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Old 04-03-2008, 09:57 AM   #11
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Kill them all.
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Old 04-03-2008, 09:57 AM   #12
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I've heard it referred to as "Devils Walking Stick", have a bunch back in the woods...

Aralia spinosa

devil's walking-stick Aralia spinosa Araliaceae
I have a bunch of them in my yard (now that I know what you're talking about..). They actually do make good walking sticks if you find one that's about 6 feet tall and sturdy.
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:05 AM   #13
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Kill them all.
Absolutely, very invasive and they have the only throns I seen worse than a pryrocanthia...

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I have a bunch of them in my yard (now that I know what you're talking about..). They actually do make good walking sticks if you find one that's about 6 feet tall and sturdy.
If you need more walking sticks you're welcome to them!

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YW! When I first moved in, and spotted them comming-up. I thought I had stumbled upon an exotic rose



Asparagillis...
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:40 AM   #14
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Absolutely, very invasive and they have the only throns I seen worse than a pryrocanthia...



If you need more walking sticks you're welcome to them!



YW! When I first moved in, and spotted them comming-up. I thought I had stumbled upon an exotic rose



Asparagillis...
Walking sticks are nasty and certainly not good as walking sticks since they have scads of sharp thorns. To use one as a walking stick you'd need to wear welders gloves.
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Walking sticks are nasty and certainly not good as walking sticks since they have scads of sharp thorns. To use one as a walking stick you'd need to wear welders gloves.
What do you find repulsive about walking sticks?




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Old 04-03-2008, 10:53 AM   #16
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Walking sticks are nasty and certainly not good as walking sticks since they have scads of sharp thorns. To use one as a walking stick you'd need to wear welders gloves.
I'm one who's advocates getting rid of them!

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Old 04-03-2008, 10:54 AM   #17
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Absolutely, very invasive and they have the only throns I seen worse than a pryrocanthia...



If you need more walking sticks you're welcome to them!



YW! When I first moved in, and spotted them comming-up. I thought I had stumbled upon an exotic rose



Asparagillis...
How do you kill them? Just pull them up?
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Old 04-03-2008, 10:59 AM   #18
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They spread through rhizomes under the soil, so you'll soon have a natural fence or hedgerow.
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How do you kill them? Just pull them up?
As Cowgirl said, they sprout out of their roots. If you pull them-up you have to get all of the root, which would be a PIA!

I've cut then off about a foot above the ground, then brush some un-dilluted "Brush-be-Gone" on the open stalk.
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:10 AM   #19
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Walking sticks are nasty and certainly not good as walking sticks since they have scads of sharp thorns. To use one as a walking stick you'd need to wear welders gloves.
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I'm one who's advocates getting rid of them!

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Crimeny!! No one has ever heard of using shaping knives and sandpaper???? I'm not dumb enough (contrary to popular opinion...) to grab those things!!!
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How do you kill them? Just pull them up?
Pitchfork usually gets it all.
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