Mortone mix with a weedlicker

gerryirl

hi Just wondering what ye use as a mix in a weedlicker for rushes with mortone. Have sprayed some fields but have to lick others. There is flaggers in it too very thick with the rushes.. Thanks

fanadman1

Mix mcpa and mortone here work very well for me ha

gerryirl

what mix did you use? ratio to water

fanadman1

300 litres of water this does one hectre i spray at the strongest setting for mcpa which is 6.6 litres per hectre then 200ml of mortone per hectre

gerryirl

fanadman1 wrote: »

300 litres of water this does one hectre i spray at the strongest setting for mcpa which is 6.6 litres per hectre then 200ml of mortone per hectre

Its a licker mix I'm looking for

fanadman1

gerryirl wrote: »

Its a licker mix I'm looking for

A sorry im no help then so

gerryirl

thanks anyway man. I have a sprayer myself but I'm in the AEOS and can't spray some fields so have to lick and I don't know the mix for one

votuvant

fanadman1 wrote: »

300 litres of water this does one hectre i spray at the strongest setting for mcpa which is 6.6 litres per hectre then 200ml of mortone per hectre

I think 6.6 l is meant to be the max dose rate per year. 3.3 l per ha in each application in 200 to 400 l of water.

_Brian

Why would you not use a non selective herbaside like Gallup or roundup.

We've used Gallup on rushes at ~80:1 and it kills well.

fanadman1

votuvant wrote: »

I think 6.6 l is meant to be the max dose rate per year. 3.3 l per ha in each application in 200 to 400 l of water.

Well i only took it as i seen it max doasage rate it never mentoned per annum

Nekarsulm

I thought Mortone and MC PA were the same thing?
In a licker, would you not need it at something like 1:1 ratio with water?

gerryirl

Nekarsulm wrote: »

I thought Mortone and MC PA were the same thing?
In a licker, would you not need it at something like 1:1 ratio with water?

Seems strong at that ratio

I used round up in weedlicker last year. Think about 10 :1 ratio and it worked great

For the sprayer with mortone I used 30/35 : 1, happy enough with results

@ Brian I have to use mortone .. can't have any grasskill as I'm in AEOS with the land I want to lick with mortone

kevthegaff

Would tgey kill large rushes, does it need spraying every year afterwards?

gerryirl

kevthegaff wrote: »

Would tgey kill large rushes, does it need spraying every year afterwards?

It will kill soft rushes and you'd be very lucky to kill them all in one go so yes you will need to spray to keep ontop of them

massey woman

We use a whatever mcpa mixture available ideally 50% at a ratio of 1 to 100

Nekarsulm

gerryirl wrote: »

Seems strong at that ratio

I used round up in weedlicker last year. Think about 10 :1 ratio and it worked great

For the sprayer with mortone I used 30/35 : 1, happy enough with results

@ Brian I have to use mortone .. can't have any grasskill as I'm in AEOS with the land I want to lick with mortone

My licker is one of the "rope" ones, probably go at a weaker solution for a rotary "carpet" model.

gerryirl

just said I'd give an update on this. I did a 10.1 mix with mortone and got a good enough kill with it. field was very very bad plus i was using tractor so I was driving on a good bit that never got licked , You can see the track now that I drove on there growing back after topping. Will go at it again in spring with an even stronger mix

9935452

For mcpa they recommend 20 to 1 but a lot of lads find it more effective at 30 or 40 to 1. the reason being is when the spray is weaker it gives it a chance o get to the roots and kill the roots , but when its stronger it just burns the leaves and doesnt hit the roots at all

MayoAreMagic

9935452 wrote: »

For mcpa they recommend 20 to 1 but a lot of lads find it more effective at 30 or 40 to 1. the reason being is when the spray is weaker it gives it a chance o get to the roots and kill the roots , but when its stronger it just burns the leaves and doesnt hit the roots at all

Fair point. Some guys go for 'the browner the better and the quicker the better', it isn't always the right solution.

gerryirl

9935452 wrote: »

For mcpa they recommend 20 to 1 but a lot of lads find it more effective at 30 or 40 to 1. the reason being is when the spray is weaker it gives it a chance o get to the roots and kill the roots , but when its stronger it just burns the leaves and doesnt hit the roots at all

Exactly... very good point as you say its the root you need to kill