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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
for Homeowners
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
for Homeowners
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This tool will help you select the right treatments for
managing your melaleuca problem.
This tool will help you select the right treatments for
managing your melaleuca problem.
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Visit the TAME Melaleuca Project web site at http://tame.ifas.ufl.edu
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Killmelaleuca on your
property?
Killmelaleuca on your
property?
Suppress melaleuca on
your property?
Suppress melaleuca on
your property?
Do youwant to…Do you
want to…
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Treatmentresult selection
phase
Eradicating Melaleuca Suppressing Melaleuca
Pro’s Con’s Pro’s Con’s
Final solution – once the trees are removed and stumps are treated
High cost – can run several thousand dollars per acre to kill and remove trees.
Low cost – biological control insects used to suppress the trees are free, self perpetuating, and self-sustaining.
Time – it takes a long time for biological control agents to become established and have an effect.
Reduces risk of fire Trees must be replaced with native vegetation so other invasive plants won’t take hold.
Fire risk remains as long as the trees remain.
Click on the selection that
best suits your needs
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.
You should suppress melaleuca if the cost of eradication is prohibitive or if you have large numbers (acres) of trees.
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Suppress melaleuca on your property
Suppress melaleuca on your property
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
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Treatmentresult selection
phase
Mow using a lawn mower, brush mower,
etc.
Mow using a lawn mower, brush mower,
etc.
Lawn mowers work best on seedlings of 6 inches in height or less. Brush mowers can cut saplings of an inch or more in diameter, depending on the manufacturer. Regrowth will occur unless mowing is repeated regularly.
Lawn mowers work best on seedlings of 6 inches in height or less. Brush mowers can cut saplings of an inch or more in diameter, depending on the manufacturer. Regrowth will occur unless mowing is repeated regularly.
Biological control agents prefer young seedlings and saplings and can actually them. On larger trees, the insects can reduce flowering and seed production.
Biological control agents prefer young seedlings and saplings and can actually them. On larger trees, the insects can reduce flowering and seed production.
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Suppress melaleuca on your property
Suppress melaleuca on your property
Regrowth treatmentRegrowth treatment
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
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want to…
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Mow using a lawn mower, brush mower, etc.
Mow using a lawn mower, brush mower, etc.
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Killmelaleuca on your
property?
Killmelaleuca on your
property?
Remove thetrees?
Remove thetrees?
Leave thetrees?
Leave thetrees?
Treatmentresult selection
phase
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Not recommended for populated areas or near homes and buildings. The trees are a fire hazard and pose a threat during heavy weather.
Not recommended for populated areas or near homes and buildings. The trees are a fire hazard and pose a threat during heavy weather.
Preferred option but can be expensive.Preferred option but can be expensive.
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Killmelaleuca on your
property
Killmelaleuca on your
property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
Cut down the trees?Cut down the trees?
Grind or chip thetrees?
Grind or chip thetrees?
Treatmentresult selection
phase
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want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
Grind or chip the
trees
Grind or chip the
trees
Useheavy
machinery
Useheavy
machinery
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phaseUsehandtools
Usehandtools
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Chainsaws, machetes, portable chippers, etc.Chainsaws, machetes, portable chippers, etc.Barko chipper,
“brontosaurus”, etc.Barko chipper,
“brontosaurus”, etc.
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
Grind thetrees
Grind thetrees
Heavy machinery
Heavy machinery
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
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want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Hand tools
Hand tools
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
Grind thetrees
Grind thetrees
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
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Do youwant to…Do you
want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
Cut down the trees
Cut down the trees
Heavy machinery
Heavy machinery
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phaseHand toolsHand tools
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Chainsaws, machetes, portable chippers, etc.Chainsaws, machetes, portable chippers, etc.
Feller-buncherFeller-buncher
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
Cut down the treesCut down the trees
Heavy machinery
Heavy machinery
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
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Do youwant to…Do you
want to…
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
Hand toolsHand tools
Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Remove thetrees
Remove thetrees
Cut down the treesCut down the trees
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
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want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Leave thetrees
Leave thetrees
Hack &squirt
Hack &squirt
Aerialspraying
Aerialspraying
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
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Hack & squirt is a technique where you girdle the tree with a machete, then apply herbicide to kill the tree.
Hack & squirt is a technique where you girdle the tree with a machete, then apply herbicide to kill the tree.
Best for very large tracts (acres of trees).Best for very large tracts (acres of trees).
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
Leave thetrees
Leave thetrees
Hack &squirt
Hack &squirt
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
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Do youwant to…Do you
want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
forHomeowners
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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Kill melaleuca on your property
Kill melaleuca on your property
Usebiological
control
Usebiological
control
Leave thetrees
Leave thetrees
AerialsprayingAerial
spraying
RegrowthtreatmentRegrowthtreatment
Treatmentresult selection
phase
Treatmentmethod selection
phase
Follow-uptreatment
phase
StartStart
Do youwant to…Do you
want to…
Melaleuca TreatmentDecision Tool
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First released in April 2002, the melaleuca psyllid (SILL-id) is difficult to see directly because of its small size (1/8 inch). However, its nymphs (immatures) are easy to detect from the waxy flocculence (white fluff) that they secrete onto melaleuca leaves and stems. This wax is harmless and washes off with rain. Psyllids complete their entire six-week life cycle on the melaleuca tree. Pale to bright yellow eggs are laid on leaves and stems and hatch in about two weeks. Nymphs cause the majority of feeding damage and take around three weeks to develop into adults.
