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Melaleuca Treatment
Decision Tree
for
Homeowners
You should suppress
melaleuca if the cost
of eradication is
prohibitive or if you
have large numbers
(acres) of trees.
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Do you
want to…
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.
Treatment
result selection
phase
Suppress
melaleuca
on your property?
Kill
melaleuca on your
property?
Remove the
trees?
Grind or
chip the
trees?
Preferred
option but
can be
expensive.
Leave
the
trees?
Not recommended for
populated areas or
near homes and
buildings.
Cut down
the trees?
Hack &
squirt
Use
heavy
machinery
Use
hand
tools
Use
heavy
machinery
Large machines such as the
Barko chipper and
Brontosaurus are best used
on large tracts with easy
access.
Best for large
tracts (acres
of trees).
Use a lawn
mower, brush
mower, etc.
Use
hand
tools
Cut the trees
down with a
chainsaw or
machete.
When trees become stressed
(by chopping them down, or
burning, or hurricanes, etc.)
they drop large quantities of
seeds. If left untreated, this
could create a problem
greater than when you
started.
Stumps will re-grow if not
treated. See page 15 of the
handbook. You can download
it from the Publications
section of the web site.
Follow-up
treatment
phase
Cut the trees
down with a
chainsaw or
machete and
grind them up
using a portable
grinder.
Aerial
spraying
Regrowth
treatment
Mow
Continue
mowing
Use
biological
control
You can order biological
control agents from the St.
Lucie County Extension. The
insects are free, you only pay
for shipping and handling.
Check the FAQ section of the
web site for instructions.
Visit the TAME Melaleuca Project web site at http://tame.ifas.ufl.edu
Treatment
method selection
phase
Use
biological
control