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nikki
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 Posted - 09 Apr 2009 : 2:25:55 PM
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hiya all
which weed killer do you use on your fields?
thankyou nikki
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gossy
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moatside
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haggis
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Kharidian
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England
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Posted - 10 Apr 2009 : 8:46:01 PM
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None! Having said that, grazing is not limited and I can understand the need to maximise grazing if one only has a small area. In fact, I think that we don't have a weed problem because the land is not over-grazed.
We have three old cows who stay in the summer fields (45 acres) all year round and clear the dung-patches and we use a tractor & topper to remove small brambles etc that appear out of nowhere. Our ragwort problem is lessening every year - all pulled by hand over about 60 acres in total - we have working parties to clear large areas (they're great fun)! and we (the liveries) are expected to pull any odd ragworts we see when walking the fields to catch the horses....although of course some are more diligent at this than others!
Sorry, this hasn't helped you at all.
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Roseanne
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Posted - 11 Apr 2009 : 5:24:22 PM
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Hi Gossy,
Go easy on the Forefront. I think it's been withdrawn from sale because it contaminates hay and distorts vegetables grown in soil mixed with the manure from animals that have eaten hay sprayed in the past with Forefront.
The story below will give you more details. Some people haven't been able to get their muckheaps taken away. I've done stories about people's 'organic' vegetables that have all had to be chucked because the plants were contaminated by 2nd year Forefront. There's another brand name too which I'll try to find out. It's a hormone-based aminopyralid made by Dow chemicals and they've withdrawn it and banned its use in the USA.
http://www.horsemagazine.co.uk/news/Warning_as_organic_horse_manure_tainted_with_weed_killer_kills_vegetables_article_263655.html
Edited to add, the other names of weedkillers that contain this aminopyralid are
Banish
Forefront
Halcyon
Pharaoh
Pro-Banish
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Edited by - Roseanne on 11 Apr 2009 5:26:37 PM |
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Renee
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Posted - 11 Apr 2009 : 6:24:31 PM
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We don't use weedkiller but have managed to completely get rid of loads of docks as well as creeping buttercup by getting the horses off the field in spring and cutting very late hay for 2 years - this enabled the grass to re-seed and it out-competed the weeds. My OH works in conservation and he refuses to use chemicals on our land, I didn't believe him when he said this would work, but it did. Our field does have a good mix of grasses though, I'm not sure if this makes a difference.
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MinHe
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Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 12:25:42 AM
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If you need to spot-treat docks or similar, use glyphosate (Roundup). It is safe for any organism that doesn't contain chlorophyll. I used to work with pesticide researchers, and heard of cases of husbands who had been dosed with glyphosate by nasty wives, who couldn't work out why their husbands remained perfectly healthy, LOL! 
If you make a 'shield' from the top bit of a plastic drinks bottle, and tape it to the top of the trigger gun, you can dose just the plants you want to kill without spray drifting onto grasses etc you DON'T want to remove 
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Joto
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Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 3:45:22 PM
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gossy
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Posted - 12 Apr 2009 : 9:47:26 PM
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| Thanks Roseanne, Forefront was at our last yard, at our new yard they top harrow and roll no weeds. |
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Di Ellis
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Apr 2009 : 12:33:44 PM
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I am about to use a product called Clinic which I think is similar to Roundup. Has anyone else used this product - I got it from Mole Valley Farmers.
I have also been told to get a long handled mop and wipe the big weeds with it so I to not kill off the surrounding grass by spraying; am about to do this soon and will see how it goes. |
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weirton
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Posted - 17 Apr 2009 : 12:49:57 PM
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I've used 'Clinic' from Mole Valley Farmers for the last couple of years on the drive It used to be called 'Gallup' I've found it does work but is very slow. Best thing I did was to treat the drive and go away for 3 weeks, when I came back, wonderful.
I've never risked it on the fields, always use a selective.
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nikki
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Posted - 17 Apr 2009 : 1:13:09 PM
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has anyone used graze-on?
I was going to get the farmer to spray the fields, but i don't him to do that if it's going to kill the grass as well.
Help, not sure what to do now? |
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