countyhouse wrote: » What spray is used to kill gorse (whins) and what is the best time of years to spray? Will spray kill them permanently?
99nsr125 wrote: » Don't, they are a legume, stop poaching/soil erosion. Just cut em back and keep your free nitrogen :-)
el_gaucho wrote: » Roundup will work as well. It’s definitely better to get them when they’re small.
lab man wrote: » I've 5 acres of them here too that was cleared 5 yrs ago I kept them down till last year but now they are every where again is grazing 90 the only option
tellmeabit wrote: » I found rolling them, if possible, and then spot spray the regrowth with round up. I have a steep slope with them that I ment to spray by now, just haven't gotten to them. They say to stay before the yellow flowers appear I think?
tellmeabit wrote: » I did a good bit 2 years ago and then cut them. Hard graft. Didn't spray last year and they are well on th way back. Able to access them with the tractor and sprayer from tip of slope now, will spray them with well diluted grazon the next fine day. Have water hose so I can cover as far as I can. Length of pvc pipe for reach.. then cut and hope to work down to bottom.. Might be a cracked idea but will try. Saw a lad in the distance doing something similar but he was able to get digger in to clear the dead furs.. wouldn't reach here. Must have 2 - 3 acres on slope. Did the stumps with round up too Ill get pic over wknd. Might spur me on
older by the day wrote: » I have an old topper the one rotating bar type, I know I'm asking for trouble some day, but it makes pure trash of them . Back up on them and slowly let down the lift. Dont forget the box of shear bolts. A mulsher is the proper yoke.https://www.seppi.com/en/video/brush-and-tree-clearing.html?slg=midiforst-dt-clearing-overgrown-field
_Brian wrote: » Careful. Have seen rotor shaft bent doing that.
older by the day wrote: » Taught it will be the gearbox that will go first. I know I'm trying to quit.
tellmeabit wrote: » Ya, I've seen a 20t digger man with a mulcher on the end clear a spot quick enough. Just though the digger could have scrape them outta the ground as easy and maybe better result. I see after I've cut them that there would be fresh growth that summer. When we were young we used burn the slopes at start of summer and used to graze with milking cows
tellmeabit wrote: » Ya. Last time I burned a section. I had made a clear path and burned with the wind so just a small section went up. Then cut it. Think the burning made it harder to cut. But cleared a load if briars etc. That while area was all grass later that year. It's maybe 3 years later now and they are coming back. Supposed it's an every year job
countyhouse wrote: » They are not on the farm, they have taken over my sons site completely. They must be removed
memorystick wrote: » More
older by the day wrote: » Hire a digger and pull them. Don't be killing yourself ffs
crossman47 wrote: » Off topic but since when have Irish people started to call them gorse. They're either furze or whins.
Water John wrote: » Aitheann Gaelic down here in Cork. The regrowth would be cut for horses. Have two old machines that used to chop it.
