Dock sprays

Derrick Hughes

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Ceredigion
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Derrick Hughes

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Location
Ceredigion
All the Dow products are quite kind to the grass, doxstar contains fluroxypyr.

Flurox will be cheap and cheerful, use at maximum rate with an adjuvant and plenty of water with good steady spraying. If it is a bad infestation you will need to go again anyway.

Leave the docks well alone for at least 2 weeks after spraying.

It can be mixed with Polo, MCPA or 2,4D etc freely.
Which wetter do I need
 
How long .?

I would say at least 2 weeks if not longer, but I don't know your region. Those docks do not have enough leaf on them yet and even the grass does not look particularly growy so it may be that it is not growy enough for you yet.

An infestation like that would push me toward using doxstar if I am honest. Or half rate doxstar and then add full rate hatchet. That is a serious infestation and you will likely need a couple of bites at that cherry.
 

Matt

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Dear oh dear I could have saved you money, stop buying PasTor from MVF and get decent advice!

what would you say is a good all round mix,
or what would you do for the following, i have got a field where its alot of thistles, some nettles a few docks and good chuck of chick weed,
And on a field next to it i have got buttercups and dandylions would be the main target with some thistles and nettles for good luck.

did wonder about going down the pas tor route for ease and hopefully a bit of decent persistence opposed to a one season clearup.
 
Nettles, docks, thistles and chickweed os a pastor job.

Buttercup and dandelion can be dealt with using envy. It wont hurt thistles and nettles as well though. If you want to do all 4 of those in one hit its a forefront job im afraid and im not sure how effective it is in dandelions.

Depending on the dock burden in the second situation you could add hatchet to bolster the envy a bit.
 

Derrick Hughes

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Location
Ceredigion
It will lay them out pretty quick but won’t always kill them. I had a field last year got just straight fluroxypyr, it was a hell of a crop of docks. They’re back this year but still small and red leaved so will get the same treatment as soon as they green up and I’m confident they won’t survive a second go.

Had a quote for hurler (200g/l fluroxypyr) £65 for five litres which works out £26/ha. Doxstar pro is approx £50 a ha recently, mcpa at £14 but you’ll probably double that to put 24d with it and make it more effective. forefront approx £78 a ha at last years prices.

I have done mcpa and half rate 24d in the past and did a good job but it’s all about timing and a little luck.
How much do you put on of Dockstar at full rate
 

Matt

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Nettles, docks, thistles and chickweed os a pastor job.

Buttercup and dandelion can be dealt with using envy. It wont hurt thistles and nettles as well though. If you want to do all 4 of those in one hit its a forefront job im afraid and im not sure how effective it is in dandelions.

Depending on the dock burden in the second situation you could add hatchet to bolster the envy a bit.

thanks
I kept coming back to those choices.
Will have to run it past landlord just so they know. but this is the trouble when they havnt done anything for years. little bit and often to maintence is the best way
 

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