Chinese Privet - The Worst Invasive Weed in the southeastern US

[@shelfcompact]

Guy: "Glyphosate" is harmless to humans/invertebrates" Also: "Make sure you're completely protected. I'm wearing gloves and eye protection. And wash all my clothes when done."

[@alan30189]

IKR? This was posted two years ago. Since then, the makers of Roundup and glysophate, lost a huge lawsuit, where it was proven that glyphosate causes cancer.

[@jesper112183]

I'm just seeing the effects of Chinese privet removal from the woods on my parents property in Louisiana. It's wonderful, but it makes me a little sad to realize how long I've let it go on, and that I've missed out on what the woods are supposed to be like to a degree because of privets.

[@kimdmg5941]

We have just moved to a property loaded with Chinese privet. I've found that pulling by hand and pulling using a tool called Extractigator (with "Bigfoot) is getting rid of all but the bigger ones for which I will use glyphosate - extremely carefully. I would HIGHLY recommend watching videos of Dr. Stefanie Seneff out of MIT about the dangers of glyphosate. I would NEVER blanket spray foliage with it and would only use it as a last resort.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

I hate Privet so much! I hate Wisteria too. Invasive nightmare.

[@gardenmama1393]

Oh my gosh thank you, you just reminded me of my wisteria plant at my last house. I am the opposite, I have a chain link fence in the desert and need to fill it up, thank you again.

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

I've watched several videos of folks (landscapers specifically) using glyphosate on privet and 3-4 weeks later there are new leaves on the branches. What's up with that?

[@LizardBikes]

It is not even good as a hedge, it is not evergreen, leaves fall off in gardening Zone 8a. The big trunks I use for fire wood. I really enjoy using invasive Mimosa and Chinese Privet for firewood. After cutting, ripping and digging it out by hand, such satisfaction using it for heat! Rip it out, any way you can. Get the roots, spreads by long roots also.

[@sacramentofoodforest]

Facts

[@CMZneu]

4:42 If the science says it's not harmful to people then why bother with the gloves, googles, etc?

[@UntamedScience]

I asked the same thing. Part of the problem with "testing" how dangerous it is on humans is that you can know the pathway but you can't really do that comparative research. Better to be safe with standard safety protocol for all chemicals right? Probably should have explained that better.

[@CMZneu]

@@UntamedScience Makes sense.

[@jesper112183]

I spend multiple hours a week removing Chinese privets from my property, some of them as big as small trees. You will get splinters, large privet cuttings will whip you in the eyes when the branches become entangled, and there's other plants mixed in with the privets that may have substances that you do not want on your hands or eyes.

[@gino6738]

Home depot sold us one. It was supposed to be a lilac. I'm pretty sure it's a privet

[@jackopitti]

You need to cut as close to the ground as possible for maximum effectiveness for chemical treatment. Cut to high like he did, and it will sprout off the sides. The goal is killing the root system.

[@carldaniels4827]

Guy, do the berries follow the flowering or visa versa. do you know anything about the tallow bush? I have an eastern and western section of land to use for each of these for my honey bees. my thoughts are only to benifit from the nectar flow then severely cut them back before the berries are produced.

[@alan30189]

The berries always follow the blooms, but don’t use these. Find native flowering plants for your bees.

[@agpawpaw5912]

Why it’s no banned? Nurseries sell it, same as other invasive plants

[@MajorChipHazard1]

The masses don't care. They just want something pretty. Trust me. Most people don't give 2 shits about any of this. It should be pretty obvious by now that people in general aren't very smart. Kudzu, Privet, Bradford pear, Japanese Honeysuckle and multiflora rose are destroying our valuable hardwoods and smothering out all smaller native tress. It might not be bad in some parts of the country but its really bad in the south right now. Shit is straight up everywhere and destroying our ecosystems. States are now banning some of these invasives specifically Bradford pear. Most people don't even know about invasives or care even if they do. I've talked with people and thoroughly explained how these invasives destroy our ecosystem when left to spread and guess what? I get pushback. People like the invasives because its pretty and smells good. Other people simply don't give a damn whatsoever. They dont get it nor do they want to. People shouldn't give up though. A growing movement is spreading to raise awareness about invasives and programs are being launched to get rid of them. South Carolina is banning Bradford pear and we just recently had an event where people got payed to cut down Bradford pear in bring it in you get payed or exchange for a native replacement. This is the way.

[@wmpx34]

Because any government regulation is communism

[@Lik3ToSing]

Hmm i just planted privet in my backyard. Now i dont know if i should get rid of it. Do all privet spread fast?

[@froghandz]

You should get rid of it!! It spreads like wildfire, and it'll take over more and more of your backyard as time goes on. My family didn't know what the big trees in our backyard were that seemed to keep spreading, and over a handful of years each corner of our backyard (and even our porch) has been taken over by these. Now we know what it is, its too late for an easy solution as the sprouts grow and spread super fast and the original ones are already so big.

