Weed Control - newly planted trees

[openspaceman]

where the tree is in a plastic tube, it can be achieved without any danger to the tree.

 

And not much problems using the arborguard, still got one hanging in shed roof, not used since 1986.

[farmer rod]

And not much problems using the arborguard, still got one hanging in shed roof, not used since 1986.

 

is that the same as the "herbi micron" with the spinning disc?

[NickinMids]

If your ring spraying transplants then obviously you've got to cover something like a day or half day rate for small quantities, but for larger amounts rates of 3p a ring are the norm. It makes a huge difference on what nozzle you use. We used to use an orange nozzle with a strong mix and cover up to 1500 transplants on one tank. Useful if your spraying along new road developments for example, where you don't want to be walking back through completed work to refill etc, etc. Also use marker dye so you don,t miss too much if they,re not in lines and helps to keep away from non target plants. Don,t skimp on chemical as it,s always more expensive to do it all again.

[openspaceman]

is that the same as the "herbi micron" with the spinning disc?

 

No this is a fibreglass guard shaped in a horseshoe with a conventional nozzle on the outside of each leg, it attached to a standard cp3 backpack sprayer on the hand lance.

 

Push it forward so the tree is guarded in the middle, spray, turn through 90 degrees, spray again, carefully back off to avoid any drips on the tree and move on to next plant.

 

The herbi just did a 4ft swath in the middle of the rows, held just above the herbage it produced a fairly large drop that didn't carry to the crop. The ulva 8 was the one you held above head height and allowed to "incremental drift".