glyphosate on brambles

[arbmark]

Hi all,

Im pretty sure glyphosate can handle brambles, even though this isnt the best time of year but ive got some 'clinic ace' for general spraying/stump treating. It has dosage rates for perennial weeds but isnt that stuff like nettles and docks? Can anyone give me a figure for the rate to kill brambles and a bit of young russian vine? Trumping through brambles on a bumpy slope will be very hard to guage a walking pace so i cant really work out a dosage based on that. Max concentration for knapsacks is 20:1 on the label - reckon this will kill the targets?

TIA

Mark

[swinny]

My last lot was clinic ace and was fine, i just measure out 125mm per 5 ltr so in my 20ltr napsack in goes 500 ml worked or me, this new stuff i got is called azural i think....

[arbmark]

nice one, thats the ticket.....that was on brambles though yarp?

[woodyguy]

If you read the online stuff for glyphosate which is different to the label that comes with it, you eventually find that you need 500mls per 10 Litre spray. I did a load last year and it will kill in one spray. Half strength won't in my experience. This was with ClinicAce

[farmer rod]

Does the label give a timing for glyphos these days? Some hazy memories of it not being recommended after August?

 

Does not mean it wont work

[woodyguy]

On mature brambles it's not great late summer. I normally strim /shred them at any growing time of year. Then a month later treat the fresh green new growth and you'll kill them.

[arbmark]

thanks guys, i did the spraying yesterday. 250ml per 10l used. the main reason for spraying is to be able to see the rockeries and pathways underneath before we attempt to clear with brushcutters/hedgetrimmers. total jungle, headheight in places. i did warn the client it may not be a silver bullet - the label does mention 'during active growth'. will defo have a respray in the spring, client warned! cheers all