05-28-2011, 02:50 PM
ToniKim,
One method of killing noxious plants and seeds is to pack it into those large black plastic yard/garbage bags and let them cook in the sun for a some months until it is totally mulched. I do that with bagged leaves and it makes a nice garden mulch.
Might work well for this plant, but it sounds like it will be a big investment of time.
Also for plants on the ground this will work if kept covered under black plastic with out water and having rocks placed around the edges to keep the heat in. The heat will cook them, it takes a few weeks though before you can remove the plastic.
The other not so enviornmental type of way is to use herbicides. Most likely if this is the rapidly spreading unfavorable type Dodder, this is what you will need to use. just remember to not hit the Ohia treees with this product because it kills trees too. Made by Ortho it will kill vines, but you may have to use it full strength. So don't buy the premix. If using herbicides is the way that you need for success, then try doing it using the least amount of product. Like painting it on several pieces of vine, but not covering the whole plant whatsoever. Or if you find a root, cutting that open and injecting some in that hole. The other is to place part of a vine into a baggie with some herbicide inside so that the vine is constantly exposed to the chemical and takes it ino its system. Apply when no rain is expected for a day. Read all uses of the chemical before you use it and be careful not to use more than needed, passing it along to someone else who needs it, (like the lot owners on Kaloli) rather than disposal of this product, because it harms the enviornment.
http://www.epinions.com/review/Ortho_Bru...9064501892
Lucy
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
One method of killing noxious plants and seeds is to pack it into those large black plastic yard/garbage bags and let them cook in the sun for a some months until it is totally mulched. I do that with bagged leaves and it makes a nice garden mulch.
Might work well for this plant, but it sounds like it will be a big investment of time.
Also for plants on the ground this will work if kept covered under black plastic with out water and having rocks placed around the edges to keep the heat in. The heat will cook them, it takes a few weeks though before you can remove the plastic.
The other not so enviornmental type of way is to use herbicides. Most likely if this is the rapidly spreading unfavorable type Dodder, this is what you will need to use. just remember to not hit the Ohia treees with this product because it kills trees too. Made by Ortho it will kill vines, but you may have to use it full strength. So don't buy the premix. If using herbicides is the way that you need for success, then try doing it using the least amount of product. Like painting it on several pieces of vine, but not covering the whole plant whatsoever. Or if you find a root, cutting that open and injecting some in that hole. The other is to place part of a vine into a baggie with some herbicide inside so that the vine is constantly exposed to the chemical and takes it ino its system. Apply when no rain is expected for a day. Read all uses of the chemical before you use it and be careful not to use more than needed, passing it along to someone else who needs it, (like the lot owners on Kaloli) rather than disposal of this product, because it harms the enviornment.
http://www.epinions.com/review/Ortho_Bru...9064501892
Lucy
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
Lucy
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!