Bottom line, you don't want/need it in your pasture, so eradication methods are mandatory... You can shred it for the time being, then spray for unwanted growth down the line as you work to improve the pasture overall. 
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Bottom line, you don't want/need it in your pasture, so eradication methods are mandatory... You can shred it for the time being, then spray for unwanted growth down the line as you work to improve the pasture overall. 
Baymule
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If it is sumac, it spreads by roots that seem to run for miles, splitting off in all directions. 
greybeard
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Not sure what that is, but it looks shorter than the ones hanging off the plant in the other picture you posted.
I rode around on the 4wheeler this afternoon and took some pics of trees and leaves that I know for sure what are. This may take more than one reply as I took quite a few pictures.
Mature pignut hickory: (the raised bumps on the leaves are from some kind of sucking insect)
Daughter from nuts dropped from the same tree..there were lots of this size but I sprayed most several weeks ago:
Trunk of the mature tree:
Juvenile Burkett pecan...more or less, a native Texas pecan tree, that also grows all over the South:
The parent of the juvenile that is pictured above:
greybeard
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Leaves and nuts (far center right) of the tree last pictured in previous reply:
Closeup of the pecan stem & leaves:
I had to go to my sister's place next door to get these...got rid of all mine several years ago with one spraying..Baymule's favorite..young Honey locust:
A mature and flowering honey locust, and probably the source of all the small ones:
Closeup of the pecan stem & leaves:
I had to go to my sister's place next door to get these...got rid of all mine several years ago with one spraying..Baymule's favorite..young Honey locust:
A mature and flowering honey locust, and probably the source of all the small ones:
greybeard
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Part of the grove of honey locust that have sprung up from suckers around the larger one:
Why honey locust is despised and why I killed with malice and without reserve, every one on my property:
A real Chinaberry growing on the ROW next to National Forest, (Melia azedarach) not to be confused with Chinese Tallow, not that the Chinaberry is any less invasive than it's near name:
A Chinaberry I pushed down last year with the tractor and shoved it about 50' up the ROW and left the roots intact. It has re-rooted and is growing just fine.......horizontally:
Why honey locust is despised and why I killed with malice and without reserve, every one on my property:
A real Chinaberry growing on the ROW next to National Forest, (Melia azedarach) not to be confused with Chinese Tallow, not that the Chinaberry is any less invasive than it's near name:
A Chinaberry I pushed down last year with the tractor and shoved it about 50' up the ROW and left the roots intact. It has re-rooted and is growing just fine.......horizontally:
greybeard
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A couple of small Chinese Tallow trees along a waterway, that I hacked with a hatchet a couple of weeks ago and squirted a couple oz of Remedy/Diesel into the cuts. It wasn't the best time to do it, very hot and had been a couple weeks since rain, so the trees probably weren't moving much thru the vascular system, but I was down there anyway killing greenbrier
(All the illustrations of a frill of 'hack and squirt' process show nice neat straight cuts, all the same size and length. The real world is quite different. I did not tho, intentionally make cuts one above the other...I'm old and the hatchet gets heavy)
The cuts:
results:
A small cedar I sprayed the same day with Remedy/Sendero/water mix..I'm not sure this is going to kill the roots but since I had some Sendero left I thought I would try it.:
A product called Tordon22 works just as well as Remedy to kill woody invasives and it won't kill grass either, but you will need an applicator's lic to buy it in any volume un-mixed but you can buy it as Tordon RTU (ready to use) by the qts, and they'll sell you as many qts as your wallet can handle. go figure. (I killed a LOT of big Tallow trees with Tordon but I won't use it anywhere close to water.)
And just because......At the tree line behind the cattle is where the honey locust are. Just a barb wire fence to stop them thorny plants...and a bit of experience how to handle them. They don't get to come on my side of the fence...ever.
Taken 30 minutes earlier before all the cows moved close to the yard and from 90deg off where the other pic was taken:
(All the illustrations of a frill of 'hack and squirt' process show nice neat straight cuts, all the same size and length. The real world is quite different. I did not tho, intentionally make cuts one above the other...I'm old and the hatchet gets heavy)
The cuts:
results:
A small cedar I sprayed the same day with Remedy/Sendero/water mix..I'm not sure this is going to kill the roots but since I had some Sendero left I thought I would try it.:
A product called Tordon22 works just as well as Remedy to kill woody invasives and it won't kill grass either, but you will need an applicator's lic to buy it in any volume un-mixed but you can buy it as Tordon RTU (ready to use) by the qts, and they'll sell you as many qts as your wallet can handle. go figure. (I killed a LOT of big Tallow trees with Tordon but I won't use it anywhere close to water.)
