Controlling invasive common buckthorn

NCC staff demonstrate manual control of invasive common buckthorn, including introduction, identification, control methods, restoration notes and other considerations.

[@MylifeofTao]

Thanks for the video! We have lots here along the trails in Saskatchewan. This will help me get rid of them. I plan on using the girdling method in the spring and summer before the berries are mature. Also pulling young plants.

[@tomvarga4169]

Great video, thank you for your work. Would like to see more control methods and identification of invasive plants in the area.

[@miltyway]

Thank you for the video. Together we can get a control over this aggressive plant!

[@wanTANdan]

neat

[@suneethajayawickrema3091]

Is there any edicinaj value in buckthon tree?

[@suneethajayawickrema3091]

I there any medicinal value in buckthon tree?

[@jflew1227]

You asked so you know the answer, it's something big money definitely don't want you knowing.

[@kevinberg8886]

I was told that goats love eating buckthorn and if youkeep moving them around they will graduate defeat them

[@midwestplantgeeks8643]

They eat all the natives too. They don't eat the big ones. Goats are trendy and nonsense.

[@nicholasdu4719]

Goats piss on their own beards, they are anything but trendy xD@@midwestplantgeeks8643

[@StevenSmith-7t391]

The process is correct but way too tedious if you really have a buckthorn problem. Chemical control is much more efficient.

[@midwestplantgeeks8643]

No kidding chop/drop/treat hack/squirt girdle once/treat

[@thomaswilliams6155]

Your kidding right?

[@midwestplantgeeks8643]

No they are a non profit and they recommend the hardest way to address it. All non profits do this and is why problem is so great