Spot spray for docs, nettles, tansies etc

[Ali]

Can someone advise a good chemical for spraying out docs, nettles tansies and thistles. Using either a quad sprayer or knapsack sprayer.
Have used grazon90 but doesn't seem that reliable

 

[exmoor dave]

using timbrel this year instead of grazon.
Only used on nettles so far but knocks them over quicker than grazon.

 

[Kevtherev]

PASTOR

 

[neilo]

PASTOR

I've heard that Pastor works quite well, but I wouldn't know as it's not legal to use it in a knapsack/quad sprayer.

It's a very similar active to Grazon, so I doubt it would be any more effective than that, but at least it wouldn't be wasting as much money.

 

[grumpy]

mcpa

 

[jimmer]

i went round with agritox 50 yesterday in the knapsack
the nettles looking a little sorry for them selves today hopefully the docks thistles and thorns will have a head ache in the next day or two

 

[General-Lee]

I've heard that Pastor works quite well, but I wouldn't know as it's not legal to use it in a knapsack/quad sprayer.

It's a very similar active to Grazon, so I doubt it would be any more effective than that, but at least it wouldn't be wasting as much money.

Never heard that!! If that's the case dad never uses that for spot spraying or spraying around outside fields under electric fencing.

 

[oil barron]

Relay- P

 

[solo]

Forefront T is £150ish for 5litres or £30/acre. Does a brilliant job on all those weeds but beware of residues in muck on sensitive crops. 200ml in 10 litres is the way forward to keeps the cost in check. Last used about 6 years ago on some hedge bottom nettles. An odd one is now starting to come back, hence using it again.

 

[B&B Pig Man]

mcpa

+1

Works a treat - and cheap!

 

[Magnificent Earwig]

i have been told that mixing tomahawk and thristlex together is very good, pretty much the same as garlon before that got banned, not that i have tried it.

 

[defender]

Forefront T is £150ish for 5litres or £30/acre. Does a brilliant job on all those weeds but beware of residues in muck on sensitive crops. 200ml in 10 litres is the way forward to keeps the cost in check. Last used about 6 years ago on some hedge bottom nettles. An odd one is now starting to come back, hence using it again.

I am sure you have made a mistake with the chemical name here

 

[Cowgirl]

I did a bit of spot spraying with Grazon Pro a couple of weeks ago - docks look just the same as they did - perhaps a few curled leaves but not the effect I was hoping for! Very disappointed - does it take a long time to kill them? Used the recommended concentration, weather has been very variable since but they seem to be growing.

 

[Landyman]

PASTOR

Also kills Himalayan balsam You didn't hear it from me,not licenced fer it

 

[Yosemite Sam]

PASTOR

I've just used some of this on docs and they are as dead as a dodo now

 

[andybk]

mcpa

chemical topping only kills the clover , all the bad stuff just pops back up later in the year

 

[cattow]

Forefront T is £150ish for 5litres or £30/acre. Does a brilliant job on all those weeds but beware of residues in muck on sensitive crops. 200ml in 10 litres is the way forward to keeps the cost in check. Last used about 6 years ago on some hedge bottom nettles. An odd one is now starting to come back, hence using it again.

There's a far bit of paper work involved in getting Forefront, one declaration you have to sign is no muck must leave the holding

 

[neilo]

There's a far bit of paper work involved in getting Forefront, one declaration you have to sign is no muck must leave the holding

And no hay/silage to be taken from the field in that year, IIRC.

Tried a couple of fields last year at 1L/ha (1/2 rate) on advice & to keep cost reasonable, and it has cleared them up a bit, but still plenty of buttercups left to multiply up.

 

[grumpy]

chemical topping only kills the clover , all the bad stuff just pops back up later in the year

no a whiff of mcpa is deadly to thistles and docks and even a half dose is enough.the clover only gets a knock back but soon bounces back.

 

[milkloss]

no a whiff of mcpa is deadly to thistles and docks and even a half dose is enough.the clover only gets a knock back but soon bounces back.

Hard on grass though which isn't good if you just want to stop the docks going to seed in late silage. Which is all MCPA is possibly good for IMO.

Also only top kill on nettles.