the holes with undiluted herbicide. I think just about any herbicide will do, straight 2-4-D is probably the cheapest. Grapes can sometimes be hard to kill because they send out long, long lateral roots. I dug grape vine roots out of my raised beds in Dallas and they were 20 to 25 feet away from the plants.

 

[bellweather]

Try "Brush B Gone"...works on bittersweet, which is a very aggressive and invasive vine. Chop it close to the ground and paint the remaining stump with the poison. Alternate method is to cut the vine and immerse the cut end in a jar of the poison for a couple of hrs.

 

[Fireman_dcb]

if the vines are thick enough at the base, cut them off about 4" above ground level, drill a 1/2" hole ( 2 or three are better) about 3 inches deep and fill it with undiluted Round Up Super Concentrate. I've been told that kerosene works just as well.

If the vines are smaller the same company that makes Round Up makes a higher concentrated product made for stumps - works very well.

 

[fractal]

I am fond of roundup concentrate (not super concentrate) and a big paint brush. Super concentrate is overkill when applied directly to the leaf. Concentrate is probably as well. I can't remember if I used up the last of my concentrate or diluted super concentrate 2:1 with water...

Roundup is absorbed through the leaf and quickly goes to the root when applied. Pouring it on the ground is a waste of product as it quickly breaks down. Likewise it is not absorbed what so ever through brown material (stalks, trunks).

Soil sterilizers will work but will kill everything around it.

Roundup applied just to the subject matter will work great. I have used a 6 (or was it 8-10) inch, thick paint brush before. It holds a decent amount of chemical and is pretty quick to apply and doesn't get the stuff where you don't want it. FWIW, I used a brush from an earlier years painting project that did not get quite as clean as I would have liked. I used it on a blackberry patch in the middle of a garden I wanted out. First application took out 90% without harming anything around it. I should repeat the process on what is still left alive.

 

[daedong]

<font color="blue"> Likewise it is not absorbed what so ever through brown material (stalks, trunks). </font>
Roundup applyed directly to stalks, trunks that have just been cut will absorb large amounts of chemical.

 

[NAAsty]

I have several 100+yr old post oak trees on my land. Wild "grape" vines will kill them given time. My area forrestry expert recommended removing (killing) the vines before they take the tree. Tordon is very effective for treating the stumps, as is CrossBow (which won't hurt the non-woody plants in the area). Roundup is non-selective and I find Crossbow more effective on the woody species.