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Another spot spraying question??

  • 07-01-2019 9:53am
    #1
    Capercaillie
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    Planted a 0.25 acre tritricale/Caledonian kale crop in 2016. I sowed a nettles cover crop on area in 2018. I'm still getting bits of kale growing. What spot spray would I use to get rid of kale . Do I need to cut stem and then spray on stump or just spray the leaves? Thanks


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  • #2
    Mooooo
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    Sowing nettles. They appearing their own here the feckers. With the kale spray the leaves as normal. Round-up if you are spot spraying prob be the most effective, dunno if there is anything that would kill kale and not nettles, I'd doubt it. Had a field we outwintered stock on and then reseeded and the odd bit of kale would appear 3 years later


  • #3
    Capercaillie
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    Mooooo wrote: »
    Sowing nettles. They appearing their own here the feckers. With the kale spray the leaves as normal. Round-up if you are spot spraying prob be the most effective, dunno if there is anything that would kill kale and not nettles, I'd doubt it. Had a field we outwintered stock on and then reseeded and the odd bit of kale would appear 3 years later

    Would only be spot spaying with knapsack so nettles will be ok. Will try the roundup. Thanks Moooo


  • #4
    Say my name
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    If you're spot spraying and I believe you're near the coast. Would you try out a knapsack full of straight seawater on the kale?
    You'll only be giving a mist on the leaves and I expect it would be very susceptible.

    If it didn't work then the strength would have to be increased by boiling for a little bit but that might to be too much codology.

    But if it worked. It's free for one. Natural for two. Won't do any harm or have known/unknown long term consequences if/when it does leach in the soil for three.


  • #5
    Capercaillie
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    Say my name wrote: »
    If you're spot spraying and I believe you're near the coast. Would you try out a knapsack full of straight seawater on the kale?
    You'll only be giving a mist on the leaves and I expect it would be very susceptible.

    If it didn't work then the strength would have to be increased by boiling for a little bit but that might to be too much codology.

    But if it worked. It's free for one. Natural for two. Won't do any harm or have known/unknown long term consequences if/when it does leach in the soil for three.

    Directly on coast. During winter storms the sea spray comes over the farm. Caledonian kale is very hardy, I planted a few seeds down in my iris field which the sea regularly floods during storms.


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