Thistles

[bazza3034]

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

 

[glensman]

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Too much thistles

 

[steveR]

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Speak with your agronomist and hit them with herbicide... Might need more than one visit though!

 

[Rich_ard]

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Can you top them.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

You will need to spray two or three years to clear them
A few facts, a Thistle seed can survive for over twenty years in the soil

 

[crashbox]

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Compaction.

 

[ollie989898]

You can try to thistleX them now but if they are all shapes and sizes and multiple feet tall don't expect a 100% kill. In a late summer situation they are best all topped down and then the regrowth sprayed.

You may hit the survivors with blaster or similar from a knapsack. The dose given to each weed will be much stiffer and with a higher chance of success.

Buy some marker dye from your usual stockist and add to the tank whenever using a knapsack to apply herbicide. Makes it a lot easier to see where you have been and I find it more satisfying.

 

[Highland Mule]

You can try to thistleX them now but if they are all shapes and sizes and multiple feet tall don't expect a 100% kill. In a late summer situation they are best all topped down and then the regrowth sprayed.

You may hit the survivors with blaster or similar from a knapsack. The dose given to each weed will be much stiffer and with a higher chance of success.

Buy some marker dye from your usual stockist and add to the tank whenever using a knapsack to apply herbicide. Makes it a lot easier to see where you have been and I find it more satisfying.

Are the actives in Blaster safe for grazing ground? It's not one I've noticed before.

Edit - found the label. 7 days stock exclusion.

 

[ollie989898]

Are the actives in Blaster safe for grazing ground? It's not one I've noticed before.

It is no doubt called something else now but the product I was referring to was one of the very few approved for knapsack use. No doubt in the raft of forever changing labels it's contents are now either banned, impossible to source or changed completely anyway. Thrust used to be an alternative but you would need to check labels.

Because of the individual dose involved from knapsack application, you'll generally get better results, even on huge weeds compared to that applied by a boom sprayer.

 

[Highland Mule]

It is no doubt called something else now but the product I was referring to was one of the very few approved for knapsack use. No doubt in the raft of forever changing labels it's contents are now either banned, impossible to source or changed completely anyway. Thrust used to be an alternative but you would need to check labels.

Because of the individual dose involved from knapsack application, you'll generally get better results, even on huge weeds compared to that applied by a boom sprayer.

Blaster Pro - still available on the Pitchcare website, so likely is current. Described as "An emulsifiable concentrate containing 240 g/l triclopyr (present as 334 g/l of triclopyr butotyl) and 60 g/l (5.5% w/w) clopyralid."

edit - bugger, no. It's OOS and recommends Grazon Pro

 

[AJR75]

Is it worth spraying them at this time of year? I have similar issues along with nettles as well on a couple of bits of ground that evaded the sprayer at the start of the season.

 

[ollie989898]

Blaster Pro - still available on the Pitchcare website, so likely is current. Described as "An emulsifiable concentrate containing 240 g/l triclopyr (present as 334 g/l of triclopyr butotyl) and 60 g/l (5.5% w/w) clopyralid."

Blaster Pro Selective Herbicide - Selective Weed Killer | Green-tech

The Blaster Pro Selective Herbicide offers a selective weed killer control product for professional use.

www.green-tech.co.uk

It mentions below about keeping livestock off of treated areas for 7 days so one would presume it is approved for grazing. The same product I am sure has other names and is labelled by other manufacturers though I cannot recall them for the life of me.

 

[ollie989898]

Is it worth spraying them at this time of year? I have similar issues along with nettles as well on a couple of bits of ground that evaded the sprayer at the start of the season.

Is it stays mild and they are actively growing, you would probably get better results than if you tried to get them in a cool spring.

 

[neilo]

Blaster Pro - still available on the Pitchcare website, so likely is current. Described as "An emulsifiable concentrate containing 240 g/l triclopyr (present as 334 g/l of triclopyr butotyl) and 60 g/l (5.5% w/w) clopyralid."

edit - bugger, no. It's OOS and recommends Grazon Pro

Thistlex is 200g of each, and the higher level of Clopyralid will make it more effective on thistles.

It must not, under any circumstances, be used in a knapsack/quad sprayer though as it's not on the label, and I would not suggest doing any such thing.

 

[neilo]

Is it worth spraying them at this time of year? I have similar issues along with nettles as well on a couple of bits of ground that evaded the sprayer at the start of the season.

Not so sure on thistles, but I'm convinced that hitting nettle regrowth in the Autumn works well to finish them off. I've seen it suggested that they will be taking the chem down into the roots at this time of year, ensuring a nice, slow kill.

 

[Bob the beef]

Blaster Pro - still available on the Pitchcare website, so likely is current. Described as "An emulsifiable concentrate containing 240 g/l triclopyr (present as 334 g/l of triclopyr butotyl) and 60 g/l (5.5% w/w) clopyralid."

edit - bugger, no. It's OOS and recommends Grazon Pro

As far as I’m aware blaster pro and grazing pro are one and the same

 

[spin cycle]

with the rain and warm weather thistles that we're topped earlier on present an ideal target just now I think

 

[choochter]

what kind of thistles? scotch thistles or creeping thistle?
is there any point in spraying creeping thistle at this time of year?

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Is it stays mild and they are actively growing, you would probably get better results than if you tried to get them in a cool spring.

My experience is spraying creeping thistle this time of year is most successful,

As ollie says it’s actively growing get it sprayed

 

[choochter]

My experience is spraying creeping thistle this time of year is most successful,

As ollie says it’s actively growing get it sprayed

really? the ones here look as though they are dying now