when you have to kill every last rhodie in the room

[bareroots]

got a job to clear a large patch of rhodies high on a fell side. is there any arbicide that kills them (and if so is there any regs controlling it's use) or do i have to burn the stumps out. no chance of getting a mulcher up there.

[Johny Walker]

not even a tracked mulcher

[agg221]

No idea on the legalities, but Garlon kills just about any stump (and is cited for rhodedendron). I haven't bought any for over a decade but a websearch suggests it's still available.

 

Alec

[bareroots]

not even a tracked mulcher

 

anyone know where you can hire a tracked mulcher?

[Lumberjack Pad]

Looked into one a while back myself, can't remember who but I'll try to dig a couple of numbers out if I can find them. If access is fairly bad, have you looked at a hi-mac mounted mulcher - you will probably be suprised where they can get to and the amount of rhodie they will destroy in a day.

[Charlieh]

How big are the trunks as we have been working on some recently and whilst it was about 9ft high we have pulled 90% out by the roots by hand! and those that we couldnt we have cut off and are treating with glyphosate

 

check the fellside isnt SSSI/SAC/SPA as you may need Natural England consent for the herbicide as a potentially damaging op or if there are any watercourses through the site then its best not to spray within a couple of meters of this without EA consent

[Peter]

Can you burn on site?

 

If so raking them into burn piles with an excavator is the way to go.

[bareroots]

could put winch onto them and see if I can rag them out. would still need to burn them. They're massive plants up on the fell side. been left there for decades.

 

maybe get a timber crane up there as you say.

[bareroots]

Looked into one a while back myself, can't remember who but I'll try to dig a couple of numbers out if I can find them. If access is fairly bad, have you looked at a hi-mac mounted mulcher - you will probably be suprised where they can get to and the amount of rhodie they will destroy in a day.

 

any luck with the numbers?

[Lumberjack Pad]

any luck with the numbers?

 

sorry forgot. I'll have a look today