Thank you for this great video. For safety, shouldn’t people spraying glysophate be wearing protection for eyes, skin and inhalation? And even though you are spraying directly on the cut stalk, there should be little to no wind so the herbicide doesn’t drift. I use it and take precautions not to accidentally be exposed.

Hey, first off, excellent info. Second, I was wondering if the trees become more brittle when killed with roundup and what, if anything, you do to removed the trees after they die?

Just yesterday, I was trying to identify native vs invasive Bittersweet but was having a hard time since the leaves & berries are drying as it heads into dormancy. Luckily, a USDA ID document states that native Bittersweet fruit have one or no seeds. Whereas the invasive Bittersweet fruit has five or more seeds. I took a berry, that was in good condition, inside & cut it in half with a sharp knife. Mine had six seeds, so invasive, of course. I also learned it would've been easier to just smoosh the berry outside in the field, lol.

I just found some of this while walking on a friend's property. I'm going to ask permission to take some for propagation. It's a well-behaved vine as far as its relationship to the trees it climbs on. It doesn't twine tightly, it keeps a loose vining habit so it doesn't girdle like some other vines do. The fruit clusters are beautiful.

Oriental Bittersweet is growing here in a wetland that is a water source for a town well. We can’t use chemicals to get rid of it. During the winter, even salt is not allowed to be put on the road going through the wetland. So, we’re stuck with this invasive. We do what we can with the volunteers we have.

I was planning on replacing mine which died last year. I'm just north of Toronto.

Here in Illinois people don't realize what it is & let it grow very tall:(

Your video was a godsend. Having put a lot of hours on my saw, which I love, I was having many of the same issues as you. Last Friday we we hit hard by Hurricane Helene here near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Thank God I had ordered me needed parts several weeks ago, and used your video to overhaul my saw today. Now it’s almost as good as new and made shirt work of the first of many newly felled tree on our place. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Does it also choke the tree it's on?

I know it's been 2 years since you uploaded this amazing video, but I have a question. We have SO much buckthorn on our property and you mentioned cutting the and killing the autumn olive; why not pull it out the ground? Does it hurt or disrupt the soil to pull them out if we can?

@5:00 THANK you for the amazing explanation and examples around the complexities and issues with nitrogen! That was solid!

I've got about 5.5 acres of land and because of the ash tree die off, there is honeysuckle all over. I've been wondering if it's worth it. Ive cleared some areas and it's much better, but the size seems overwhelming.

Thank you for sharing this. My understanding is that the 2 species readily hybridize. That's why it's important to remove the non-native (C. orbiculatus) because it's changing the gene pool. For the same reason, it's important to remove the non-native white mulberries because it hybridizes with our native red mulberry (Morus rubra).

I've never seen the Oriental Bittersweet in the wild, but we have quite a bit of American Bittersweet here in west-central Missouri.

This is so timely! We were taking a walk and came across some bittersweet today. Unfortunately it is the non native version, which was easy to identify based on the video

Tell us about the weight when full? I am guessing it's easy to put on empty?🥴

Excellent video especially for us women 😁

Great videos... I just found your channel and look to it now for guidance....

Great video. I have read that oriental bittersweet produces "urushiol" just like poison ivy. Am I wrong?

Thank you. Great video. We treated a really large one a few weeks ago with the hack and squirt method. How long do you wait between treatments? It’s in an area of my yard I’d like to reclaim but want to make sure we don’t get more suckers!

Thank you. Great video. We treated a really large one a few weeks ago with the hack and squirt method. How long do you wait between treatments? It’s in an area of my yard I’d like to reclaim but want to make sure we don’t get more suckers!

At 16:01 minutes he said biodegradable bar oil. Most of the big brands went to biodegradable bar oil. I am not sure if the EPA enforced all bar oil to be like this. This is a great vidoe for some 1 starting of. Well done

This reminds so much of kudzu..both from Asia and choking out our state of Tennessee!

Its not invasive in my yard. Half of mine died off from volutella blight a few years ago, and Im struggling to bring it back. Whats left has never looked as healthy as it once did.

Please, how can I contact you? I need a tree Elaeagnus umbellata .

Here in PA, I struggle to differentiate between saplings of tree of heaven and sumacs

I'm doing the same thing with Japanese Honeysuckle and Oriental Bittersweet. For the larger vines, I bought this neat little new fangled battery operated chain saw. So far it's been a little beast.

Thank you for this information. I am against an area that is being restored to native prairie. A friend gave me some of these plants. As a result of your video, I am not going to plant them as I do not have a contained garden. Thank you!

