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and the rear yard is fully overgrown with weeds, pachasandra and vinca. Really thick!!!

I want lawn.

I've already sprayed 6 gallons of Quickpro (by Roundup), it seems to be working on the weeds, but I know I will have a hard time with the pachy and vinca.

Whats the least labor intensive and inexpensive way to erradicate these plants?

I have no brush hog and don't think thats the answer anyway.

Thanks for your help
 
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Whats the least labor intensive and inexpensive way to erradicate these plants? Thanks for your help

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Get a sickle bar or rotary brush mower to cut things close to the ground. Wait for the stuff to grow back up. there should still be enough energy in the roots for them to set another flush of growth. This is good for two reasons.
First, it forces the plant to spend some of the energy that's saved in the roots to buy a new set of leaves. Second, the growth will be concentrated and compact. Then up the concentrate on the Roundup to label specs for the woodies. Spray RU again, wait a couple of days and spray again but walk a pattern perpendicular to the first to overlap the spray pattern.

Once the woodies are dead you'll have to deal with the roots. Grubbing or a heavy duty rototiller seem like the best worst tools to use.
 
The only way is labor intensive. I use a flat shovel and cut squares like your doing sod, then slice under the plants removing the squares one at a time.Then amend the soil and till, you will not have any coming back. /forum/images/graemlins/pbj.gif
 
Really hate going the chemical route... sometimes it is the only solution. Round up is (supposedly) the least toxic way to go. Tom's idea is the best in my opinion, mow, wait for regrowth, and then spray. You use less chemicals because the plant is low to the ground (& less chance of spray drift) and you can apply with using a minimum of spray to the smaller weakened plant.

We have used plastic over tightly mowed weeds to solarize the remaining ubove ground plants. Even used salt to coat newly cut stumps (bought bags of water softening salt from the supermarket) then cover with plastic, wait a few months and the stumps die. One time used old carpeting to cover berry vines- sorta worked.
Frans
 
Thanks for all your responses, but I am looking for the nastiest herbacide available. Stuff that kills within the hour. I have two acres and I'm a lazy bastard

Thanks guys
 
There is a product called Sythe, (spelling?) that will give a burn-down in about an hour. Use the higher end dosage and combine with R-up.
 
weve been spraying poison ivy this yr with a mix of 3 oz buccaneer (glyphosphate = roundup) and 6 oz trimec per gallon. The mix rate on the trimec is 4x but its working like a charm.

If you dont have any trees around the area, you could also try garlon or remedy. These are pretty nasty and will kill every thing.

Another thing you could try if your not in a hurry is advertise your vinca 'for sale'. I did this once and made some decent money as well as eradicated a patch.
 
Slower acting Herbicides like RU are often more effective because the plant absorbs the chemical through the whole system. The fast acting "Agent Orange" types are effective quickly, but really only defoilate. Continous, long term spraying is often necessary. Combining the two often does not work becase the plant "browns up" before the slower chemical can be asborbed. In the end, with a combo you may end up spraying needless chemical into the environment.
 
Doc,

If you choose chemical, mix the RU with a leafy herbicide (like mentioned). Let it do its thing and then remove the dead plants. Then srinkle Snap Shot or Preen(?) to prevent regrowth. You have to do this each year unless you plant a new cover (grass?) in the area. Good luck.
 
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