spraying ragwort

cj maxx

hi .
i need to spray to help kill ragwort and do not want to miss the right time .
a reseed is reqiured but cant do that yet
i was told d40 was the job , any opinions ?
alot of buttercup and various other weed also .
.is d40 a good option?
thanks

delaval

D50 in March or April. Why not wait till end of april an roundup if you want to reseed.

whelan1

normally spray late feb /early march,when ragworth is at the rosette stage, no frost for at least a week and no cattle to graze til its fully dead

cj maxx

delaval wrote: »

D50 in March or April. Why not wait till end of april an roundup if you want to reseed.

ThanksMight dp that for 1 or 2 fields But need to get the weed inder control for the rest !
Is d50 expensive ?

hugo29

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Jurg wrote: »

Spray with a 50:50 diesel petrol mix and burn the fuk out of it

jayus that was funny

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

normally spray late feb /early march,when ragworth is at the rosette stage, no frost for at least a week and no cattle to graze til its fully dead

what do you spray with whelan1, i have a small bit to spray and also some rushes starting to come, was going to spray in april as will take ground for silage this year to help clean it off

whelan1

used d50 other years but i am hoping there is something better out there this year

pms7

I thought it was 24DEster this time of year.....?

PatQfarmer

At Young Scientist at weekend, young lad did study comparing all sprays against boiling water or vinegar.
Vinegar was best of all. Killed to the root with just 2 sprays.
Don't know what it'd do to your grass though...:rolleyes:

td5man

Will it be too late to spray ragwort if we get a suitable day in the next few weeks.
Its only started to grow in the last couple of weeks

whelan1

td5man wrote: »

Will it be too late to spray ragwort if we get a suitable day in the next few weeks.
Its only started to grow in the last couple of weeks

it is at ideal stage to spray now BUT cattle will have to be off it for the guts of 3 weeks can you spare the ground, i returned the spray i got as i can not spare 30 acres for 3 weeks

td5man

Silage ground

quadboy

every year when fields are closed for silage we walk around and pull them, one year they were everywhere, it was torture

bogman_bass

will mcpa do the job on ragworth?

td5man

I'm going to use d-50

Odelay

Going spot spraying on a small area, would I be doing any good/harm with GRAZON 90 for docks and ragwort?

Assume it will do the job but any good advice appreciated.

cj maxx

Hast this ragwort passed the rosette stage ? Any point spraying now

whelan1

i'd say you are good to go

td5man

cjmc wrote: »

Hast this ragwort passed the rosette stage ? Any point spraying now

I'd say if you spray with d-50 you should be ok, it will also kill the buttercups although we could be glad of them for grazing

cj maxx

td5man wrote: »

I'd say if you spray with d-50 you should be ok, it will also kill the buttercups although we could be glad of them for grazing

No harn , covered with them , thanks all