I am plagued with this vine on all my oaks. I spend a lot of time cutting through the vines and that sometimes leaves them hanging and swinging overhead. The method you propose would allow them to stay close to the trunk of the tree until they decayed and naturally fell from the tree and then no more vine vigil on my part.

The best part about this eradication method is that you only need to use a very small amount of chemicals. I think this could be used effectively on small saplings that have gotten a foothold and refuse to die no matter how many times you cut them off at ground level.

Thanks for posting this.

Terrific idea! Congratulations, Greene!

Well done, greene! I don't have Virginia creeper anything near that bad, but little starts of it does pop up now and then. I use Roundup, but it takes a couple of applications.

Because my husband and I are very allergic to poison ivy, we will not touch Virginia creeper because it can cause a rash for some people. I don't want to put it to the test, lol!

Thanks we have some large vines .. this looks like a great option.. Thanks!!

Thanks everyone!
I plan to try this method to eradicate a few tallow trees on our property. If I can kill them before I cut them down they will be less likely to spread by suckers. But that's an article for another day.

I plan to make a small hole and use a glue syringe to inject the herbicide. Here is one example of the glue syringe:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GWCVBKW/

Very nice.. thank you

All ya gotta do is cut the vine at its base about a half inch above the ground and paint the stump with glyphosate concentrate. It's a goner.

Thanks for the great idea! I think I would use a syringe for pouring the herbicide, my vision is not that great. I'll give a shot to it next spring. It's late enough in the year here that it's starting to die off anyway.