Weeds in a ressed wat can I do.....??

[Ceri]

Hi all looking for some help... Put some grass seeds in about a month ago, coming up well but so are the weeds..... Spoken to my agronomist & he says there's no sprays on the market now that won't harm the clover... So I'm stuffed. Any ideas....?

 

[Fergieman]

Clover Max, we used it on undersown spring barley with clover in it.

 

[Ceri]

Clover Max, we used it on undersown spring barley with clover in it.

I don't think it's available now, he said its been taken off the market...?

 

[yellowbelly]

Graze it off with sheep / top it if you don't have any.

 

[Hilly]

Just use a clover killer then stich clover in later , dosent always kill the clover anyway you might get lucky.

 

[Ceri]

Will it harm the grasses being so soon grazing it....? Will they rip the whole grass plant out the ground....?

 

[milkloss]

What sort of weeds and what are you going to do with the grass?

Any docks, thistles and you're going to graze with cattle, silage or hay it then I'd spray and fudge the clover. Put it back in later if you really want it. Sheep will sort docks but thistles will give the lambs orf.

 

[neilo]

I don't think it's available now, he said its been taken off the market...?

I’ve used a clover safe product called Clovermaster (2-4DB) a couple of months ago, alongside a Triad to hot it up. Still available as far as I know, but only really effective against young blw.

which weeds are an issue?

 

[jack6480]

Spray clover out and re drill it, it’s cheap seed

 

[shearerlad]

As long as the clover is at true 3 leaf stage it can be sprayed with a tank mix of mcpa and 24d, can’t remember the rates off hand but I have posted it on here before

 

[milkloss]

As long as the clover is at true 3 leaf stage it can be sprayed with a tank mix of mcpa and 24d, can’t remember the rates off hand but I have posted it on here before

headland polo is the one for that, it’s relatively weak I think.

 

[Longlowdog]

If the seed bed is dry/firm enough run the mower over set on the high side? My Krone can have skids fitted to raise it to pasture topping height. If I didn't want chemicals or there were none available I'd mow it like a lawn till the grass out-competed the weeds. It may even encourage a thicker sward.
Some years back I ploughed and reseeded a field that came up like a crop of dead nettle. It looked a disaster but a couple of 'lawn mowings' got it back in great shape.

 

[ollie989898]

What weeds are we talking about? Headland Polo might do it, it might not.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Send a picture please, don't set fire to your hair if it only needs a trim

 

[davieh3350]

Mow it and leave the stuff for the ground.
Frank Newman Turners, Fertility Farming is a good read.
Stop seeing weeds as a problem, then you don’t have a problem!

 

[John Chance]

Sheep graze when you can't pull the plants out of the ground without snapping them.

 

[multi power]

Will it harm the grasses being so soon grazing it....? Will they rip the whole grass plant out the ground....?

Grazing with sheep is an essential part of establishing a re seed, I very much doubt the weeds are anything to worry about

 

[davidroberts30]

since we dont know what weeds are there........

could be fathen and redshank which wont be seen again if cut now

 

[Mc115reed]

Did 2 reeseeds here in May, both riddled with weeds... we mowed it and chopped it and it was back in 4 weeks time a big strong 1st cut level of grass with not a weed in sight

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Did 2 redress here in May, both riddled with weeds... we mowed it and chopped it and it was back in 4 weeks time a big strong 1st cut level of grass with not a weed in sight

How often do you redress, ?