First released in April 1997, the melaleuca weevil has been distributed to over 150 locations. Evidence of their presence includes holes or gouges in buds and leaves. Adults are fairly easy to spot on melaleuca – they are gray-brown, with six legs and a snout, and larger than a ladybug (up to 3/8 inch). When touched, they tend to “play dead” and fall to the ground. Adult weevils may live longer than one year, and females may produce up to 1,000 eggs. Eggs hatch after seven days and spend seven weeks as larvae (immatures). Larvae grow up to 1/2 inch and are sluglike, and trail thin coils of fecal matter. Larvae are usually gray but might appear yellow at times. When the larvae are ready to pupate, they cease feeding, crawl or drop to the ground, and spend about four weeks underground in an earthen capsule. Due to this time spent in the soil, weevils do not fare well in permanently flooded habitats.
You can order melaleuca psyllids and weevils from the
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
at http://tame.ifas.ufl.edu/html/faq.htm
You can order melaleuca psyllids and weevils from the
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
at http://tame.ifas.ufl.edu/html/faq.htm
Biological control is always an option!
Two biological control agents are available.
Biological control is always an option!
Two biological control agents are available.
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Damage caused by melaleuca psyllids.Damage caused by melaleuca psyllids.
Damage caused by melaleuca weevils.Damage caused by melaleuca weevils.
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Heavy machinery options
Heavy machinery options
A brontosaurus grinds standing trees all the way down to the ground level. The remaining mulch can cover the stumps, reducing the amount of regrowth from the stumps.
A feller-buncher grabs standing trees, cuts them off at the base, treats the stumps with herbicide, then stacks the trees for later removal. Stacking the trees limits the phase of seedling recruitment thus lowering the amount of follow-up needed.
A Barko chipper attacks standing trees, toppling the trees and chipping them into a mulch that remains on the ground. If the mulch covers the stumps sufficiently, minimal regrowth will occur.
Although the above machines are common, they are but three
of the many types used.
Although the above machines are common, they are but three
of the many types used.Continue…Continue…
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Heavy machinery options
Heavy machinery options
A brontosaurus grinds standing trees all the way down to the ground level. The remaining mulch can cover the stumps, reducing the amount of stump regrowth.
A feller-buncher grabs standing trees, cuts them off at the base, treats the stumps with herbicide, then stacks the trees for later removal. Stacking the trees limits the phase of seedling recruitment thus lowering the amount of follow-up needed.
A Barko chipper attacks standing trees, toppling the trees and chipping them into a mulch that remains on the ground. If the mulch covers the stumps sufficiently, minimal regrowth will occur.
Although the above machines are common, they are but three
of the many types used.
Although the above machines are common, they are but three
of the many types used.Continue…Continue…
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Hand tool optionsHand tool options
Using a chainsaw to cut down a tree.
A machete was used to girdle this tree by cutting through the bark into the cambium layer. It is important to treat the exposed cambium layer with herbicide as girdling alone will not kill melaleuca.
Using a machete to cut down a tree.
Regardless of the method used to cut down a tree, you need to treat the stump with herbicide.
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If doing this work yourself, always follow the
manufacturer’s instructions when using machinery and
herbicides, and always wear the appropriate personal
protective equipment.
WARNING!
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Hand tool optionsHand tool options
Using a chainsaw to cut down a tree.
A machete was used to girdle this tree by cutting through the bark into the cambium layer. It is important to treat the exposed cambium layer with herbicide as girdling alone will not kill melaleuca.
Using a machete to cut down a tree.
Regardless of the method used to cut down a tree, you need to treat the stump with herbicide.
Continue…Continue…
If doing this work yourself, always follow the
manufacturer’s instructions when using machinery and
herbicides, and always wear the appropriate personal
protective equipment.
WARNING!
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RegrowthRegrowth
Coppicing occurs when a tree is cut or falls down. The tree will regenerate easily. Melaleuca used as fence posts have been known to regrow.
Recruitment occurs when stressed trees drop their seeds. A mature tree can hold 50 million seeds, and when those seeds drop, a significant amount of seedling growth will occur within a couple of weeks, often creating a bigger problem than the one that originally existed.
There are two kinds of regrowth:
Recruitment and Coppicing.
There are two kinds of regrowth:
Recruitment and Coppicing.
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Herbicide treatment and biological control are both effective methods of controlling coppicing.
Biological control is an effective method of controlling recruitment but large outbreaks may require retreatment.
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If you need more information about melaleuca or how to treat it, go to the TAME Melaleuca Project
website at http://tame.ifas.ufl.edu.
Conceived, designed, and created by John C. Scoles, writer/editor for the TAME Melaleuca Project, 2006.
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For more information, you can download a handbook from the publications page of the TAME website.
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