Y Fan Wen
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I think glypho is the way forward, you get very little penetration to ground level on a thick stand, an of it is thick there isn’t much of value underneath it anyway.
I sprayed this last year:
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I was reversing up with the tractor and got as far as I could before the 6’ high stuff folded the booms in or I spun out, it’s horribly slimey under old stands of the stuff.
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this is another bit that’s been under bracken and gorse for decades, glypho last year and ripped the gorse out with a digger, the soil looks great but again really slippy, I took off skiing down the slope on a couple of occasions whilst rotavating.
I’ve read that it is quite alleopathic, realeasing chemicals that hinder other plants. I wonder how long these take to break down? Do t want to be chucking expensive seed too early on if it’s doomed to fail!
Doesn't bracken harbour ticks? And don't ticks spread lime disease? Surely protecting the public from Lime disease should be pretty high up the priorities listI will never understand this perennial to and fro over asulox. It's either safe to use or not. Why they fudge about reauthorising it every year I will never know. I think the truth is that these organisations are either infested with or listen too heavily to clipboard wielding enviro-freaks who in all honesty don't want anything, sprayed anywhere, ever.
Doesn't bracken harbour ticks? And don't ticks spread lime disease? Surely protecting the public from Lime disease should be pretty high up the priorities list
Dad had a positive diagnosis. Thing is it's so easy to confuse with other common ailments.I think the actual incidence of lyme disease is just too low to bother with. I hardly ever see much to read about it.
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Dual wheels did the job, not sure if I’ll manage a lime spreader up it tho, forecast quite wet too.
Dad had a positive diagnosis. Thing is it's so easy to confuse with other common ailments.
I think the actual incidence of lyme disease is just too low to bother with. I hardly ever see much to read about it.
GP blood test.How did that come about? Was it done by GP blood tests or sent away to a specialist?
Just leave it?when you fellas spray off bracken with Roundup how long do you reckon to leave it before cutting it off?
I have spot-sprayed a load of it with a knapsack about 10 days ago, its starting to go brown just wondered how long before I can be sure it won't recover
Just leave it?
I've got one bare patch still after 5 years I think. I've assumed that the bracken exudes something which prevents grass growth. Mostly tho' they gradually green over in the next 18 months.Trouble is the grass isn't growing underneath it.......I was hoping to mulch it off and then catch some grass growth later on.
We did some other thick heaps with Asulox last year and by the time it had rotted down over winter we have been left with bare patches in the fields
Yes, I've just bought some. "Land designated for conservation" covers quite a lot of situationsIt seems that Asulox can be sprayed via backpack on 'Land designated for Conservation'...
Asulox - Bracken Control (bundle with non ionic wetter available)
Asulox is the most effective product for controlling bracken. Containing the active ingredient Asulam, this herbicide controls bracken by being translocated throughout the plant and down to the root. Previously called Brackn & Asulam The use period for Asulox has now ended. Information on...www.progreen.co.uk
But now they're only selling it in 20l containers which by my reckoning means I'd have to use 2 backpacks worth a day to use it all up before the end of the licence period.It seems that Asulox can be sprayed via backpack on 'Land designated for Conservation'...
Asulox - Bracken Control (bundle with non ionic wetter available)
Asulox is the most effective product for controlling bracken. Containing the active ingredient Asulam, this herbicide controls bracken by being translocated throughout the plant and down to the root. Previously called Brackn & Asulam The use period for Asulox has now ended. Information on...www.progreen.co.uk