[@CallicarpaCrafts]

Native species are always a better option!

[@lanebashford3982]

No one mentions the scent of privet. It's lovely! We have a shrub in our yard (south Alabama) and they bloom in spring for a couple weeks. The scent is heavenly and then it disappears. You do have to prune it back every year.

[@yourpathmatters]

I really appreciate the info. I sell potted privet to gardeners and they love it! Really appreciate the info.

[@alan30189]

I hope you stop selling it, as a result of this video.

[@badtoad6865]

I don't like the way it smells when it blooms. It cuts off my breathing.

[@13squier]

4:50 Why fib about the safety of glyphosate? You obviously know it's hazardous if you emphasize the use of PPE. The very first statement on the federally-mandated product label says "CAUTION: Harmful if absorbed through the skin." Instead of saying "all the science shows glyphosate is not harmful to people" just be honest about the inherent risks of using herbicides, especially this likely carcinogen.

[@gardenmama1393]

Will it grow in the dry desert ?

[@Art-uz3fk]

Goats or a weed wrench are probably just as good if not better than broadcasting glyphosate foliar spray

[@RealJeep]

Oh yeah, everyone has a herd of goats handy

[@ERG842]

@@RealJeep And please, visit my property and I'll hand you my weed wrench to remove the privet that has extensive root system in place.

[@j.w.8664]

My goats love privet. I'm glad I have a few acres of it handy

[@katgraham5331]

I heard it was medicinal ?

[@Mama-os3tj]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOunmmZbJadn6s Yes it is

[@reevesautomotivefarm9614]

thank you. we have 65 acres of Chinese privet.

[@SisekoLanga]

did u know that i can be an instant billionaire in africa with all that 65acre privet?

[@reevesautomotivefarm9614]

@@SisekoLanga wow. Why is it valuable in Africa?

[@UntamedScience]

Whoop! Love it.

[@sacramentofoodforest]

4:50 false

[@mikeykeyes]

Our land is taken over by Privet and it is so thick now hard to get through to kill them and also getting resistant to herbicide. They survive low light, flood, drought and fire! We have small and large leaf Privets here in the East Coast of Australia - so seems it is now starting to spread in the US or not. By the way I thought US English was phonetic so not sure why 'erbicide when we are all human LOLLZZZ

[@BiophiliaClips]

Honestly you can pronounce herbicide with or without the H. It's regional. ;) Hopefully you can find a way to tackle privet. It's hard to treat, but not impossible. I just wish it didn't take so much time.

[@waynethompson5955]

Goats

[@ryancagerbaker]

I’m confused. I see pollinators all over my privet.

[@andynelson2340]

I see this in Fort Worth, it's taking over

[@redbonechkn]

Klempson is just Auburn with a lake HEDGES>a rock *shrugs GO DAWGS!!!!!

[@MajorChipHazard1]

LOL!

[@ishankavlogs1185]

Goo for bonsai

[@cdybft9050]

And mosquitoes love them.

[@ezeqielcastillo849]

As a bee keeper I can't complain. My bee's are so happy and my honey frames are full of nectar

[@j.w.8664]

Goats love it

[@coziii.1829]

Privet not wed Clovers not weed Dandelion not a weed etc

[@huckfinn9225]

Thanks Doctor. Go Tigers.

[@Sighhop]

Lol I'm looking at this for a science prodject :))

[@MistressOP]

goats eat privet, quit spraying man

[@miri8851]

aww ;-;

[@miri8851]

they are so pretty

[@LOcean-xh6hq]

Phara propane... Get goats

[@wmpx34]

Goat ain’t gonna eat a 5-meter tall tree

[@coziii.1829]

It’s not a weed It helps bees make shrub hedge

[@ERG842]

lol

[@theunknownunknowns256]

Come on dude, wtf is "southeast"! There are other countries in the world eh?! Why do usa (you not only Americas either btw) people think they are the only people?

[@UntamedScience]

Fair enough. I'll give you that. ;)

[@kmain0]

MERICA!

[@lepidlover0557]

Some plants are more aggressive in certain areas than others.... Because different areas have different growing conditions and ecological pressures that affect how successfully the plant can grow and reproduce... 😐

[@catherinehenry2291]

@@lepidlover0557 You're right. In China, Chinese privet is probably no to much of a problem, but in the SE of the USA it's a monster, same for Kudzu, Bradford pear, Himalayan blackberry . . . etc

[@catherinehenry2291]

We really do not, but we can see what's right in our back yard, and that's what we are concerned about. If I lived in Zimbabwe I'd probably talk about the nasty, invasive Baobab (or whatever) but I don't, so I concern myself with what's right here on my land. Don't you ?🌿🌵🌳🌴