heather and roundup

Poor Farmer in the hills

Have 25 acres of a heather moor recently fenced in. it is fairly level with a gentle slope. most of it has a shallow layer of peat. I was thinking about spraying it with roundup, power harrowing it and sowing grass seed on it. I am wondering will roundup kill the heather and if not what will.

Poor Farmer in the hills

has anybody ever tried roundup on heather?

HillFarmer

I've never tried it, but I'd say it will kill it.
You could buy a small bit for the knapsack and do a test. I think it will burn it off for you.

Are you allowed to reseed heather land like that.?

Anyway bit of advice, get a soil sample done, more than likely if its peaty soil it will be extremely acidic, so it would be better to have the PH right before sowing the seed.

You can get gran lime in 50kg bags if its too wet for lime spreader. Also get your p and K right.
If you dont do this the seeds will not thrive.

If you do that you should get grass! Costly though

Poor Farmer in the hills

Thanks hillfarmer going to try a tank full anyway want to do something with it rather than paying big money to rent land. i think it not that bad but just has never been touched by human hands!!!!!

greenfingers89

word of advice

i think there are pretty strict regulations governing what you are about to do, i reckon you might need permission beforehand due to all sorts of environmental bullsh_it.

fair play for giving it a go but be careful!