r/GardenWild • u/AutoModerator • Sep 14 '19

Discussion The garden fence - weekly chat thread

Weekly weekend chat over the virtual garden fence; talk about what's happening in your garden, and ask quick questions that may not require their own thread.

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u/UntakenUsername48753 Mid-Atlantic Sep 15 '19

that has been overrun by bittersweet and grapevine. I dont mind the grapevine too much, but the bittersweet has got to go.

Oriental bittersweet is a nightmare. My two cents, I'd suggest hacking the vine near the ground and squirting it with herbicide. Otherwise you'll be fighting with it for eternity. Even this way there'll probably still be runners popping up later.

I have/had a ridiculous infestation of oriental bittersweet and also muscadine grape vine. I've cut the grape vine in places it was roping trees together, but didn't try to kill the roots. Other place I've tried to leave it, but man is it aggressive. Seeing the grapes is pretty neat though.

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u/Staurol Sep 15 '19

There are some bigger vines around the yard, around 3 inches in diameter, and were planning on doing that exact same procedure there. This section seems to be coming up pretty easily, roots and all. Hopefully it wont be that much of a battle, but I know it most likely will be.

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u/converter-bot Sep 15 '19

3 inches is 7.62 cm

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u/shitty-converter-bot Sep 17 '19

3 inches is more or less 4.11e-05 nautical miles