Ep. 120 - Some invasive plants in Illinois and their management | #GoodGrowing

On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we continue our discussion on problematic plants in the landscape by getting into some invasive plants we have in Illinois. We discuss invasive bush honeysuckle, oriental bittersweet, teasel, and purple loosestrife. These plants are having negative impacts in many different environments across Illinois. Learn more about these invasive species, how we can control them as well as some alternative plants we can plant instead! See our smiling faces and pictures on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0YGwaqfXMkw 00:35 – Enjoying the rainy weather? 02:00 – Invasive vs. species of concern 03:50 – Invasive bush honeysuckle 04:15 – Why was it originally introduced? 05:00 – What does it look like? 07:25 – Are they good bird food? 08:35 – How can we control bush honeysuckle? 11:55 – Problems that bush honeysuckles cause 13:20 – More on honeysuckle control 13:45 – Hand-pulling and cutting 15:35 – Cut-stump and herbicides 18:05 – What about fire? 19:10 – Helicopters 21:30 – Alternatives to bush honeysuckle 23:23 – Oriental bittersweet and problems it causes 25:20 – Native bittersweet 27:00 – Oriental bittersweet control 29:30 – Online purchases 30:37 – Alternatives to oriental bittersweet 31:35 – Teasel 33:10 – How does it spread? 34:05 – Control of teasel 37:01 – Online purchases 37:33 – Purple loosestrife 38:17 – How can it spread? 40:38 – Biological control of purple loosestrife 41:25 – Herbicide control 42:50 – Sterile purple loosestrife? 43:20 – Fall invasive plant and weed management 44:44 – Purple loosestrife alternatives 46:31 – Wrap-up, thank you, what’s up next week, and goodbye! Miss part of our discussion on good and bad plants? Part 1 (wintercreeper and Japanese barberry) – https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573/ep-118-good-plant-bad-plant-part-1-goodgrowing Part 2 (Callery pear and burning bush) - https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573/kill-your-callery-pear-burning-bush-and-plant-these-instead-goodgrowing Invasive shrubs increase spread of tick-borne disease - https://news.wisc.edu/invasive-shrubs-increase-spread-of-tick-borne-disease/ Management of Invasive Plants and Pests of Illinois: https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/management_of_invasive_plants_and_pests_of_illinois.pdf Purple loosestrife, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticplants/purpleloosestrife/index.html Check out the Good Growing Blog: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. -- You can find us on most podcast platforms. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573 iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/ Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/ Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD