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Rhododendron Removal

  • 29-06-2024 8:10am
    #1
    Thargor
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    My uncle has some boggy land in Limerick, a couple of years ago some rhododendron appeared in a ditch but he got a shock the other day when he arrived down to see 20 random bushes all over the field some are small but some are forming big clumps now, I said Id ask here for the easiest way to manage them please while they're still small enough to go at with a saw?

    Do you have to go digging out roots? I know they're bad from the reports in Kerry etc but isnt that more in forests and inaccessible areas?



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  • #2
    magicbastarder
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    Usually way would be to saw them down and drill the stumps and pour glyphosate in, AFAIK.



  • #3
    Birdnuts
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    Some good advice to be found on X with Rhodo Rangers who are doing extensive work in the West and NW.

    https://x.com/RhodoRangers?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor



  • #4
    countryjimbo
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭countryjimbo


    Lucky that its only 20 or so, get in quick to sort them.

    Stem injection was successful in Killarney National Park:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLwEu-wp1c



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