too late to round up blackgrass?

[MrNoo]

I would let it die off completely and dry out then stick a match to it, it will clear the mess, break any dormancy of any viable seeds and also encourage fresh growth from any other seeds. Works wonders a good match!!

 

[Badshot]

Have got 10 acres that i sprayed off 9 days ago, dying off nicely. Do I flail it down to the ground now its been round-upped? Then try and get more black-grass to chit through the summer?

You'll get little germinate in June/July/August whatever you do,

 

[Shutesy]

You'll get little germinate in June/July/August whatever you do,

I did think that, flail it or not though, would tidy it up a bit.

I would let it die off completely and dry out then stick a match to it, it will clear the mess, break any dormancy of any viable seeds and also encourage fresh growth from any other seeds. Works wonders a good match!!

Wish that were possible!

 

[MrNoo]

I think you'd be surprised, some failed SB that I sprayed off 2 weeks ago has one leaf BG growing very happily at the moment, a good thunderstorm or two would soon get some growth. As above I'd burn it then see what appears.

 

[MrNoo]

You must have some juvenile kids kicking around that you can blame it on!! Although by your location I guess you could be at the end of the runway so maybe not the done thing.

 

[Shutesy]

You must have some juvenile kids kicking around that you can blame it on!! Although by your location I guess you could be at the end of the runway so maybe not the done thing.

we are under the flightpath into the airport. One 3 acre field right next to a big house and another 7 acres of a 20 acre field right next to it not ideal burning locations unfortunately

 

[Flat 10]

Have got 10 acres that i sprayed off 9 days ago, dying off nicely. Do I flail it down to the ground now its been round-upped? Then try and get more black-grass to chit through the summer?

Why wouldn't you at least try?

 

[Shutesy]

Why wouldn't you at least try?

This is it don't think I've anything to loose by trying.

 

[Flat 10]

This is it don't think I've anything to loose by trying.

Just a little time and diesel. Crack on!

 

[Feldspar]

See bottom of page 3 (not that one) for the expert's view on the optimal time to glyphosate BG - he says first week in June is better than late May or late in June. We did ours today.

https://cereals.ahdb.org.uk/media/433525/is30-black-grass-solutions-to-the-problem.pdf

 

[Rob Holmes]

Last year me and my brother spent 3 days with knapsacks and quadbike sprayer walking trams to spray out patches, this year I have only seen the odd plant in fields we walked last year and in the worst field I spent an hour and 2 knapsack loads spraying it out, this field was OSR last year and wasn't sprayed.

Well worth doing