Nettle Control

karolmc100

Any ideas on whats the best spay to use for long term nettle control

Say my name

Grazon 90.

kk.man

Say my name wrote: »

Grazon 90.

Can you spot spray them with it and what's the mix?

Say my name

kk.man wrote: »

Can you spot spray them with it and what's the mix?

You can and I haven't a clue.
It's a few years since I did it. :pac:

Dinzee Conlee

Tis easy enough to kill nettles then...

It’s funny - a few years ago Capercille I think posteda pic of a stand of nettles that they were cultivating... madness I thought to meself...

But, i have a few patches now, and I am slow to spray em. They are good for creepy crawlies apparently, and they made a good fertliser when cut... so I think i’ll be leaving em... for a bit anyways

wrangler

kk.man wrote: »

Can you spot spray them with it and what's the mix?

There's a clear plastic measure comes on the top of the litre bottle of grazon,it seems to click onto the lid of the bottle,
I put the full of the measure in the 20ltre knapsack sprayer .......seems to work anyway.

davidk1394

Spot spray here with grazon 90. There’s a cheaper brand with the same ingredients and does the same job. Pastor trio. I think it’s €90 for 3 litres of it

pms7

I use 10cc per litre, notice some survive...
Should be done before end May

stretch film

pms7 wrote: »

I use 10cc per litre, notice some survive...
Should be done before end May

60 ml per litre iirc

_Brian

Depends on where they are what happens.
If they are somewhere they aren’t any bother we let the be.

Round the yard i try and keep weeds like that and briars under control or the place gets very untidy.

Everything in moderation.

Lime Tree Farm

Be Sure to take your time when Reading the Label.

Man destroys his 40,000 square-foot lawn after mistakenly buying weed AND grass killer By JAMES NYE 15 July 2012

• A once green fingered Minnesota man is ruing not reading the labels on the weed killer he bought after it killed all the grass on his 40,000 square foot lawn.

Turning the previously lush green grass to dead, arid scrubland, Lake Elmo resident Rob Olson only wanted to get rid of the weeds from his two and a half acre lawn.

Instead, Olson says three employees at Dege Garden Centre consulted with him about which weed product to buy and fatefully he purchased five bottles of the multi-purpose killer at $35 a pop.

The weed killer in fact contained a pre-emergent grass killer too which not only destroyed the grass but will prevent it from being resseeded or sodded for up to six months.

Having applied the product to his garden, Olson observed the grass begin to fade and called up the garden centre to demand to know what had happened.
Upon realising his mistake, Olson became furious with Ferti-lome, the makers of the dual grass and weed killer, which Olson claims is not clearly marked.

In an email a spokesman for Ferti-lome said that instructions are 'related directly to the product' and are contained in a booklet which is attached to the back of the bottle.

Instead of buying weed killer, Olson bought a product that kills weeds and grass

At first glance it is easy to see how the mistake was made

Rob Olson said that he can testify that if you wanted to use the product to kill grass then it definitely works.

And because the grass will now turn to mud, Olson cannot throw the annual fundraiser he organises for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for which he raised $20,000 last year.

With two boys suffering from the condition, Olson tried to relocate the bash later this month, but could not find a suitable replacement in time.
'I think the packaging should say right on it, this will kill your lawn,' said Olson.

The grass will soon become mud and cannot be re-laid for another six month

MickeyShtyles

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Be Sure to take your time when Reading the Label.

Man destroys his 40,000 square-foot lawn after mistakenly buying weed AND grass killer By JAMES NYE 15 July 2012

• A once green fingered Minnesota man is ruing not reading the labels on the weed killer he bought after it killed all the grass on his 40,000 square foot lawn.

Turning the previously lush green grass to dead, arid scrubland, Lake Elmo resident Rob Olson only wanted to get rid of the weeds from his two and a half acre lawn.

Instead, Olson says three employees at Dege Garden Centre consulted with him about which weed product to buy and fatefully he purchased five bottles of the multi-purpose killer at $35 a pop.

The weed killer in fact contained a pre-emergent grass killer too which not only destroyed the grass but will prevent it from being resseeded or sodded for up to six months.

Having applied the product to his garden, Olson observed the grass begin to fade and called up the garden centre to demand to know what had happened.
Upon realising his mistake, Olson became furious with Ferti-lome, the makers of the dual grass and weed killer, which Olson claims is not clearly marked.

In an email a spokesman for Ferti-lome said that instructions are 'related directly to the product' and are contained in a booklet which is attached to the back of the bottle.

Instead of buying weed killer, Olson bought a product that kills weeds and grass

At first glance it is easy to see how the mistake was made

Rob Olson said that he can testify that if you wanted to use the product to kill grass then it definitely works.

And because the grass will now turn to mud, Olson cannot throw the annual fundraiser he organises for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for which he raised $20,000 last year.

With two boys suffering from the condition, Olson tried to relocate the bash later this month, but could not find a suitable replacement in time.
'I think the packaging should say right on it, this will kill your lawn,' said Olson.

The grass will soon become mud and cannot be re-laid for another six month

Ah now come on. First ingredient is Glyphosate......

gozunda

karolmc100 wrote: »

Any ideas on whats the best spay to use for long term nettle control

Regular topping before the nettles go to seed is also effective if done over a couple of seasons.

Nettles tend to usually grow on disturbed ground with higher levels of nitrogen - pity not much anything will eat them tbh.

Snowfire

stretch film wrote: »

60 ml per litre iirc

60ml per 10 liter...

Lime Tree Farm

Comparing Herbicides

Pastor Trio = 100 g/litre fluroxypyr + 2.5 g/litre florasulam + 80 g/litre clopyralid
Grazon 90 = 240 g/litre triclopyr + 60 g/litre clopyralid.

http://www.pcs.agriculture.gov.ie/products/labels/

below links are from a safe source with a very useful chart on the second page – worth printing it out.

https://www.corteva.ie/content/dam/dpagco/corteva/eu/ie/en/general-resources/files/DF-GrazonPro-Ireland-tech-sheet.pdf

https://www.corteva.ie/content/dam/dpagco/corteva/eu/ie/en/general-resources/files/DF-PastorTrio-Ireland-tech-sheet.pdf

Dunedin

Had just finished a fair bit of spot spraying with Grazon 90 this morning (nettles) when an almighty shower fell so that’s a litre of it and an hour of my time I’ll never get back

_Brian

Dunedin wrote: »

Had just finished a fair bit of spot spraying with Grazon 90 this morning (nettles) when an almighty shower fell so that’s a litre of it and an hour of my time I’ll never get back

You’d be surprised.

Few years ago we were weed licking and it started to rain, finished the bit that was left in the rain and it made no difference compared to the bit that was done dry.

jd06

_Brian wrote: »

You’d be surprised.

Few years ago we were weed licking and it started to rain, finished the bit that was left in the rain and it made no difference compared to the bit that was done dry.

How do you find the weed licker
I'm thinking of investing, mainly nettles thistle and fern, any feedback would be great