And just because......At the tree line behind the cattle is where the honey locust are. Just a barb wire fence to stop them thorny plants...and a bit of experience how to handle them. They don't get to come on my side of the fence...ever.
Taken 30 minutes earlier before all the cows moved close to the yard and from 90deg off where the other pic was taken:
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Senile_Texas_Aggie
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All,
I have a few more pictures of the mystery shrub that is growing near the gate.
First, the leaves and trunk of a tree growing near the gate very close to the mystery bush. I don't think it is the same, but it may be.
Next, pictures of the leaves and "trunk" of a bush that is almost certainly the same as the mystery bush.
Another thing that happened yesterday is that my neighbor finally had an opening in his schedule for me to go get his tractor and implements. So now I am the proud owner of a New Holland TC48DA 4wd tractor and several implements. Watch out, farm, cause here I come!
Finally, I am asking for a bit of advise. The tractor and 3-point implements hitch directly to the 3-point hitch. So I am considering buy either a quick hitch or Pat's Easy change? What are you folks' opinion on those systems versus connecting directly to the 3-point hitch?
Senile Texas Aggie
I have a few more pictures of the mystery shrub that is growing near the gate.
First, the leaves and trunk of a tree growing near the gate very close to the mystery bush. I don't think it is the same, but it may be.
Next, pictures of the leaves and "trunk" of a bush that is almost certainly the same as the mystery bush.
Another thing that happened yesterday is that my neighbor finally had an opening in his schedule for me to go get his tractor and implements. So now I am the proud owner of a New Holland TC48DA 4wd tractor and several implements. Watch out, farm, cause here I come!
Finally, I am asking for a bit of advise. The tractor and 3-point implements hitch directly to the 3-point hitch. So I am considering buy either a quick hitch or Pat's Easy change? What are you folks' opinion on those systems versus connecting directly to the 3-point hitch?
Senile Texas Aggie
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Congratulations on your new tractor!
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I've never used either of those hitch options on my tractors.
B-I-L has a Pat's on his Kubota 3pt. Hopefully they have improved since he bought his several years ago. The bolt and lock nuts on the sides that are supposed to keep it straight with the arm never would, meaning the quick hitch set a little off at an angle and you usually had to get off the tractor and shove the implement over a couple degrees. The other problem was, because Pat's effectively make the 2 lift arms longer, his PTO shaft for 2 of his implements were now too short. Seems to be a common problem if you read the reviews on Tractorbynet.
My nearest neighbor has the quick hitch that incorporates the 3rd claw that sits aft of the top link. If you go this route, make sure you get one with the 3-4-5-6 holes at the top so you can adjust that upper hook. Not all implements are the same, and he's had trouble switching from box blade to mower and has had to chain the top mount yoke of his mower to the quick hitch because the top hook would only partially engaged the top of the implement. (examples do not constitute endorsement or criticism of any particular brand)
Like this:
as opposed to this:
B-I-L has a Pat's on his Kubota 3pt. Hopefully they have improved since he bought his several years ago. The bolt and lock nuts on the sides that are supposed to keep it straight with the arm never would, meaning the quick hitch set a little off at an angle and you usually had to get off the tractor and shove the implement over a couple degrees. The other problem was, because Pat's effectively make the 2 lift arms longer, his PTO shaft for 2 of his implements were now too short. Seems to be a common problem if you read the reviews on Tractorbynet.
My nearest neighbor has the quick hitch that incorporates the 3rd claw that sits aft of the top link. If you go this route, make sure you get one with the 3-4-5-6 holes at the top so you can adjust that upper hook. Not all implements are the same, and he's had trouble switching from box blade to mower and has had to chain the top mount yoke of his mower to the quick hitch because the top hook would only partially engaged the top of the implement. (examples do not constitute endorsement or criticism of any particular brand)
Like this:
as opposed to this:
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My problem is getting the shaft of the mower hooked up to the PTO. (hope I said that right) I found this and am wondering if anyone has used one or has an opinion. I can hook up other stuff after only a small struggle and a few words if they don't run off the PTO - but that shaft is a booger!
https://tractorptolink.com/shop/?v=7516fd43adaa
https://tractorptolink.com/shop/?v=7516fd43adaa
