Weed Licker Hire

Bitten & Hisses

Hi, I need to get in a weed licker to get rid of some rushes which are destroying some good silage ground.


Does anyone know of a contractor in the North Kerry/West Limerick/North Cork area who provides this service?
Alternatively, some plant hire type place who rents them out?

Thanks in advance

9935452

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

Hi, I need to get in a weed licker to get rid of some rushes which are destroying some good silage ground.


Does anyone know of a contractor in the North Kerry/West Limerick/North Cork area who provides this service?
Alternatively, some plant hire type place who rents them out?

Thanks in advance

Personally id be inclined to spray the rushes. We always got a better kill with spraying.
With the weed wiper they were more inclined to come back after a few years

tractorporn

9935452 wrote:

Personally id be inclined to spray the rushes. We always got a better kill with spraying. With the weed wiper they were more inclined to come back after a few years

If your not getting a total kill from licking rushes your not doing it right!

Have done most of the farm here with the licker used a gallop solution. It killed down into the root of every plant it touched, you will need to go back in year two and do your wheel tracks.

Just be prepared to have a patch of burn grass around each clump of rushes. We have found that cuting the rushes and hitting the green regrowth works best.

_Brian

I think guys need to remember that any ground that has been colonised with rushes even for a short time will continue to have an ongoing problem no matter what the treatment.
Clumps of rushes produce something like 40,000 seeds each, seeds have a dormant viability of something like 70-80 years. So if you clear ground there is enough seed there to regrow.

Drainage, feeding and good grazing all help keep them from re establishing but the seed bank is there for a very long time.

tellmeabit

Think Donal Brownes son Danny had quad and kicker a while back. Probably still has. Also there was add in done deal someone around Tralee hiring them out to you. Will check later and see if I can find it. But Browne is your man i say

9935452

tractorporn wrote: »

If your not getting a total kill from licking rushes your not doing it right!

Have done most of the farm here with the licker used a gallop solution. It killed down into the root of every plant it touched, you will need to go back in year two and do your wheel tracks.

Just be prepared to have a patch of burn grass around each clump of rushes. We have found that cuting the rushes and hitting the green regrowth works best.

Total kill/ go back in a year to finish the job. lol
Sure thats exactly whats happening at home,thats why im saying the sprayer gets a better kill, plus as the other poster said the seeds are in the ground and will cause more growth.

I have a weedwiper , quad sprayer with boom and lance and tractor sprayer. Quad sprayer is used the most ,

greenpetrol

Is weedlicking allowed on permenant pasture where topping is not under glas rules?

tellmeabit

https://www.donedeal.ie/otherfarmmachinery-for-sale/farm-machinery-hire/11815938 around Tralee.

Farrell

greenpetrol wrote: »

Is weedlicking allowed on permenant pasture where topping is not under glas rules?

Yea you're allowed licking on LIPP

50HX

take your time and source the licker with the bristles the best of the lot

i did all my farm last year with the bristle licker and all bar one field ( which i neglected with fert) tuned out great

rushes are a long term

they need the following to be eliminated

Soil test - ph correct
treat only actively growing rushes for cost effective results
top once herbicide has done it;s job
fertilizer and or slurry after

biggest love of rushes is wet peaty soil

drainage is a long term/not always viable fix

in your case for spots around silage ground the licker is best option as it doesn't have a blanket impact on the grass and saves teh ph of the soil

99nsr125

This is the kind of thing I think I'm going to need.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a contractor in the midlands please

Thank You