How to Eliminate Buckthorn.
The best way to remove buckthorn without chemicals!
About Us
We do not like to use chemicals for environmental reasons and for personal health reasons. After reading labels on products that use chemicals to battle buckthorn, we tried to find a chemical free alternative. We could not find a chemical free product to kill this terrible buckthorn. Therefore, the Buckthorn Baggie was developed, tested over the years, and is now patent pending. We want to protect our native plants. We hope our product will help you battle your buckthorn issues with this safe chemical free alternative. No RTU or other chemicals are needed to eliminate buckthorn. A presentation by Buckthorn Baggie on buckthorn removal & control was given at the Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference (UMISC). A presentation was also given at the National Conference for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Buckthorn Baggie is a great alternative for battling buckthorn instead of using chemicals. We are listed on the Minnesota Department of Natural resources website as a way to control buckthorn.
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Buckthorn is an invasive plant overtaking many of the woodland plots across the Midwest, New England, and Canada. If not controlled or eliminated, buckthorn can totally destroy all native plants in our woods. Buckthorn Baggies control this problem without the use of chemicals. This method does not disturb the soil. Therefore, new seeds are not allowed to germinate. As a student at Bailey Elementary School in Woodbury, Minnesota, Matthew Hamilton didn't realize how valuable an inventors’ fair would be in his family’s future. The purpose of the Bailey Elementary School's 5th grade inventors’ fair was to identify a problem and then create a solution to the identified problem. Matt's dad put him to work removing buckthorn every summer. Matt realized that buckthorn was a huge problem, and he could not believe that there was no easy product to control it. Lots of chemicals can kill buckthorn, but with all of the side effects of chemicals, they were not to be used on his parents' property. Matt's next option was to pull the buckthorn out by hand. This was a lot of hard work, and after he would pull the buckthorn out one year, the following year resulted in hundreds of buckthorn seeds germinating and starting the cycle over again. Another major problem Matt was having by pulling the buckthorn out by hand was that when he pulled the buckthorn out of a hill, major erosion was occurring due to loose soil and no roots holding the soil in place. This made the problem even worse. As a result of the buckthorn problem, Matt went through several years of testing, documenting, and refining the Buckthorn Baggie so that it would be 100% effective and have a kill rate of 100%. Matt's product is one of those products that's so simple and effective he often hears, "Wow, why didn't I think of that?" to which he thinks, "You weren't the one tearing it out every summer". Matt graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering. This is now a family run business.
Here are the simple instructions:
Cut the buckthorn down leaving a 6" stump. For safety, cut should be at 90 degrees.
Place a Buckthorn Baggie over the stump - fanning out the bottom.
Zip - tie the Buckthorn Baggie to the stump.
Return after the stump is 100% dead and reuse on another buckthorn plant.
The Buckthorn Baggie is chemical free, does not disturb the soil, results in no erosion, and is reusable. The Buckthorn Baggie also works on any other plants that promulgate from the stump or root ball. Patent Pending.
For more information, please don't hesitate to contact us at buckthornbaggie@yahoo.com.
Company website is www.buckthornbaggie.com