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Which wetter do I needAll 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.
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Dear oh dear I could have saved you money, stop buying PasTor from MVF and get decent advice!
How much do you put on of Dockstar at full rateIt 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.
Do they make it more effective? Fluroxypyr does most grassland weeds anyway I thought.
I used it on spuds that came up in my grass reseed. Worked well and used what was left on docks .worked well but they did come back . The reseed was just out and it did no harm at all . . MCPA I found a waste of time on docks and knocks the grass to muchDoesn't do much on thistles and wont touch ragwort
I feel ashamed . I was not aware it had gone so bad But I'm back it charge nowAnd not a horse in sight
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.
Dont accept slurry from dairy farms untill you have given him a full dock inspection. It's the livestock mans blackgrass with big ears
It's more than £10Id take the slurry and spend 10 quid an acre every year to sort the docks!