Briars in drainage ditch.

80sDiesel

What is the best way to clear briars from a drainage ditch.
I also have excess stone from an old homestead. Would it help to place them in the ditch creating a more stable gully? Tnks

buffalobilly

why do you want to remove them

ganmo

buffalobilly wrote: »

why do you want to remove them

Briars are a feckin weed!
If ya can get in at the bottom of them and cut them with a long handled loppers. But if it's in a drain that mightn't be an option

buffalobilly

My point is if they are covering a drain no dirt or no light gets into it so is stays clean and the water runs freely

rangler1

80sDiesel wrote: »

What is the best way to clear briars from a drainage ditch.
I also have excess stone from an old homestead. Would it help to place them in the ditch creating a more stable gully? Tnks

Grazon will kill briars if sprayed a few times

GrasstoMilk

Wait till the drain is dry and spray with grazon.
Don't spray with water in the drain as it will go straight into a river

Who2

Would a pull of a drainage bucket not be the handiest option clean the edge and briars could be heaped and burnt at the end of the year. Any lad on a 12 ton would clear some area in no time.

80sDiesel

Thanks guys.

jd06

Does round up or similar kill gorse bushes.
Grazon 90 is an awful price

rangler1

jd06 wrote: »

Does round up or similar kill gorse bushes.
Grazon 90 is an awful price

don't think grazon kills gorse, Grazon is for spot spraying so it doesnt use much, 100ml in a knapsack.....not like you'd be doing an acre or anything

GrasstoMilk

Wait till the drain is dry and spray with grazon.
Don't spray with water in the drain as it will go straight into a river

cj maxx

rangler1 wrote: »

don't think grazon kills gorse, Grazon is for spot spraying so it doesnt use much, 100ml in a knapsack.....not like you'd be doing an acre or anything

Think it does . Roundup kills too quick for gorse. A lot of briars sprayed , spot spraying .

Mooooo

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Wait till the drain is dry and spray with grazon.
Don't spray with water in the drain as it will go straight into a river

Oh to have land where the drains go dry!

kerry cow

What do guys use under the paddock wires and boundary ditches .
Some guys have model farms when you drive around the country and see .I get around alot of counties during the year .

MickeyShtyles

kerry cow wrote: »

What do guys use under the paddock wires and boundary ditches .
Some guys have model farms when you drive around the country and see .I get around alot of counties during the year .

Strimmer!

Green farmer

cjmc wrote: »

Think it does . Roundup kills too quick for gorse. A lot of briars sprayed , spot spraying .

So roundup best for killing gorse ? Have a field where they keep popping up in the meadow

yosemitesam1

kerry cow wrote: »

What do guys use under the paddock wires and boundary ditches .
Some guys have model farms when you drive around the country and see .I get around alot of counties during the year .

Slash hook

ABlur

Green farmer wrote: »

So roundup best for killing gorse ? Have a field where they keep popping up in the meadow

Roundup won't kill gorse but Grazon will

rangler1

kerry cow wrote: »

What do guys use under the paddock wires and boundary ditches .
Some guys have model farms when you drive around the country and see .I get around alot of counties during the year .

proper stocking rate is a huge advantage in keeping boundaries tidy, under ditches is the first place that stock give up grazing when the place is understocked.......very easy to run along a boundary with grazon when it's well grazed

Capercaillie

Hown expensive is grazon?

ABlur

Capercaillie wrote: »

Hown expensive is grazon?

About €70 for a litre

mikefoxo

ABlur wrote: »

About €70 for a litre

Bought it for €69 yesterday, along with 20l of Roundup for €110!! That Grazon is as dear as feck, but the bushes melt before it:D

kerry cow

Would 1 lt of grazing make up much to use as a headland spray in litres

rangler1

kerry cow wrote: »

Would 1 lt of grazing make up much to use as a headland spray in litres

I think there's about 20ltrs in a knapsack sprayer so it'd be 8 or 9 knapsacks.....

cj maxx

kerry cow wrote: »

Would 1 lt of grazing make up much to use as a headland spray in litres

60ml in 10 L is the recommended rate I think

mauser77

Will grazon kill furze bushes have a lot starting to come back on a ditch that was cleaned two years ago

SKIPPY150

it will kill them but you will have to spray the gorse at least twice in my experience to fully kill them especially if there well established