When can I spray roundup?

uck51js9zml2yt

When can I use a tractor/sprayer to spray Roundup on a field?


The contractor I'm using says its too early





TIA

Mooooo

What are you burning off and what are you going setting after it? It is a bit early as as for any herbicide to work properly the targeted plants should be growing well in order to take in the product to the roots. If you are burning off and then reseeding with grass I would wait as there would be little point in setting the grass till April/ May

Waffletraktor

Kinda depends on the target, if grass wait a few weeks as you don't want fresh shoots as growth begins to miss coverage. It would work just slower to take effect with reduced efficacy and a one shot at coverage being issue.

uck51js9zml2yt

Thanks for the replies.
I'm looking to burn off half an acre before it's ploughed up for a veggie garden.
Contractor said he wasn't allowed do it too early due to regs.

Waffletraktor

Patrick Unsightly Underpass wrote: »

Thanks for the replies.
I'm looking to burn off half an acre before it's ploughed up for a veggie garden.
Contractor said he wasn't allowed do it too early due to regs.

pLENTY OF TILLAGE FIELDS BURNED OFF A MONTH AGO, MORE LIKELY HE WAS WAITING TO HAVE ANOTHER JOB LOCALLY FOR A RELATIVELLY SMALL AREA.
(ignore the caps lock error)

Castlekeeper

Patrick Unsightly Underpass wrote: »

Thanks for the replies.
I'm looking to burn off half an acre before it's ploughed up for a veggie garden.
Contractor said he wasn't allowed do it too early due to regs.

For what its worth, while I'm not paranoid and admit I drink my own fair share of poison, I wouldn't be adding round up to my veg patch. I'd he trying my best to avoid ploughing too. If you could find a few rotten vales of hay/ straw / or rushes and spread them over the ground about 3-4 inches thick you'd eliminate the need for both and should have a much better yield after. But best of luck anyway.

uck51js9zml2yt

Castlekeeper wrote: »

For what its worth, while I'm not paranoid and admit I drink my own fair share of poison, I wouldn't be adding round up to my veg patch. I'd he trying my best to avoid ploughing too. If you could find a few rotten vales of hay/ straw / or rushes and spread them over the ground about 3-4 inches thick you'd eliminate the need for both and should have a much better yield after. But best of luck anyway.

A lot of bales needed for half an acre.


He's only around the corner from me so distance isn't a reason.

Donald Trump

Patrick Unsightly Underpass wrote: »

Thanks for the replies.
I'm looking to burn off half an acre before it's ploughed up for a veggie garden.
Contractor said he wasn't allowed do it too early due to regs.

How are you going to till it?
Are you in a hurry with it? Going to plant it all together?


Are you sure you need to bother burning it off?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Patrick Unsightly Underpass wrote: »

When can I use a tractor/sprayer to spray Roundup on a field?


The contractor I'm using says its too early





TIA

I'd be waiting till March at the earliest. The grass needs good growing conditions to take up the Roundup and that probably won't appear till late March at the earliest.

wrangler

Patrick Unsightly Underpass wrote: »

A lot of bales needed for half an acre.


He's only around the corner from me so distance isn't a reason.

There's nothing wrong with Roundup, we use it on the garden for thirty years all the time and no one died.
There's no regs to stop your contractor either, he obviously doesn't want to do it.
It's not too big to spray the area with a knapsack sprayer, if you haven't one you're going to have to buy one anyway for your gardening.
Roundup works better with better growth but I saw a field done beside me a month ago and it's pure yellow now, I'd advise early March, Roundup is really good, loads of gardeners stockpiled it a couple years ago when it was being threatened with a ban

paddysdream

wrangler wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with Roundup, we use it on the garden for thirty years all the time and no one died.
There's no regs to stop your contractor either, he obviously doesn't want to do it.
It's not too big to spray the area with a knapsack sprayer, if you haven't one you're going to have to buy one anyway for your gardening.
Roundup works better with better growth but I saw a field done beside me a month ago and it's pure yellow now, I'd advise early March,
Roundup is really good, loads of gardeners stockpiled it a couple years ago when it was being threatened with a ban

All that above.Sprayed the yard here about 3 weeks ago as weeds were starting to appear (or never stopped growing due to mild weather).Worked the finest with as good a kill as I have ever seen
Roundup becomes inactive once it hits the soil.Like was said before there is no date re. spraying but whats the rush as there could be a good bit of regrowth before you get to plough/till it for veg.Don't know much about sowing veg but would assume not much would be sowed before Patrick's. Day

uck51js9zml2yt

wrangler wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with Roundup, we use it on the garden for thirty years all the time and no one died.
There's no regs to stop your contractor either, he obviously doesn't want to do it.
It's not too big to spray the area with a knapsack sprayer, if you haven't one you're going to have to buy one anyway for your gardening.
Roundup works better with better growth but I saw a field done beside me a month ago and it's pure yellow now, I'd advise early March,
Roundup is really good, loads of gardeners stockpiled it a couple years ago when it was being threatened with a ban

He wants to do it. There's more work for him to do. Apart from that and plough/ harrow. He's also to spread some fertiliser.