Ragwort control mixes...

[farmer_ben]

I do alot of pony paddock spraying, with my quad bike and sprayer, mostly for ragwort. I tend to spray it early before it gets to big a plant but got one meadow to do where plants are huge and not sure if my 2-4d and mcpa chemical mix will do the job?

 

ANyone else do similar work?

[skyhuck]

Is it not better being pulled???

 

(Make sure you wear gloves!!!)

[farmer_ben]

Is it not better being pulled???

 

(Make sure you wear gloves!!!)

 

if there was the odd bit i would, but the meadow looks like a field of rape on flower! plus, you always leave some roots when pulling and they grow back!!

[niftysteve]

thers a lot of good info here

Ragwort Resource, Ragwort Indentification, Ragwort Control Methods

 

seem the best method is spraying digging can make it worse

[nick channer]

if there was the odd bit i would, but the meadow looks like a field of rape on flower! plus, you always leave some roots when pulling and they grow back!!

we spray lot of our fields for ragwort but it has to be done when its only a few inches high i thought.. we do some twice... it seems to get rid of it but if you leave it the next year it still comes back..

[scraggs]

The last 2 years have seemed to be a bugger for it, on the turf we use 2ltr 2-4D & 2ltr mcpa & 0.5ltr starane per hectare, the starane is just put in to make sure we knock any clover that is coming

But that is on very early stage, the second years worth of spaying seems to now have it under control much better.

[farmer_ben]

i think i may have to top this field first and then spray the re growth, thinking about it just be too much of an ask for chemical to kill a mature plant i suppose

[18 stoner]

If all else fails Ben, might be worth looking at Grazon. Its not cheap but should be effective, especially if you are going to top the paddock but wait for a bit of regen then hit it.

[farmer_ben]

isnt grazon just a compitox & agirtox type mix?? both a lot cheaper than grazon. i have used it once with good effect, but the customer had to buy it as I wasnt convinced extra cost was worth while!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Expensive but good, I bought 2 gallon a while back but not used it on ragwort yet

 

http://www.amenity.co.uk/control-of-nettles-and-thistles/tordon-22k-herbicide-5l.html