Big old dude!

Soooooo much Lonicera...

Any major concerns using targeted glyphosate on stump sprouts within the root zone of the Big Dude?
 
Tell that to helicopter parents and ambulance chasers.

Pulling the boards in this case is really about protecting the client's pocketbook (and public image) more than it is protecting kids or the tree.
So if some kid falls off the boards, is the city then liable?
 
I don't know...ask the city law director. If I had to guess I would think so - especially since it is an identified hazard???
 
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Tordon moves in the soil more than glyphosate. You talking about spraying green sprouts from cut off stumps or treating the stumps directly?

My first choice for cut stumps is Garlon 4, but it is harder to come by. For foliar treatment, I'd use glyphosate or Garlon 4 (If you want something hotter than Garlon 4, I just learned today that Dow has a new alternative to Garlon 3A...Vastlan. This has a "warning" instead of a "danger" on the label and only causes temporary eye damage instead of permanent. Also supposed to volatilize less). Either way, you are going to get MUCH better punch treating after full leaf out - and even more so a couple of weeks before leaf drop in the fall. I recommend Honeysuckle control be a regularly scheduled early November activity. Since you said a cross country course goes through, maybe just plan to foliar spray on a warm sunny day after the CC season is over. 3 reasons I recommend this timing:
1) It stands out very well because nothing else is green.
2) Makes it difficult to overspray onto other desirable species when they don't have leaves.
3) The plants are pulling all of the sugar into the roots for winter storage.
 
Yes, I do believe it would be an attractive nuisance from what I learned to become "Qualified" in tree risk assessment. Even if it were on private property with the public trail running next to it, the nuisance is attractive and the city providing access to the nuisance could be held responsible.

Probably be a good idea to remove the boards.
 
Legal said not a problem to leave the boards on the tree.

While ripping out Lonicera, I found lots of these Dicentra poking their heads up.
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Found a few nice tree viburnums. Sourcing inexpensive Ohio understory plants this week.
 
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Have you every gotten anything from Riverside Native Trees for your understory plants? Naturally Native Nurser in Bowling Green has good options too, but quite a bit further drive.
 
No, usually dealt with larger suppliers, Acorn usually, but now looking for native suppliers on a budget. Missed the sale at Franklin Water and Soil but I'll contact them anyway too.

ODNR sent me a good list to work from too.
 
Try other SWCDs around too...most do tree sales. Some natives/some not. I've had to give several a hard time over the years for selling invasives. Most were pretty responsive once they understood/realized.
 
Moving the path would be #1 after the honeysuckle work imo. Can that be done without changing the total distance, or would CC folk care about that?

Then maybe arrange dead limbs to control erosion and build soil downslope. If the creek floods that high then there is jute mesh for stabiliation
 

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