Do I need to get it sprayed

[puntabrava]

My pal sprayed it two months ago and all went dead, I have been busy ever since, I want to sow ryegrass, do I need to get it sprayed again?

 

[bobk]

My pal sprayed it two months ago and all went dead, I have been busy ever since, I want to sow ryegrass, do I need to get it sprayed again?

What's growing ? grass .

 

[puntabrava]

What's growing ? grass .

I should be so lucky, thistles and other weeds. Funny how without soil disturbance it comes back.

 

[Will Blackburn]

Yes, cheapest weed control you’ll get.

 

[bobk]

I should be so lucky, thistles and other weeds. Funny how without soil disturbance it comes back.

Ploughing or tickling ?

 

[Boysground]

I’d spray it. 3l of glyphosate is cheap weed control

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[puntabrava]

Ploughing or tickling ?

I was going to rotavate it with a 6 metre machine.

 

[bobk]

I’d spray it. 3l of glyphosate is cheap weed control

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That won't touch the thistles .

 

[Boysground]

That won't touch the thistles .

usually does with me, 4l then

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[bobk]

I was going to rotavate it with a 6 metre machine.

You won't have clover in your mix presumably ?

 

[puntabrava]

Would a 6’’ deep pass with rotavator be as affective as spraying?

 

[puntabrava]

You won't have clover in your mix presumably ?

No, every weed pollen off the plain blows down into this valley, need to spray every year and clover makes things expensive sadly.

 

[bobk]

No, every weed pollen off the plain blows down into this valley, need to spray every year and clover makes things expensive sadly.

Just sow it then , thistles will come back anyway , do them when the new crop has emerged

 

[deleted user 837354]

I would hit that with kyleo if it is full of thistles and wait at least 2 weeks before doing anything to it afterward.

3L of straight roundup if it is just grass.

 

[bobk]

I would hit that with kyleo if it is full of thistles and wait at least 2 weeks before doing anything to it afterward.

3L of straight roundup if it is just grass.

Thistlex is only a tenner , they will be no more .

 

[deleted user 837354]

Thistlex is only a tenner , they will be no more .

It's all the other stuff I would be worried about, also you can't use thistleX on new leys from memory.

 

[bobk]

It's all the other stuff I would be worried about, also you can't use thistleX on new leys from memory.

If it's sown now , grazed in the autumn , spray thistles next spring .

 

[deleted user 837354]

If it's sown now , grazed in the autumn , spray thistles next spring .

Fudge that, will only let them recover and grow more root. Also thistles don't always poke their heads up that early. You don't want them in your silage/hay.

 

[puntabrava]

Okay it seems this is not straight forward ( I am glad I am not a farmer). I will take some pics of the green bits tomorrow for a real kill off, thank you all of you for your replies.

 

[bobk]

Fudge that, will only let them recover and grow more root. Also thistles don't always poke their heads up that early. You don't want them in your silage/hay.

You can chase your arse for thistles , killing them now won't guarantee no thistles in 2 months .