Anyone know of a good herbicide to kill cactus? All this rain has caused the cactus on our lease to explode. It is growing up around the feeders and blinds and I am tired of getting stuck evertime I get in and out of my blind and fill my feeders.
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What kind of cactus? We use REMEDY down around Ft. Stockton to help keep the roads clear. It'll kill mesquite, sagebrush and all of those stick cacti. I'm not sure about prickly pears. Our landowner when we had a lease at Throckmorton had the prickly pears sprayed commercially. I'm sure Jaspro would know.
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Tordon 22K is your best bet. Round up and Remedy deisel mixes won't kill it and even putting hot/over mixed doses won't kill at the same rate and in the end cost you a lot more. Physically removing them works for the small ones but once they get big you either spray them or burn them.
Disking, dozing, root plowing will only spread it out because there is no way you will get every pad and any thing left will resprout.
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According to the Texas Agricultural Experimentation Station's "Brush Busters" program (http://tcebookstore.org/pubbrowse.cfm?catid=61)you should use the following:
Surmount 1%
Surfactant 1/4%
Hi-Light Blue Dye 1/4%
Mix with water and spray entire area. They found if you damage the plant (run over with a drag or roller), it absorbs the herbicide better.
This method will take 2-3 yrs to get a 80% overall kill.
Surmount is a restricted use pesticide.
Surmount contains picloram and can kill other plants/trees. As always; follow label directions.
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