glasshouse
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Or crush it
Yes
Crushing takes about a 10 yearYes
Or crush it
NoIs it not better to wait until it's just starting to die off to get the active into the roots?
Is it not better to wait until it's just starting to die off to get the active into the roots?
July is the month for spraying bracken.
Just grow back again nxt year, if it’s worth doing it’s worth doing properly.July might be wet, get it sprayed now
YesThanks for all the advice.
July is usually a month that has plenty of jobs to be done.
I was working off the principle that sometimes it's better to do a job when it suits you rather than risk it never getting done at all.
Not any more! You could have used Asulox up to last year.Is there any way to control bracken in hedges?
Aye lash on waste your money , lead a horse to water but can’t make it drink.Thanks for all the advice.
July is usually a month that has plenty of jobs to be done.
I was working off the principle that sometimes it's better to do a job when it suits you rather than risk it never getting done at all.
GlyphoIs there any way to control bracken in hedges?
Bracken is such a contentious but serious UK-wide issue that there should be a national eradication programme. A string of contractors should be available to eradicate bracken free of charge from any site at the request of the land manager.
And no environmental body should be involved, because they will do everything in their power to stimey or, at best, overcomplicate any such scheme.
And in the meantime, the same contractors should be available to assist farmers and gamekeepers in controlled burning of hill vegetation, together with the establishment of small plots of grass/herb/clover reseeds. Those measures, alongwith effective predator control, would result in a significant increase in all types of upland and moorland birds.
I think you've found a great solution there, but those contractors should also be made available to do all my hill gathering and fank work, shear my sheep and also lamb them - free of charge.
I of course should be allowed to keep my land that I've allowed to be over-run with bracken, keep any money I make from any improvements carried out and work done, oh and keep claiming subs as well.
Maybe some extra £££s for the increase in wild birds too?
The best thing about your idea is that these contractors will work free of charge so won't cost the taxpayer anything.
Do you have anything constructive to say about bracken and its control?
Cattle do eat bracken especially at this time of year when its just coming up.but its not good for them had a couple die over the years from it.I’ve just been gifted some rough grazing nextdoor. Not a big area but useful enough.
But 30% of it is riddled with bracken.
I have had to top round the outside to run electric fence as post and wire is dubious around much of it.
Grass is tough and waist high in much of it. No good for cutting.
I can graze with sheep or cattle.
My sheep do eat bracken in the hedge bottoms. Never seen any ill effects.
Never seen cattle touch it.
I would prefer to graze with cattle to try and tread all the crap into the ground to Clean it up a bit.
But worried there’s too much bracken there and cattle will take it causing issues??
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