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?e <br /> <br />For larger plants the best treatment is to cut the plant at the ground and treat the fresh <br />cut stump with Garlan 4 or Pathfinder within 10 minutes or so. Then gather, pile up, <br />and burn the cuttings or mulch them. Fall or winter is the best time for this treatment. <br />There are experiments with the Chinese Leaf Beetle, sponsored by USDA, to see how <br />these bugs might control Tamarisk. Goats will eat Tamarisk and Imapweed. This <br />method usually requires fencing the area, moving the fence from time to time, providing <br />water for the goats, and in certain cases herd dogs for goat control. <br />Russian Olives are best handled by cutting the tree down and treating the stump similar <br />to Tamarisk. Resprouts need to be treated as well. Some spraying is done on smaller <br />plants. <br />In conclusion, United Companies is committed to control or noxious weeds at all United <br />locations. Usually it's a case of your neighbors not being as committed to control as <br />you are - making control on company land harder. We monitor the success of weed <br />control a minimum of three times a year. Tamarisk and Russian Olive treatment results <br />will be especially monitored to determine what method and what chemical is most <br />effective. <br />Brent Kerr <br />United Co.