Nick Horton
New member
- Joined
- May 16, 2010
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- Location
- Bodiam, East Sussex, England
- Tractor
- '76 Inter 574, '10 Case JX90
Weedwipers are all fine and dandy but most manufacturers show neat videos of weeds that are a good foot above the host crop. EASY job!
My problem here in the UK is creeping thistles that are most vulnerable to herbicides at their early growth stages, i.e. only an inch or two above the grass in a grazed pasture. I can't spray, because nothing is available to kill weeds without killing clover which is an essential part of the sward; I don't top dress with nitrogen.
This excludes the use of glyphosate in a normal weedwiper; if you run it that close to the grass, it's too risky. SO my question is, has anyone used the herbicides that kill the target weeds (nettles, broadleaved docks etc. but not the grass) in a weedwiper set really low -- groundhugging, really -- so that it wipes the grass much of the time but avoids the clover which grows lower?
Someone out there must have an answer!
My problem here in the UK is creeping thistles that are most vulnerable to herbicides at their early growth stages, i.e. only an inch or two above the grass in a grazed pasture. I can't spray, because nothing is available to kill weeds without killing clover which is an essential part of the sward; I don't top dress with nitrogen.
This excludes the use of glyphosate in a normal weedwiper; if you run it that close to the grass, it's too risky. SO my question is, has anyone used the herbicides that kill the target weeds (nettles, broadleaved docks etc. but not the grass) in a weedwiper set really low -- groundhugging, really -- so that it wipes the grass much of the time but avoids the clover which grows lower?
Someone out there must have an answer!
