Herbicides and Weed Control with Chestnut Hill Outdoors

The essential elements necessary for plant growth – sunlight, soil nutrients, and moisture – are limited, and all plants compete for them. If landowners and managers want to maximize the bounty of their hard and soft mast-producing plants, they need to eliminate or at least reduce the competition. Chestnut Hill Outdoors offers advice and information on how best to accomplish that.

Mechanical Removal

One obvious and direct way is by physically removing all grass and weeds down to bare soil in a 2 – 3 foot circle around the base of each tree. This competition-free zone can then be maintained by adding mulch or mats. In addition to retarding subsequent weed growth, this also moderates soil temperature extremes and improves soil moisture retention.

Chemical Removal

Another approach is to apply glyphosate-based broad-spectrum systemic herbicides. They’re more effective and less labor intensive but require extra care as they can be absorbed by trees and shrubs if not correctly applied.

Chestnut Hill Outdoors offers the following recommendations for applying herbicides:

Apply during the growing season. Glyphosate-based herbicides are growth inhibitors that are absorbed systemically and will be most effective during peak growth periods. Cut or mow the area first. Wait a week to 10 days and spray after vigorous weed growth begins. This increases how much herbicide is taken up by the weeds, resulting in a more effective application. Use Grow Tubes. They protect trees from accidental absorption while improving the micro-environment around those trees and protecting their bark from insect and rodent pests. Apply only when there is no wind to prevent over-spray or herbicides from dispersing into unintended areas. Mix herbicide with a colored dye to better see where it is being applied, thus avoiding accidental over-spray. Use a shield or hood on the fertilizer wand. This allows greater control over where herbicide is applied. 

All of the Above

Mechanical and chemical weed control methods are not mutually exclusive. Each can be enhanced by the other. Start with 2-3 foot weed-free zones around the trees. If and when weeds start re-colonizing, a little herbicide can go a long way.

Chestnut Hill is the best place for you to purchase your food plot and deer attractant plants because they offer a large selection, their plants are specifically bred to attract deer, and they offer customers different-sized plants at different levels of growth. To ensure you receive the maximum benefit from their products, they also provide sound advice and instruction on proper planting and care. For more on Chestnut Hill Outdoors products and how to care for them, visit ChestnutHillOutdoors.com, or call (855) 386-7826.

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(Originally posted by HLNews)