spraying rushes advice wanted

Hello all.
I am trying to sort out some of my most recently acquired low-laying land which is infested with rushes to various degrees. About half of these blighters i managed to top off 7 weeks ago and now have good regrowth, but the other half have not yet been touched.
What would be the most effective way of getting rid of them?
Weed wiper and Round up?
Weed wiper and some other chemical?
Would round up be effective on the untopped rushes?

I do realize i have underlying issues with drainage and soil pH which is also on my list of jobs to do, but i must admit, dealing with rushes is new to me.
Thank you in advance for your helpful advice. Oliver
 

Thick Farmer

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Location
West Wales
Weed wiper with glyphosate will kill the young ones. I would top the mature reeds and give them some glyphosate 6 weeks after they grow back.

There is a specific spray available, but it isn't as cheap as the weed wiper.
 

General-Lee

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Location
Devon
Weed wiper with glyphosate will kill the young ones. I would top the mature reeds and give them some glyphosate 6 weeks after they grow back.

There is a specific spray available, but it isn't as cheap as the weed wiper.
What would that be? As I'd be worried about putting glyphosate through our weedwipe as it seems to drip!:unsure:
 

Y Fan Wen

Member
Location
N W Snowdonia
Don't forget, there is hard rush and soft rush and their control is different.
If you are not sure, take a spade and try and cut the roots.
Hard rush roots are like wire, which is where the name comes from.
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
Rushes were not realy a problem in the 70ts as lime and improvement grants kept them under control, what a shame all this money is wasted when it could be used
On grants to improve ground produce food and make farming profitable again

I was told the other day that there is an-ex dairy farm (used to milk 300) near Newport, Shropshire, that is being flooded to make wetland habitat. Apparently retaining banks have been pushed up and water is being pumped in by a windmill, suggesting it wasn't even historically wetland. Seems insane to wreck prime ag land like that.:(
 

roscoe erf

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Livestock Farmer
I was told the other day that there is an-ex dairy farm (used to milk 300) near Newport, Shropshire, that is being flooded to make wetland habitat. Apparently retaining banks have been pushed up and water is being pumped in by a windmill, suggesting it wasn't even historically wetland. Seems insane to wreck prime ag land like that.:(

agree but they will try and convince us to eat rushes be the next food craze then you will wish you had not improved the ground:(
 

Walterp

Member
Location
Pembrokeshire
Mcpa will kill them no need to cut them. If its not drainage thats required it will be lime and or slurry.

Not always a good idea to apply slurry to ground on which rush grows - often a thin soil resting on a bed of clay, so the slurry will percolate through and then just 'sit' on the clay, making the situation much, much worse in due course.

Contractors round here refuse to spread slurry on this type of ground, recommending FYM instead.
 

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