Dock Leaves

sligo01 · 20-02-2008 1:03pm #1

Does anyone know a good spray to get rid of Dock leaves?? I have quite a large area to cover. Also, when would the best time be to spray them?

Irish Gardener · 20-02-2008 1:49pm

In a lawn or in a piece of wild ground?

John mac · 20-02-2008 4:30pm

roundup. (as long as its not on a new lawn.)
that nukes almost everything.:D

MayoForSam · 20-02-2008 9:07pm

Roundup or any other glyphosate weed killer will zap them all right, deep rooted fe*kers.
Leave it for another few weeks though, best to spray during growing season.

niceirishfella · 21-02-2008 2:05pm

get some BANDOC from an agri suppliers. Good stuff.

crosstownk · 21-02-2008 9:29pm

If the dock leaves are in the lawn then either use Verdone (you may need more than one application) or use Round Up - but don't spray the Round Up onto the weed as it will nuke the grass around it - it's better to 'paint' the Round Up directly onto the leaves to avoid destroying the surrounding grass.

2 stroke · 21-02-2008 11:29pm

Don't expect to be free of docks overnight, dock seed can survive in the soil for 75 years.

10-10-20 · 21-02-2008 11:58pm

Doc's - ugh - bain of my life in my previous abode.

We had so many that I used to 'cut the doc's' instead of 'cut the grass'.....

In the summer of 2005, it was so dry that I managed to pull a complete doc root out of the ground. I'm not joking in anyway when I say that the tap-root was 4.5 foot deep.

As mentioned above, treat them in the growing season. Try painting the leaves with glyphosate instead of spraying them - means that the adsorption is better.

sligo01 · 22-02-2008 10:06am

Thanks for all your replies. Their in our lawn so Roundup is out of the question. Will try the Verdone. Just want to be prepared for when i get a good day during growing season!

AckwelFoley · 22-02-2008 10:07am

niceirishfella wrote: »

get some BANDOC from an agri suppliers. Good stuff.

Bandoc is the job.

Roundup will kill everything, where bandoc will target broad leaf weeds only.

Irish Gardener · 22-02-2008 11:44am

sligo01 wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies. Their in our lawn so Roundup is out of the question. Will try the Verdone. Just want to be prepared for when i get a good day during growing season!

Apply your verdone in May, then again a month later to knock out the vast majority of your existing docks.
Any stragglers that reappear over the coming months and years can be spot treated with verdone or glphosate in a wax stick or swab form.
Two other tips.....
Mow the lawn regularly to constantly weaken the docks (but not 7 days either side of weedkilller application).
Consider liming your soil to raise the PH above acid, as docks tend to thrive best in acid soils.

Good luck.

Dock Leaves

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