Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
I re seeded a field last year and there's a lot of thistles growing on it, what's the best spray or way to get rid of them? It's a 10 acre field so might spot spray with knapsack
Thistles
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Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
What type of thistle?
ollie989898
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Stiff rate of MCPA but as above, knowing what type of thistles they are would be useful.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Grazon pro with Hand Sprayer or ThistleX with Tractor
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
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Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
Creeping thistle
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
Creeping thistle
Seeded what ...........
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
Grass
Thistlex is the best imo , it will kill most
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
That’s a shame, probably be to spray, I had a reseed come full of scotch ones a few years back and just went with a sharp spade and some headphones and chopped them out. Worked a treat. Spray wasn’t an option though as I had plantain and clover in the mix.
- Location
- Ceredigion
By rights you cant use ThistleX in a hand held and your not supposed to mow it in same year.
MCPA ,you may as well top them for thevgood that does IMO
MCPA ,you may as well top them for thevgood that does IMO
- Location
- Hockley Essex
Leystar
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
I ve got a last years reseed the same, the drought hammered the grass and clover but didn’t seem to bother the weeds. I just heavy rolled it and will mow it early. Hopefully that will sort them.
I whack a dozen a day getting the cows in... That'll be a couple thousand by the end of the grazing season!
Farmer Keith
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Been chopping a few monsters out already, they don’t seem to of minded the warm wet winter here.
ollie989898
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I would use thistleX for those but do you have any weeds beside them also?
If it's creeping thistle, spot spraying is a thankless and often pointless exercise in my experience...
Thistlex overall when it's warmed up a bit.
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Seems the only thing growing here are thistles. It’s either to wet to windy or both together to spray
ollie989898
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2 degrees here overnight so keeping it in the can for a bit longer won't hurt.