Attack the Rushes -  Stages Orchard

Stags Orchard May 2015.

Tackling the rushes in Stags Orchard

The young Rams have eaten down the grass, so much less grass will be weed wiped. The target is the rushes only. However I got the dilution seriously wrong as the Roundup ultra does not mention the mix for weed wipers. This is probably because its an amateur product. So basically none of the rushes were affected I am using ROUNDUP ultra 3000 concentrate, this is a glyphosate based herbicide, this is an amateur use product which I will still be able to buy and use after the 25th November 2015 (end of Grandfather rights)

 

Stags Orchard August 2016

However now I have passed the Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides (PA1) and  module PA6 exams, I can now use a professional product in this case Roundup Probio. Here the mixture ratio was 1 to 10. Just to be clear 1 of herbicide (Roundup) in 9 parts of water:-  example for a tank volume of 10 liters -  1 litre of Herbcide to 9 liters of water.

Stags Orchard 25 May 2018
Stags Orchard June 2018 nearly a month after wiping just about every rush plant seems to be dying back.