Dealing with Nettles/Thistles in a Paddock

happydude742

What is the best way to deal with nettles/thistles in a paddock? Should you spray with Grazon and then top them a while later? Or any better ways? How long should you leave it after spraying them? All suggestions welcome.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058250102/dealing-with-nettles-thistles-in-a-paddock

It's not necesary to top them, grazon is good on nettles but slow on thistles.

Weeds'll be dead in a week, you probably could top then if you wanted to top

orm0nd

a week is too soon to top as the chemical is still being transferred to root system and you won't get long acting control,

mix & apply as recommended and leave 3 weeks b4 cutting.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198630#Comment_119198630

It wouldn't be left three weeks here in some paddocks. seems to work grand

orm0nd

5 years time will tell the difference but if you're happy mow away.

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119199411#Comment_119199411

An organic farmer tells me he sprays nettles on ffriday and mows them monday morning and it works grand.

You may be overthinking it

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119199658#Comment_119199658

of course

orm0nd

Utter bullsh1t

Spray here every 6 to 7 years

See the local know all spraying every second or third year and then complaining that the spray is useless. Not because of mowing but because of mixing too strong and the plant is dead before the chemical penetrates the root system

Spray suppliers love fellows like him ( and yourself)

wrangler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119199975#Comment_119199975

i always praise grazon here, I don't know when i bought the litre i'm using now, maybe 2000, a knapsack full goes a long way here, I do the ditches on 100 acres and all the nettles and briars on our 10 acres. Sheep'll alway plant a few out in the fields from the ditches