Remove it this November? A state-by-state answer

Each answer below comes from that state’s own agency or Extension guidance, the same sources our $12 plans use. Fall can be a good time for some woody invasives and the wrong time for others, like knotweed in Ohio.

• Amur (bush) honeysuckle in Ohio: Yes, a good time
• Japanese knotweed in Indiana: Late in the cycle
• Japanese knotweed in Ohio: Mostly no; plan for spring
• Burning bush in Connecticut: Yes, for cut-stump work
• Burning bush in Maine: Yes
• Burning bush in New Hampshire: Yes, by hand
• Burning bush in Vermont: Yes, it’s the right time
• Burning bush in Wisconsin: Yes
• Tree of heaven in Maine: Yes, basal bark
• Tree of heaven in Ohio: Partly

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