thistlex

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

I have some ground going into vegetables and also into sunflowers. The thistles are putting on good growth and everything else was taken out by a Feb Glyphosate application. I really want to do the thistles properly, roots and all, but not leave potentially crop-damaging chemical residue. What's...

What chemical options are people using to control black grass in forage maize? Last year I used PDM pre-em and a nicosulfuron post em but poor results. Would dual gold or wing -P alongside PDM be a more robust pre-em option for black grass ? I know they are not cheap!! thanks

New clover safe spray apparently just been released. Anyone know of any uk distributor? Tia

Anyone know the current price for a 3 ltr. pack ?

A thread for grassland/livestock farmers. There's lots of discussion threads covering arable too but seeing as SfI seems to want to see the back of livestock farmers I was hoping we could share what we're doing to recoup some lost subsidies. the options seem few and some very negative opinions...

Should we worry both as consumers and producers? Glyphosate on oats is the obvious one.Recently highlighted by tim Spector on one of his zoe podcasts. Do we know if glyphosate is toxic in any way. Is it messing with our microbiome? Also as a strawberry grower I am well aware of the very short...

So we have some established docks and thistles etc that I want to get rid of. Knapsack and quad sprayer. Grazon pro. Doxstar Pro. Pastor. Thistles. What to use? Rather have something that will work on all rather than just one weed but does it do as good a job?

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...

Does anyone get any problems with going grass to grass reseed? Any advice on making sure it is successful. We put in stubble turnips last winter then reseeded this spring, worked well but would like to do more this year but have no real use for the extra break crop, we didn't spray last year but...

I am a rubbish farmer and should know this sort of thing... on Monday I sprayed thistlex on a couple of acre meadow which is used for camping etc, how long would you leave it before mowing it to make it look tidy? the weeds have wilted but im worried if I mow it now (have guests on site from...

We've just bought a weed wiper and want to clean up thistles & docks in a herbal ley, there's also a lot of fat hen What are the best chemicals to use ? Should it be just glyphosate or can we use something with a quicker kill like thislex / Pivotal / Prevail etc

Silage field was sprayed this past with with forefront, been assured it’s safe to cut it won’t forefront as the much from the resulting silage will only ever be used back on grassland. But what I was wondering how long after spraying is it safe to cut it ?

Looking to buy a weed wiper for all the small thistle and nettle patches in the fields, rather than blanket spray. Any recommendations which ones are good ? It will be for an ATV. Thanks.

There's a few options within ELMS which look to improve soils, with long term benefits. Also some productivity investment incentives. Most of ELMS seem to revolve around land based options which reduce food production or completely remove the land from production via various forms of fallow...

There's a huge number of respirators available out there but very few seem to explicitly state they protect against weed spray. Someone please point to some info or H&S manuals etc please. Full mask or half with googles? Filter types include Organic vs non-organic? Gases and vapours from...

I have had limited success with Thistlex in the past with Spear thistle. Anything any better that we are allowed to use nowadays?

Ive got a pasture with a thistle problem whats best spray thistlex or pastor or a mix of something else

could anyone weigh in on this please ive got a lot of creeping thistle on about 15 acres of pasture with some nettle patches in and the odd dock, looking an expensive mix if I listen to the agronomist at hutchinsons, but thistlex seems to be in a very short supply at the moment getting massive...