He Kills Buckthorn With Plastic Bags

He Kills Buckthorn With Plastic Bags FARM HOME Miscellaneous It took a couple of years and lots of experiments for Matthew Hamilton to refine his buckthorn-killing technique using plastic bags “It works on plants as small as a pinky finger up to 4 in in diameter ” he says He cuts the buckthorn off and then covers the stump with his patent-pending 5 mil black plastic bag secured with a zip tie “Fanning out the bottom of the bag stops new sprouts ” he adds He recommends cutting and bagging the buckthorn in spring when it blossoms and leaving the bag on for a year Then the bags can be reused and placed on another buckthorn stump “We have a 100 percent kill rate with this bag ” Hamilton says In 2014 Hamilton and his parents founded Buckthorn Baggies and started selling packages of 30 100 200 and 500 bags with zip ties and instructions Every 10th bag has a Do Not Remove label that explains what it is so that people don’t “clean up” and take the bags Interest has grown for his bags since Hamilton started giving presentations to conservation and other groups Some customers are using the baggies on other invasive plants The young entrepreneur notes that 10 bags are donated to nonprofit organizations for every 100 sold Prices start at $29 99 plus $5 99 S&H for 30 bags Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Matthew J Hamilton Buckthorn Baggies 7282 Newbury Ct Woodbury Minn 55125 ph 651 738-9774; www buckthornbaggie com; buckthornbaggie@yahoo com

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