Cheap and cheerful thistle/nettle control - if there is such a thing

Jerry

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Devon
Got a nice flush of spear thistles and nettles in old grass that need cleaning up, best cheap and cheerful spray?
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
for nettles Grazon ' s good at it with a bit of water conditioner /wetter we find, not cheap but spot spray. do them now.
not now but spray later so as not to compromise the grazons translocation thorough action on the nettles
....do the spear thistles later ( as long as you catch them before flowering obs. and cheaper and in the tractor sprayer , mcpa.
Time fer bed :sleep:
 
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