Mondays with Martha #180 - Autumn-Olive Management

This week I discuss several ways homeowners can approach invasive autumn-olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) management on their properties, including hand pulling, foliar herbicide application, cut stump treatment, and hack-and-squirt methodologies and the associated timing, tools, personal protective equipment, and ecological and regulatory considerations. These techniques can be used in combination to successfully control autumn-olive and many other woody invasive species.

Resources:

mnfi.anr.msu.edu/invasive-species/AutumnOliveBCP.pdf

woodyinvasives.org/woody-invasive-species/autumn-olive/

woodyinvasives.org/management/physical-removal/

woodyinvasives.org/management/foliar-herbicide/

woodyinvasives.org/management/cut-stump-herbicide/

woodyinvasives.org/management/girdle-stem-injection/

edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/AG259