Herbicide selection

[Dave177]

Customer has asked if it is possible to spray and area to kill off the bramble and nettles but not to harm the blubells and daffs that are growing beneath?

I have suggested spraying when the flowers have finished growing but I think she wants it done sooner.

Any other ideas?

[RobRainford]

Anything strong enough to get rid of brambles and nettles will annihilate the flowers underneath.

[Jon3012]

You don't say how big the area is but you could paint it on the leaves of the nettles etc. I do that in my flower beds for accurate application but thats small areas surrounded by flowers and shrubs.

[JustG]

handheld weedwiper?

[10 Bears]

Propose a manual operation first - eg handhook/strimmer, which will give the immediate effect she wants ie reduced weeds, then when the bells/daffs have receded, go back to do a foliar spray of glyphosate at 50:1.

 

In other words, she cant sensibly get what she's asking for. There will be losses of her flowers otherwise as even weedwiping can produce runoff.

[treesrus]

brambles and nettles tend to have shallow roots, i usually pull them out by hand, sometimes may need a fork or spade, but they tend to pull up quite easily. a little or a lot of graft, depends how big the area is.

[Hamburglar]

How about SBK brush wood killer?

 

Selective killer. Have a search on google and see if it does what yo need.

[hedgesparrow]

Anything strong enough to get rid of brambles and nettles will annihilate the flowers underneath.

 

+1 anything strong to kill brambles and nettles will kill the rest. as other post get a weed wipe and wipe on brambles and nettles. the other thing is clear the brambles and inject into stems so kills roots. but avoid it spraying out on to surrounding areas

[Hobbsurf]

Total v Selective weed control = if it has a leaf / growing stem it's going to get a hit.

 

Selective allows most fescue / rye grass stems to survive with good hits on generic weeds inc bulb type plants you've mentioned.

 

Total takes everything.

 

If she wants the spring bluebells and snowdrop / daffodils to survive you can only spray when the leaf & flower have totally gone.

 

Total will do the job on the bramble stems - as long as it's in leaf.

 

Lots of options with chem sprays - PM if stuck.

 

RUSS

[Acg128]

Spray the lot and just include 200 bulbs in the quote!!