Treating Mesquite

[kmitchl]

I have a few small mesquites getting started on my place. Plan to treat with Remedy and diesel. What is the right time of year to do this?

[Dusty Britches]

When they turn green and bud.

[Walker]

Don't use diesel for foliar spray. Just Basel spray. For foliar spray mix with water and a surfactant. I use dawn.

[jfk47]

Why not diesel ? I'm just curious, I have heard many people (even here on the green screen) that have said that they use diesel mixed with Remedy.

[Joe H]

Walker is correct. If you spray a diesel mix on the leaves they will burn off too quickly and not carry the poison to the root. They will look dead but resprout later

[LWC]

I’ve had good luck with Sendero sprayed in the summer

[Yak blue]

Remedy/water/dye and surfactant as soon as the leaves start budding out. I’ve done this one but it doesn’t kill as effectively as remedy/diesel later in the year.

When the heat of summer really starts cranking up, 1 part remedy 4 parts diesel, and some blue dye. Spray the bottom 4-6” of the tree trunk all the way around at the base.

Sprayed my place in early august. By the time mid September rolled around, every tree that was 1-2” diameter or less could pretty much be broken off at the ground. The bigger specimens (3-5”) lost all the leaves and appear dead. We’ll see if they have one last uummmpphh of life this spring.

[Lincoln Hawk]

OP are you doing foliar, cut stump, or basal spray?

[60 Deluxe]

I use Sendero with water and Dawn. Works great. It is a foliar spray and works good from first leaf on through the summer.

[katyhighpockets]

Used Sendero, dye and dawn as well with great success provided we sprayed in July when it was hot.. Sendero seemed more effective than remedy

[dustoffer]

Was told by a rancher friend that you don’t spray until the leaves are fully budded out and have changed from the light green to the dark green. Our lease landowner insisted that we spray the entire plant so to experiment, we alternated rows-one just basal and the next full plants. Next spring, guess what? Basal sprayed plants were done, but the foliage sprayed ones came right back out.

[camoclad]

If you spray foliage, September through October as the plant is will carry the poison to its roots with nutrients its trying to store for dormancy.

Less poison in more roots will kill better.

keep in mind, if the mesquite has been cut multiple times, the majority of the plant is underground and you may never have enough foliage to carry a lethal dose. Will have to grub at that point.

[CoolHandLuke]

We use remedy with water and dawn. Get a good foliar coverage in July and august when the leaves are dark green. Have had great success. I’m out of chemical and need to get more before this summer.

[Walker]

Supposed to use remedy after the leaves turn dark green and before the beans elongate

[Puncher51]

25% Remedy 75% diesel. Spray bottom 18” of trunk. You can spray any time of year.