So As you probably know, Lantern Flys love this tree. I have 1 mature Tree of Heaven on my property and the lantern Flys are all over it. I sprayed the tree and killed a lot of lantern Flys. My question is, should I cut the tree down and hopefully the Flys will go away, or will they then attack my other trees? I have Oaks, Maples, Sycamore, and others that I want to protect. So I'm wondering if I should keep the tree of heaven, sort of like bait for the lantern Flys so they don't go after my other trees.

medicinal plant.

Thank you for the information. I've been using Acclaim Extra on my Stilt grass. On the first go-around, I mixed 1 gallon of water, surfactant, and 9ml of AE. It didn't faze the stilt grass. Three weeks later, I bumped the dosage to 15ml. That amount made it look a little sickly but still didn't kill it. I'm considering going to 20ml next. Do you have any thoughts?

In our experience, Autumn Olive is a pioneer plant, meaning, it only grows in fields and at the edge of mature forests. You'll never get a "forest" of autumn olive. They just don't grow tall enough to ever compete with something like an oak tree. And you'll never see it growing in a forest of tall and mature trees. Eventually, oaks and other typical forest trees will grow taller, causing shade, and stopping it's growth. Of course until someone, or nature, comes along a clears a forest. This starts the process all over again. I have to disagree that autumn olive will ever compete with trees we typically see in an actual forest. Just walk into any forest that has mature trees and try and find any autumn olive. Your example here is of a very very young forest area (judging by the trunk size of your trees), and I would argue the nitrogen is actually helping your native trees grow faster.

glyphosate is linked to non hodgkin's lymphoma, a friend of mine in Canada used Roundup for years on his property to control poison ivy, he died of non hodgkin's lymphoma at 57.

I love this tree !

A nicely pruned spherical burning bush is gorgeous!

Dewalt is a garbage brand, over priced for failure after failure !!

Ty, great video

I'm having the same issue about to replace my unit now. Tnks.

What's wrong with the tree? Far as I can tell, they just chill.

Thank you so much for these vids

Thank you I don’t know why it was so hard to find a video that actually makes sense.

Poor thing

And now the Lord God has sent the spotted lantern flies to decimate our food crops... Turn back to the Lord and repent otherwise we are doomed.

This is SO HELPFUL!!

I'm glad you've made this video. I did buy a pint of aclaim. I didn't have any Chinese/jap Stilt grass 4 or 5 yrs. ago but now I'm fighting it like crazy. I've been pulling and spraying. not sure what the time line is for the final termination of the invasive plant once sprayed but its seeming to be a bit more difficult to kill. maybe its just a matter of waiting a bit longer? I've been mixing it a bit heavy I think It did kill a bit of my wild ferns, I try to keep a little distance from them and pull the rest but being on a hill side I'm sure it works its way down hill eventually. I payed almost $150.00 now a pint. could maybe find it cheaper somewhere else but I know the economy & Inflation is the past few years has went out the roof $$$$ on everything. Im using a 2 gal sprayer Not sure if im getting my mixture right yet. How does this plant spread so easily what does the seeds look like? I mean its like it spreads like the dew falling on the ground magically, ha,ha, It has even been trying to push its way into my immediate front and back lawns. Ive got about a 3 acre area I think I need to work on section by section which I have for the past 3 years this is the first year I've tried Aclaim though so hopefully this will help catch me up verses pulling by hand. Plus I know Ive got to get other plant life growing in its place eventually. This invasive grass just kills much of the surrounding plant life all around it. chocking off everything it seems. Well thanks again for helping people fight this battle of invasive plant. Im grateful for your help.

I bought a backpack sprayer at Tractor Supply last year, and after watching your video, it's obvious that it's the same as the upgraded Field King sprayer from your link. Mine was branded "Roundup" (until I pulled the sticker) but I can confirm that all the upgraded features are definitely worth the premium. It's still $99 at Tractor Supply although no longer in stock at my local stores.

Do you have to trim the lower leaves off during the growing season?????

I was driving through NJ and PA the other day and this stuff is growing EVERYWHERE. Also probably the reason why there are so many spotted lantern flies.

My bolt broke off inside the sprocket and I don't know how to get it out without damaging the threads that holds the sprocket

Just picked up the DCCS670 (16"). Is there a way to defeat the plastic bar tightener to increase the torque there? The lack of lube holes on the bar tip seems like a weakness. Have you looked at Oregon bars? Any way to add metal dogs for better leverage, or would that stress the engine too much? I will need to avoid pushing the dewalt like I do my old Stihl 024 when I need that top end power. Main use is for opening quad trails for forestry work and layout. Bigger windfalls I leave for the loggers. Red Flag days are a big issue around here so this helps with that too. Thanks for the video - and STAY SAFE!