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You should suppress melaleuca if the cost of
eradication is prohibitive or if you have large
numbers (acres) of trees.
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Do youwant to
You should kill melaleuca if the trees are few in
number, the trees are near your home, or your
property borders on a natural area.
Suppress melaleuca on your property?
Kill melaleuca on your property?
Treatmentresult selectionphase
Preferred option but can be expensive.
Remove the trees?
Leave the trees?
Not recommended for populated areas or near homes
and buildings.
Cut down the trees?
Grind or chip the trees?
Hack squirt
Aerial spraying
Cut the trees down with a chainsaw or machete and
grind them up using a portable grinder.
Useheavymachinery
Usehandtools
Best for large tracts (acres of trees).
Use a lawn mower, brush mower, etc.
Useheavymachinery
Usehandtools
Treatmentmethod selectionphase
Large machines such as the Barko chipper and
Brontosaurus are best used on large tracts with
easy access.
Cut the trees down with a chainsaw or machete.
Mow
Use biological control
When trees become stressed (by chopping them
down, or burning, or hurricanes, etc.) they drop
large quantities of seeds. If left untreated,
this could create a problem greater than when you
started.
Regrowth treatment
Continue mowing
Use biological control
Stumps will re-grow if not treated. See page 15
of the handbook. You can download it from the
Publications section of the web site.
You can order biological control agents from the
St. Lucie County Extension. The insects are
free, you only pay for shipping and handling.
Check the FAQ section of the web site for
instructions.
Follow-uptreatmentphase
Visit the TAME Melaleuca Project web site at
http//tame.ifas.ufl.edu