So far it seems to do everything I had hoped. After treating the locust stump I poured the remainder on the basal area of an Osage orange and it is now toast. I mixed 2oz of Crossbow and 2 oz water in with the 2oz or so of Tordon I had left. However, I did cut down a larger locust the other day and was almost out of Tordon RTU. I have not tried it as a basal application yet. Shortly after spraying I noticed some wilt in a few oak and ash saplings that were extremely close, but those appear to have come around and are doing ok now. Although the label indicated mixing it with water might be a problem it has worked just fine. Please refer to the product label for application instructions. The stuff seems to be pure death on MF Rose. The mixing rate of Crossbow Specialty Herbicide - 2, 4-D & Triclopyr is 1 1/3 fl oz Crossbow Specialty Herbicide - 2, 4-D & Triclopyr into one gallon of water. A couple larger trees (6'+) had a few limbs that have survived so far, but maybe I missed them. It is a little slow, maybe 2+ weeks for total kill but it has also been very dry. It has been 90% effective on the Osage and Locust trees. I have been using 2oz/gal in water as a foliar spray and have been very pleased so far. Just thought I would throw out an update on the Crossbow. So, having read the lable I am wondering if anybody has any real-life experience with Crossbow control of woody vegitation and what mixtures you had success with and on what species? My second concern is that the Crossbow lable states that when mixed with water it forms an emulsion (not exactly sure what that means) rather than a soulution and may require constant agitation (not an option). They do not contain the same ingredient however with Remedy being twice the price you would think it would at least go as far, which it certainly would'nt at 25% vs 4% with Crossbow. Triclopyr is a proven herbicide used in forest and land management. My first concern is that seems like a light mix compared to the 25% product/diesel recommendation I got for Remedy. Crossbow gets its effectiveness from a combination of two proven weed killers: Triclopyr and 2,4-D. It recommends 5.12oz product per gal of diesel for a basal spraying to control tough trees like locust etc. I have read the label and it is 2-4D ester (34.4%) and Triclopyr BEE (16.5%). My primary use for it will be basal spraying (standing trees) and some foliar spraying for control of Osage Orange (not specifically listed). I stopped at Theisens yesterday and their sales people talked me into buying Crossbow as an alternative for a tree killing herbicide. Crossbow does work great on Blackberries, grape vine and milkweed along with some of the other items we were having issues with that I do not know the name of, I also saw NO affect on our Southern Bahia grass after the brush started to die.I originally set out to buy Remedy herbicide but was unable to locate any other than at F/S for $120 a gal. I will spray a second round to see if it kills some of the tough weeds not affected by only one round of spray, if not, I will go with another product for those. It did state that it may need to be mixed with other broadleaf herbicides to keep from making more than one pass if I wanted to kill all of the issues I had. Overall was satisfied with how it performed. I bought the Crossbow knowing I would probably have to mix it with another herbicide to kill everything that was over taking our pasture and ditches but wanted to see how the crossbow did on its own first. It is doing its job! We recently purchased 40 acres in Central Florida that had not been well taken care of for a few years but did have about 25 head of cattle on it. *See product manual 2 for MSDS information 45 Reviews 19.99 View Details Add to Cart Ranger PRO Ranger PRO Herbicide, 2.5-Gal 0.0 No Reviews 124.99 View Details Add to Cart Moss Out Moss Out For Roofs and Walks, 54-Oz Jug 4.3 45 Reviews 29.
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