Weeds in marsh

tracky

Does anyone know the names of the weeds with the yellow flowers shown in the photo? They are growing on land that is slightly marshy. There was always a few growing but they seem to have taken over this year. is there any way of getting rid of them?

5live

Down here in kerry we call then fellistrims (distant relation of tommy MacEllistrim)

They are some form of Iris species found where there is ground water seeping towards the surface iirc.

Anybody sprayed them yokes to get rid of them coz they are persistent buggers to get rid of?

jeff greene

5live wrote: »

Down here in kerry we call then fellistrims (distant relation of tommy MacEllistrim)

They are some form of Iris species found where there is ground water seeping towards the surface iirc.

Anybody sprayed them yokes to get rid of them coz they are persistent buggers to get rid of?

Thats what we call them too, my uncles has alot of them, we don't. Those that did Ag Science recently will know the correct name of them, I've that info long lost.

jeff greene

5live wrote: »

Down here in kerry we call then fellistrims (distant relation of tommy MacEllistrim)

They are some form of Iris species found where there is ground water seeping towards the surface iirc.

Anybody sprayed them yokes to get rid of them coz they are persistent buggers to get rid of?

Thats what we call them too, my uncle has alot of them, we don't. Those that did Ag Science recently will know the correct name of them, I've that info long lost.

Birdnuts

tracky wrote: »

Does anyone know the names of the weeds with the yellow flowers shown in the photo? They are growing on land that is slightly marshy. There was always a few growing but they seem to have taken over this year. is there any way of getting rid of them?

Yellow flag Iris - a native plant of such situations.

Grecco

Seen felastrums sprayed before, I'm not sure with what probably roundup. Anyway they returned again. the best solution is drainage but that might not always be an option. One of my silage fields floods during the winter but is as dry as a cork the rest of the year, and the felastrums are there.
The cattle will not eat them growing but they go mad for them in silage for some reason :rolleyes:

johngalway

They're Yellow Flag Iris as Birdnuts says. I am treating several stands of them at the moment. I looked into a few different methods and licking/wiping seems to be the best (read least worst) option.

Not having a weed licker/wiper myself I mixed roundup biactive with water in a bucket (3 parts water to 1 part roundup and used a medium pile paint roller to wipe them. It's important to use the roller carefully, roll off excess solution on the inside of the bucket so it doesn't drip all over creation. All you need to do is wet the waxy leaves a little, you don't want or need "runoff". I have just done mine once so far, making sure I wiped in two different directions to get maximum coverage on each plant. It's time consuming if you have a lot, but a lot of mine are looking poorly at the moment.

massey woman

Leitrim people refer to them as Flaggers and they are easily killed with either mcpa or shell d 50 most effectively with a licker as they have a waxy coat off which the chemical runs if sprayed
1 in 10 solution does the trick

Bodacious

massey woman wrote: »

Leitrim people refer to them as Flaggers and they are easily killed with either mcpa or shell d 50 most effectively with a licker as they have a waxy coat off which the chemical runs if sprayed
1 in 10 solution does the trick

+1
mcpa completely killed them for me:):)

tracky

Thanks for all the help lads and ladies. just the info i was looking for. Better get cracking trying to get rid of these.