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Any suggestions on killing prickly pear beyond digging up their roots?
Posted on 6/25/26 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 6/25/26 at 6:43 pm
I've tried 3 different sprays that Google suggested, and it will not kill them.The only thing that I can figure out that kills them at this point is , whatever those moths are that bed in them.
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Posted on 6/25/26 at 7:02 pm to Themicah86
I’ve never had a problem with them. If they are really bothering me I just chop them with a machete.
You feel like a ninja slicing through them.
You feel like a ninja slicing through them.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 7:24 pm to Themicah86
Cut it and spray the base with triclopyr.
ETA: spray right after you cut it.
ETA: spray right after you cut it.
This post was edited on 6/25/26 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:13 pm to Themicah86
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Chemical Control (Best for extensive infestations)Spot spraying: Herbicide programs utilizing fluroxypyr (e.g., Vista XRT) or picloram (e.g., Tordon 22K) are highly effective.
Application: Spray both sides of the fleshy pads until they are thoroughly wet, but not to the point of runoff. This is best done in hot, dry weather when the plant is actively growing.
Posted on 6/25/26 at 10:47 pm to Themicah86
The ranch I hunt on had burned all the thorns off the prickly pears back in the droughts of the 40s and 50s for the cattle and deer to eat water so they were all gone (7300 acres). The owners in the early 90s decided they wanted it back so we planted it all over by cutting it with machetes and sticking the cut part down in the soil and pushing a little topsoil over it. I did that for about 4 weekends over the summer and had more thorn pokes than I thought possible and learned that it is incredibly difficult to kill prickly pear.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:33 am to Stexas
I still have my grand father’s pear burner setup. That lasted way beyond the 50’s because I remember burning them in the mid 90’s.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:46 am to Themicah86
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I've tried 3 different sprays that Google suggested, and it will not kill them.The only thing that I can figure out that kills them at this point is , whatever those moths are that bed in them.
You need to give us more information. We talking serval hundred acres or some shite in your yard?
Posted on 6/26/26 at 6:06 am to Themicah86
Dr Craig Harper cocktail. It’ll kill a gumball tree so a prickly pear should be a cakewalk.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:35 am to Koolazzkat
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