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Good Spray for ferns/briars?

  • 25-06-2013 9:36am
    #1
    Bleating Lamb
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    Not something you see in many fields but tidied up a bit of rented land that had lot of ferns and Briars on it....they are growing back really quickly.....Is there a good spray for ferns or briars or both??
    Am thinking of cleaning them off with disc mower and then doing inexpensive reseed job on the areas or would spraying be better option?About 2 acres were taken over by them in all when at there worst....land was neglected.


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  • #2
    buffalobilly
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    Grayson 90 will kill briars


  • #3
    leoch
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    WHAT SPRAY IS GOOD FOR WHINES


  • #4
    Floody Boreland
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    leoch wrote: »
    WHAT SPRAY IS GOOD FOR WHINES

    Grazon 90 or any brushwood killer.

    Asulox is used for bracken or ferns.


  • #5
    Bleating Lamb
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    Fair bit of grass on the land involved there at mo.....have stock on it.......would it be safe to use Grazon with cattle on land,would be using a knapsack sprayer

    Or I could clean them off with disc mower now and spray the briars and ferns regrowth in around A month after giving land a good grazing???....


  • #6
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Floody Boreland wrote: »
    Grazon 90 or any brushwood killer.

    Asulox is used for bracken or ferns.

    Can't get it no more, AFAIK, if you can, let me know where ;)


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  • #7
    Bleating Lamb
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Can't get it no more, AFAIK, if you can, let me know where ;)

    Is it the asulox ya can't get?


  • #8
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    Is it the asulox ya can't get?

    Yeah, maybe I'm mistaken but I think it was taken off the market.


  • #9
    Bleating Lamb
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Yeah, maybe I'm mistaken but I think it was taken off the market.

    What you think of my briars/fern prob....want to put a bit of shape on this ground,they are hrowing back quicker than grass ever would:)


  • #10
    Floody Boreland
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    looks like round up can be used..with a wiper

    http://www.monsanto-ag.co.uk/content.output/171/171/Roundup/Difficult%20Weeds/Bracken.mspx


  • #11
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    What you think of my briars/fern prob....want to put a bit of shape on this ground,they are hrowing back quicker than grass ever would:)

    Wiping with roundup is supposed to kill bracken/ferns, not tried it yet myself with one thing & another. Briars, I don't know, never had them having sheep. I know Grazon 90 does a great job on killing furze so if briars are listed on it I'm sure it'll take care of them too.


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  • #12
    Odelay
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Wiping with roundup is supposed to kill bracken/ferns, not tried it yet myself with one thing & another. Briars, I don't know, never had them having sheep. I know Grazon 90 does a great job on killing furze so if briars are listed on it I'm sure it'll take care of them too.


    Grazon 90 does a fantastic job on briars, spray on and watch the fookers wilt and die to a crisp!
    Very satisfying to listen to hear their dead stalks "crunch" as I walk the fence line and see the grass growing underneath.


  • #13
    Floody Boreland
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    Odelay wrote: »
    Grazon 90 does a fantastic job on briars, spray on and watch the fookers wilt and die to a crisp!
    Very satisfying to listen to hear their dead stalks "crunch" as I walk the fence line and see the grass growing underneath.

    I find briars are like docks in that with some effort they are can be controlled but eradication is impossible. Along open watercourses they are a real nuisance as they cannot be sprayed and are the prime cause of earthing the electric fence. Do sheep eat the leaves?


  • #14
    whelan1
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    Odelay wrote: »
    Grazon 90 does a fantastic job on briars, spray on and watch the fookers wilt and die to a crisp!
    Very satisfying to listen to hear their dead stalks "crunch" as I walk the fence line and see the grass growing underneath.
    what rate do you use the spray at? think i read on here last year there was someone using it at half the recommended dose and it still worked


  • #15
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Floody Boreland wrote: »
    Do sheep eat the leaves?

    They'll eat briar leaves, but briars are a hazard for sheep too as they'll get wound up like a rope in their fleece. Smart as they are then they'll stay put caught in a few briars until you wade into the patch right beside them, then they find they can just run out past you as you're about to leave your hand on them :rolleyes:


  • #16
    Bleating Lamb
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    what rate do you use the spray at? think i read on here last year there was someone using it at half the recommended dose and it still worked
    Good ? Whelan1 .....in my situation do people think its safe to spray with Grazon while cattle are on the land?


  • #17
    poor farmer
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    what rate do you use the spray at? think i read on here last year there was someone using it at half the recommended dose and it still worked

    60 ml per 10 l of water


  • #18
    poor farmer
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    leoch wrote: »
    WHAT SPRAY IS GOOD FOR WHINES

    Brushwood or scrub killer ,I think Nettleban will kill them too.


  • #19
    Farmer Pudsey
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    There is a spray out there called Terbel (is the spelling I think) it come in 5L containers and costs 30euro/litre much the same as Grazon 90. Grazon 90 is at or above 50/L


  • #20
    Odelay
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    what rate do you use the spray at? think i read on here last year there was someone using it at half the recommended dose and it still worked

    Less than 60ml/10 liters......I think, would have been generous with the water. Basically I go by what it says on the bottle and then about 20% more water.I was spot spraying and not keen on the stuff so happily add more water.

    I spray briars anytime between march-sept, always successful. Generally spray 5-6ft past the fence line, can't go any further as it is not my land and if I sprayed further there would be no hedge left:rolleyes:


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