Deathstick, aka Woody Painter
Call it what you will, this is a simply designed tool that allows you to easily travel in the field and apply herbicide to vertical stems, using slightly modified paint roller technology. Not quite low-tech, not high tech, but the right-tech!.
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Cattail Knife
Behold the lowly vinyl knife! While it is great for cutting linoleum, it is also a marvelous and inexpensive tool you can use to bring cattails into line.
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Eco-Weeder (aka "Puzzy Boy")
The Eco-Weeder is a device that uses a superheated radiating element to toast weeds by disrupting their cells. It looks more suitable for the lawn and garden than wildland applications, but you can be the judge.
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EZJect Lance
This long rod is armed with herbicide capsules. You can use it to drive the small capsules directly into the tree trunks, similar to a drill and fill application. No muss, no fuss.
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Herbicide Wand
This tool was designed by TNC's Jack McGowan-Stinski (Michigan), and is a home-made device that makes cut-stump treatments easy. We have design information on-line for you.
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KlipKleen Shears
What a great idea! Clip a plant and apply an herbicide to the freshly cut surface at the same time! This would simplify your work a lot. But does this little device do all it advertises? Read our mixed review.
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Kut-N-Kill Hand Pruners
Another kind of "herbicide shears", well built and a nice addition to your tool box. This does not cut and apply herbicide in a single step---it is essentially a pair of shears with a separate on-board herbicide tank. However, the design makes cutting and herbiciding easier for some applications. Read this if you do not know about "ratchet" pruners.
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Landa® Hot Water Pressure Washer
Pouring boiling hot water onto weeds, or subjecting weeds to hot steam, is a method of weed control that has been practiced for some time. Read this tool review, written by TNC's Robin Switzer (Mississippi), for its application and use on cogongrass, and its applicability in other natural areas.
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Ringer
More than $150 is a lot to spend on a tool that rings trees, especially if you already have a machete or chainsaw in your toolbox. However, I had heard a couple of raving reviews about this tool, so when I received word that a nearby land manager had bought one, I borrowed it for a "test drive."
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Root Jack
The Root Jack is something similar to the Weed Wrench (described below). However, it is lighter weight and cheaper. I did some field tests with it and decided it was better than the Root Talon for most applications, but not better than the Weed Wrench. You might have some use for this, as long as you are aware of its limitations.
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Root Talon
The Root Talon is an inexpensive way to grab onto small trees and lever them out of the ground. Lightweight and easy to handle, this is designed with buckthorn in mind.
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Vapor Torches
Would you like to use spot burning to incinerate plants? This backpack-mounted vapor torch is a convenient way to carry fire into the field.
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Waipuna™ Hot Foam System
Another hot water/steam system! Does using foam to trap superheated steam onto weeds work better than just hot water alone? Does this type of system work well in natural areas? Although this hot foam system appears to kill weeds readily, there are several limitations to using this system in natural areas.
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Weed Wrench
This handy device is used to yank plants right out of the ground. Four different sizes are available, and with the biggest model, trees up to a few inches in diameter can be yanked!
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