My 67 acres is mostly abandoned stripmine land, but has become really overgrown with woods. The land has also become infested with multiflora rose and no one seems to have an idea about how to control it.

My goal is to manage for deer turkey and grouse along with some rabbits and squirrels. I have a fair amount of oak and hickory with a lot of wilod cherry. I'm open to any suggestions.

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You probably need to talk to your local county agriculture office. They will have all of the herbicides listed and what they will kill. If the terrain is real bad you may have to helicopter spray the stuff.

Contact your ag office or forester. I think that you'll end up spraying with Roundup when the roses are actively growing.

Dan O.

Multiflora rose is both a blessing and a curse. It provides
excellent cover for small game like rabbits, and young turkeys. Deer will bed in and around it, and even browse on it. It is a bear to control though. Round-up will kill it, but you may have to use higher than the normal amount. Even after killing off sections, it tends to "fill in".

Naturally, shading out the rose, will eventually kill it off. This can take years with pine plantings. Mowing it regularaly (in a field situation) can control it somewhat, but not eliminate it.

I'd try to eliminate it in specific locations, but learn to live with it in most others.

i have good sucess using round up for brush . i buy it at wal mart. don't buy the round up for grass and weeds it doesent work as well as the one for brush.good luch , tom

Hey Star,

I have a friend who is faced with the same thing you are explaining. He was advised to spray the individual bushes with commercial roundup. The stuff we buy from a local farmer calls for 3 tablespoons per gallon. I think I would double that. We intend to use my 25 gallon spray tank on my four wheeler to get these to the remote locations and hit them hard with the wand. The person advising to eliminate the multiflora rose bushes is a notable local forester. Good Luck!!

Kevin C.

Round-Up. depending on the strength. You will need a 3% or better concentration... It may be too late in the season...

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Thanks for the input. Lot's of good info. I'll try spraying it with Roundup in the spring and see how that works. There once were stronger sprays, but I think the EPA outlawed them.

I plan to leave some multiflora rose for cover, but there is just too much of it.

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