- Location
- East Sussex
not as well as you might imagine. They take some killing.
Nettles and Brambles
- Thread starter Derrick Hughes
- Start date
not as well as you might imagine. They take some killing.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
, have a field that was reseeded maybe 10 years ago with a scattering all over it , gave a good dose of thistlex last autumn (had a creeping thistle issue as well ) nettles back the same this spring , no thistles , have some quite persistent patches of nettles in other fields , done with forefront about 3 years ago , and grazon pro for last couple years thinner but still there , stubborn fkrs to get rid off permanently , just wish the clover was so persistent
- Location
- East Sussex
Our biggest issue is overyeared dung lumps not being stacked and hence growing big clumps of really strong nettles. Certainly spread them selves about once they've been through the spreader
we make sure lumps are well turned to prevent Them getting strong if it doesn't kill them.
Danllan
Member
- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
Can only write from my own experience; have used GP and glypho' on them, and can't say I've noticed any difference in the proportion that try and come back the next year - very small in both cases. And, anyway, I suspect that they are probably from seeds rather than roots.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Still got a lot to do ,looks like I will have to pay up and get the best then
Danllan
Member
- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
It is the way of things...
ollie989898
Member
Most products are rainfast inside 2 hours. I would add a wetter- solar plus or whatever you can get that is approved for the task in hand. I used to use solar plus a lot, helps with drift as well (no small thing when using forefront near housing!).
ollie989898
Member
Forefront will be more effective than pastor or grazon pro.
If they are at least 8-12 inches tall and plenty of leaf you will roger most of them.
ollie989898
Member
Chaps, just be careful when using these products, you don't want to be splashing them on your clothing or skin, and certainly should not be getting spray near your face or eyes- no cabless wonders allowed.
When knapsacking the dose per target will be much much higher than with a tractor sprayer, don't be tempted to exceed the product:water ratio stated on the label as these are intentionally set to keep the spray concentration at a safer level.
For brambles I have seen good results with roundup and 2,4D. Needs to be plenty of leaf on it though.
When knapsacking the dose per target will be much much higher than with a tractor sprayer, don't be tempted to exceed the product:water ratio stated on the label as these are intentionally set to keep the spray concentration at a safer level.
For brambles I have seen good results with roundup and 2,4D. Needs to be plenty of leaf on it though.
- Location
- Ceredigion
What's Chikara?
ollie989898
Member
I can't remember the active but it's a weird N wonderful residual/total herbicide that comes in a tiny pot and costs a bomb I think.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Are the restrictions on silage ground due it it passing on in the dung . No health risk to stock?
- Location
- East Sussex
Yes. You should be signing a declaration stating that you will be using it on grazing only.
- Location
- Ceredigion
So what's opinion on Galgon and Nettles .
- Location
- East Sussex
If you hit them perfect then they'll be mostly gone, if not you'll need at least a couple of goes.
i don't know when the perfect time is as I don't intend on spraying nettles..... usually docks and thistles and any nettles killed is a bonus. Fluroxypyr certainly knocks them over for the rest of the season but usually they'll be back.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Similar to MCPA then
- Location
- East Sussex
I'd say better than mcpa... it will reduce the clumpiness much better but you'll still end up with more individual looking plants all over.
spark_28
Member
- Location
- Western isles
got a field thats getting ravaged with stingy nettles and thistles, i hammered it with sheep for a week but their still coming on strong. best and safest way to eradicate them?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
1L/ha of Thistlex, before the nettles are flowering. Might need a second dose next year if they are old established nettles with big root systems, and you’ll still get the odd ones coming back in an attempt to recolonise.
This whole place was like it when I arrived, and treated 170ac like that. Down to spot spraying by year 3, but they soon get going again if you don’t bother for a year.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Thistle X but not with a hand sprayer, looks nasty stuff