Can you spray bushes this time of year

cj maxx

As the title says . I know you can't cut/ remove bushes but can you kill them off with spraying now ?

Buford T. Justice XIX

This whole area is a minefield, cj.

My understanding from talking to a rep from one of the spray companies last year is you can spray under wire along ditches but only for weeds that are taking current from an electric fence like briars, thistles and nettles.

Anything else would have to be cut back by hand until the hedge cutting season starts again.

My understanding is that you cannot spray bushes on ditches but I can't get an answer either way as to whether you can spray bushes that have encroached into fields.

I would be interested in hearing from someone that can answer your question too

_Brian

Plan to spray under fences next weekend and that includes any whyns (gorse) on the farm, nearly all eradicated now.

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_Brian wrote: »

Plan to spray under fences next weekend and that includes any whyns (gorse) on the farm, nearly all eradicated now.

What herbicide are you going to use. I have used brushwood killer in the past but it's awfully expensive.

The part time boy

I probably wrong here . But i taugh your not allowed spray ditches at all with the new greening ?

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The part time boy wrote: »

I probably wrong here . But i taugh your not allowed spray ditches at all with the new greening ?

I not up to date about the new greening rules but I do know that a farmer has to maintain her fences under SFP/BPS regulations.