Saving an Ash tree from Oriental Bittersweet vine

One of the worst #invasive #plants in the #Philadelphia area is Oriental Bittersweet. It’s a climbing, vigorous #vine that is capable of strangling and shading out #native plants and trees, frequently preventing natural #forest regeneration. It is very heavy and can cause tree failure in extreme cases. In this case, many vines were climbing up an endangered Green Ash tree. The tree is infected with the Emerald Ash Borer, but I hope that by removing this vine, we can increase its ability to produce seeds in its remaining time. Here’s how I took care of it before it got worse! I would recommend removing this plant from your property, especially if it’s climbing on native vegetation.
#orientalbittersweet #bittersweet #invasivespecies #nativeplants #restoration #conservation #trees #tree #forests #nature #earth

[@Thecastofthelast]

God dang EAB.. such a pest up here in the Northeast. Great work Conboy!

[@leaf2180]

Most of our ash trees were killed by the ash borer. I miss our big ash trees. There are several little sprouts all of the place, but they can barely grow due to the deer. I hope they can eventually come back. 😊

[@Lou_Mansfield]

You da man. Thanks for saving the ash tree. Invasive vines are super bad, I see them at my township parks and feel so bad for the dying trees

[@ericwanderweg8525]

Imagine if everyone knew how to spot and kill oriental bittersweet…. And multiflora rose, Japanese barberry, kudzu, etc

[@RuIer-]

english ivy

[@ericwanderweg8525]

@@RuIer- Yeah that too… and privet, Christmas berry, porcelain berry… the list goes on forever

[@MightyFineMan]

Don’t forget invasive honeysuckle to that list. Regardless, yeah, what a different world it would be if this was part of the public consciousness.

[@innovativeatavist159]

Hey! This is probably way too late, but you're going to want to apply herbicide directly to the freshly cut portions of the bittersweet, otherwise cutting the top off can encourage rapid root suckering. It's definitely not dead, just severely pruned 😅 But otherwise this is amazing! So happy to see someone paying attention and caring for the land! 😊 Keep it up! I'm hitting like and subscribe.

[@Russ0107]

Maybe the guy doesn't want to go spraying chemicals everywhere have you considered that?

[@innovativeatavist159]

@@Russ0107 Apply. Directly. As in paint the open and fresh cut. Which you would understand if you knew literally anything about this. Moron.

[@innovativeatavist159]

@@Russ0107 sorry, that was a bit harsh. Migraine. Not currently at my most diplomatic.

[@maxwellblackwell5045]

Can you recommend a safe herbicide? So far everything I've looked into should be illegal.

[@LaQuesaDeMI]

I concur with you, with invasive, species removal, It’s so important to use the pesticides, even those of us who normally would never pick up the things! I have definitely cut down some invasive shrubs before, and I have to tap the trunks with pesticides or they will grow back.

[@d.c.marsha9027]

I did the same over here in south Jersey. We had two ash trees covered by english ivy and bittersweet. I did this last Winter and this spring and summer the ash trees looked amazing. I'll go back and kill anymore vines I see, but I'm hoping that these 2 ash trees will some propagate many many more.

[@MightyFineMan]

Large forested parks within major US cities are the final stronghold of Ash trees. Due to being surrounded building high density, NOT in suburbs, I have observed a trend of these forested pockets have minimal invasive species of insects, fungi, and bacteria alike. I have observed Ash trees, American Elm, and American Chestnut still able to grow and produce seeds in viable numbers. The chestnuts are still very uncommon though. I have about 200-300 green ash seeds currently in stratification from last autumn.

[@steelonius]

Good luck with the seeds.

[@MightyFineMan]

@@steeloniusI recently planted 19 Green Ash saplings in protected private forest land. Those took 10 months to stratify. Many more to go.

[@steelonius]

@@MightyFineMan Awesome. Nice work!

[@aum0aumgood]

Will pruning dead branches limbs help encourage & support Ash recovery?

[@varietycarter]

thanks for the info

[@markmartindale7215]

Well done Andrew!

[@Really10801]

Any time I see those awful vines being lopped makes my day, most homeowners have no idea how bad they are and just leave them to wreak havoc on their landscapes. I also agree with the previous post, just painting a little undiluted glyphosate on the cut will go directly to the roots and kill them too... although best not done in the spring when the vine is pushing out to make new growth.

[@heidivanloosbroek8095]

Enjoy Ash trees while you can 😢

[@vanessaclemente5516]

Do you ever paint the piece you cut with herbicide?

[@Andrew_the_Arborist]

Yes, I usually paint the stump with herbicide if it's large like this one!

[@tobiasaidanbarnes526]

Garlon the world

[@christianterrill3503]

Where I live in the PNW the ivy viens will take over the forest floor and then grow up the trees completely killing the trees.

[@kaamn1829]

Wicked cool!!!

[@squirrelattackspidy]

Does bittersweet make you itch like with poison ivy?

[@iwanabana]

Any updates?

[@Nandurbarbar]

Hello from Indonesia

[@aaronandannelogan]

The emerald ash borer... *sigh*

[@samharrison3994]

its good to see an arborist that actually cares about trees, most dont and would rather get their chainsaw out.

[@frogtank4407]

1:0 and it it bleeds.

[@Lothric.Knight]

Did you really buy the 3 tools just to make this vid? Smh

[@bas17h4]

They look used already. Or maybe he got a new pair, or he enjoys what he's doing so he bought them for this video? Regardless, who cares? How else are you supposed to own things, should they only be ever "already owned"? You got a car when you started driving, right? Should we all laugh at you and say "wow you bought that car JUST to drive?" No, because that would be stupid, just like your comment

[@mangos2888]

It's a tax write off for YTers, so who cares

[@zarynt1089]

Those are common tools alot of people have...plus he is an arborist...so

[@FebbieG]

He keeps them clean. How many of his other videos have you seen?

[@andrewgardiner563]

If anything he bought three tools just to save a tree. Which begs the question: why does that bother you?