murfys69law Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Buy a bag of rock salt and mix it with water and soak the chit out of it for a week. I have done this and it worked on a bougainvillea. Cheap fix for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longshooter Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Diesel fuel also works but don't let liberals catch you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Pull the brittle bush, wimpy roots but being a member of the sunflower family, lots of seeds around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Keep a hungry goat around 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted June 15, 2015 How much land do you have to battle with it on? Round up should kill it completely to the roots that way it doesn't come back when u give it a hair cut. Let it die until the roots are dry and dead then remove them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Anyone selling a goat?? Also I let no lib know how I kill my ants ant weeds!! Unconventional methods. However I still gotta drink the water below me so I hold off with chem stuff as much as I can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted June 15, 2015 How much land do you have to battle with it on? Round up should kill it completely to the roots that way it doesn't come back when u give it a hair cut. Let it die until the roots are dry and dead then remove them.just read round up is the best. I'm trying not to kill everything else so I'll spray directly on these weeds. I guessing it has taken half acre total. 1/4 on the leach field and 1/4 on my grey water field with a few other that are here and there. Never had it until I started watering the desert! I don't mind the rest but this desert brush and sage has to go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singleshot Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Believe the common name is "Snake weed" Really. It's considered an invader species of overgrazed grassland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Believe the common name is "Snake weed" Really. It's considered an invader species of overgrazed grassland. the name can be whatever it wants!! How is it killed?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Ya round up is pretty safe too. Just add a little dish to use as a surfactant and it will stick to the bush and won't drip or run off. Therefore the bushes uou spray arr the only ones affected and not your other plants or soil. just make sure its not windy and get close to the plant. And a light coat will do just fine. Or you can stump cut it as far down as possilbe and apply round up tonthe fresh cut with a tooth brush. It will also kill the root so it will not grow back. Hope this helps. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Sorry add dish soap to it so it sticks. ^ ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singleshot Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Believe the common name is "Snake weed" Really. It's considered an invader species of overgrazed grassland.the name can be whatever it wants!! How is it killed?? Gutierrezia Serrotina or something like that….. been a long time. Round up or Honcho kills pretty much everything. Dig it out with a shovel… one main tap root. Stay on top of it during dry years and you can get rid of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Put a tow rope below the root ball and pull it out. It will not come back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Beavers Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Just tell the fire dept. Your cookin a chicken. It worked for my brother in law in catalina. LOL... My best friend is a fire fighter and he told me you cant do anything about people having a fire if they are cooking on it.. I guess its true Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uofahughes2 Report post Posted June 15, 2015 Not sure where you're located, but if you need Roundup or Honcho, let me know (41% glyphosate). If you're worried about killing the grasses, you could use a product called Relegate (Tryclopyr). We use it to kill Salt Cedar and other woody brush without affecting the grasses. You could also put down a product such as Pendulum 3.3 and that will keep them from coming back for a few months. If anyone on here ever needs help using chemical to control weeds, let me know. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites