Will BE grow off root suckers too? My buddy bought a house and there was a whole string of them against his neighbor's garage.
Box Elder
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066blaster
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I cleared a fence line, of probably 50 16 -20inch Box elders, and 2 years later the stumps had trees 15foot tall and 4- 5 inch diameter ,and a lot of them. I cut them again and have been spraying, but they are hard to kill.
Oldman47
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I had a similar experience with mulberry but this time they got a dose of Tordon and so far no sprouting/regeneration at all.
A storm took down a 40 year old box elder in my yard last summer. I've been burning it all winter. Drys fast, very light in weight, rots and goes punky very quickly. Burns fairly quick and leaves a lot of ash. Kinda stinky but not too bad. If I had a fireplace instead of a wood heater I wouldn't want to burn it if I had better wood available. Splits very easy.
what del wants you to buy,, is a "elitist" stove,, so you can turn into a stove snob like him and others on this forum....actually, knowing how to use ANY stove properly, will pay off... esp with a few well placed tricks...but some never learn how to fire a stove properly................................
bucksnbears
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i'm new to burning wood so i'm sure there will be certain tricks to learn for sure
Obviously look for the high btu species but I'd recommend cutting and splitting anything you can get your hands on at first. You will quickly learn which woods you and your stove prefer. Also some wood varies by region so what some people scorn may be good stuff in your area.
sawjunky23
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Where in MN do you hang your hat?
bucksnbears
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near Moorhead
For stuff that comes back I use strait roundup on a fresh cut. That usually stops it from coming back.
I just use a recycled spray bottle and spray the cut right after the saw runs threw it.
It's sometimes cheaper to use a herbicide then to have to re cut sucker growth the next year.
Seems to work pretty well.
Are their any groundwater warnings for Roundup?
Reason I ask is I have a ton of root suckers in my yard but we also have a spring well very close by. I'll happily keep mowing them if I need to.
Oldman47
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Roundup becomes harmless in a very short time so it has no groundwater warnings.
You got that right. I got a fenceline full of mulberry....it suckers bad. Tordon does do the trick tho.
bucksnbears
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still got the stove going. keeping the house nice n warm so far
sawjunky23
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Not sure if you ever noticed or not but roundup does not have a warning label on it. I talked to a farmer friend of mine who told me that you could actualy consume round-up without having any serious side effects. (obviously not advisable) He explained to me that the active substance in round up is said to block a chemical reaction in the plant needed to survive, the chemical it blocks is only found in plants, not humans or animals thats why it is safe.
066blaster
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The makers of round up claim it's as safe as table salt. But a certain amount of salt can kill you..not sure what the lethal dose would be. But I assure you it does have a warning label.
sawjunky23
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I have a bottle in the garage, there is no instructions on the bottle regarding contact with skin,eyes, exposure or accidental ingestion. That is what I was refering to. Don't get me started on food. Round-up is probably safer and contains less chemicals than a lot of things on the shelf at your local grocery store.
I know the feeling!
There is a certain satisfaction felt when thumbing one's nose at firewood snobs.
She just tossed in another piece of leyland cypress!
P.S. Anything less than Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) is slumming it.
