dwenham
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If you meant to say some other thing, you wrote it wrong. Before going on offence, go back and read what you wrote, you'll see what everyone else sees.
Dave
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Pulling vines out of trees
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<font color="blue"> We have a reader who once dug up some trees. </font>
... and also likes to dig up old threads on a regular basis.
... and also likes to dig up old threads on a regular basis.
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What strikes me as funny is that Lbrown59's post did add something to the original thread (OK...I know, but if we stretch the imagination and read between the lines I think it did... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif )...
Then it generated 8 or more posts that added nothing to the original thread (including this post of mine by the way /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )
All that I can think to add...is...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Then it generated 8 or more posts that added nothing to the original thread (including this post of mine by the way /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )
All that I can think to add...is...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Egon
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<font color="red"> </font> dig up old threads on a regular basis."
Darn it fellows; that's all I got to wear these days.
Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Darn it fellows; that's all I got to wear these days.
Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Varmintmist
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To add a productive post......
Cut the grape vines in the fall, low and as high as you can reach. Shoot the stump with 50/50 roundup, let what is in the tree be, it will come down.
You have to shoot them in the fall because in the spring and summer they are putting out so much sap you would just be wasting roundup, and winter they are dormant.
Be careful pulling them out of trees. They can be attached to other trees and you can create a real hazard for yourself that a hardhat wont slow down. The other thing it will do is destroy the timber value if you crack the trunk. That will cause a split and two trunks will form. If you are walking in the woods and see a lot of Y trees, that means there were grape vines there.
Sometimes you can kill them by ripping them out, sometimes not. I had a piece at the bottom of a brushpile that was about 12 feet long that started to grow on its own. No root system, the only light it got was filtered by 6-7 feet of brush. There it was, with 1-2 foot tendrils.
Cut the grape vines in the fall, low and as high as you can reach. Shoot the stump with 50/50 roundup, let what is in the tree be, it will come down.
You have to shoot them in the fall because in the spring and summer they are putting out so much sap you would just be wasting roundup, and winter they are dormant.
Be careful pulling them out of trees. They can be attached to other trees and you can create a real hazard for yourself that a hardhat wont slow down. The other thing it will do is destroy the timber value if you crack the trunk. That will cause a split and two trunks will form. If you are walking in the woods and see a lot of Y trees, that means there were grape vines there.
Sometimes you can kill them by ripping them out, sometimes not. I had a piece at the bottom of a brushpile that was about 12 feet long that started to grow on its own. No root system, the only light it got was filtered by 6-7 feet of brush. There it was, with 1-2 foot tendrils.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We have a thread about the best way to remove vines. We have a reader who once dug up some trees. His vines got in the way, causing some damage, so he tried to remove the vines. He wasn't able to remove them ("...an exercise in futility"), so he finished the job of digging out the trees with a little more care.
The point is clear -- if you are digging out trees, and the vines get in the way and damage your backhoe, and you can't remove the vines, then be more careful so your backhoe won't get any more damage.
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Exactly : That's all I was saying ;Nothing more-Nothing less.
The point is clear -- if you are digging out trees, and the vines get in the way and damage your backhoe, and you can't remove the vines, then be more careful so your backhoe won't get any more damage.
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Exactly : That's all I was saying ;Nothing more-Nothing less.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If you meant to say some other thing, you wrote it wrong. Before going on offence, go back and read what you wrote, you'll see what everyone else sees.
Dave )</font>
Wouldn't matter what I said or how I said it.
To many People can't read and would get the wrong message.
Dave )</font>
Wouldn't matter what I said or how I said it.
To many People can't read and would get the wrong message.
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Best and safest thing is like several others have said cut the vines and in several years they will fall on their own.
jhbusa
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Cut em off near the ground and get a nice long 5000 lb tow rope. I pulled down some big muthas out of the trees this past weekend. These weren't your everyday vines. These were the 1 - 2 inch, wood and bark, variety. Don't use your loader, it's hard on your face ... (don't ask me how I know). Put a hook on your draw bar and let the tractor pull away. Worked great. I even let my wife drive.
