Weed Killer for Docks/ thistles/ nettles

[ycbm]

Hasn't glyphosate been linked to MS, MD, Parkinsons and Alzheimers in humans and EMS, laminitis and cushings in horses? It now has detectable levels in bread.
We always used it on our horse fields for buttercup and dock but since these reports have topped instead as over the years have had a high incidence of laminitis and EMS, and now cushings, which never used to have when I was a kid. Have also read that people are keeping their horses in whilst neighbouring farmers are spraying off fields because of the wind drift.

How do you use glyphosate for buttercup? I spot spray dock with it, but it kills absolutely everything, so how can you do you spray pasture with it for buttercup without killing all your grass?

Wind drift of glyphosate from neighboring fields would kill the grass too, surely that would be illegal to kill someone else's grass with a wind drifted general herbicide?

 

[Yertis]

How do you use glyphosate for buttercup? I spot spray dock with it, but it kills absolutely everything, so how can you do you spray pasture with it for buttercup without killing all your grass?
Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/foru...ks-thistles-nettles/page4#GbSWAl5ZAiSI6lRE.99

lol !! in the normal way of killing it all off and reseeding of course

http://naturalhealingsolutions.co.uk/about/equine-metabolic-syndrome/glyphosate/horses/

 

[ycbm]

How do you use glyphosate for buttercup? I spot spray dock with it, but it kills absolutely everything, so how can you do you spray pasture with it for buttercup without killing all your grass?
Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/foru...ks-thistles-nettles/page4#GbSWAl5ZAiSI6lRE.99

lol !! in the normal way of killing it all off and reseeding of course

http://naturalhealingsolutions.co.uk/about/equine-metabolic-syndrome/glyphosate/horses/

Wow, drastic solution to butter cup ? Isn't it easier to alter the soil acidity, unless you want fast growing new ley, of course?

 

[Yertis]

Wow, drastic solution to butter cup ? Isn't it easier to alter the soil acidity, unless you want fast growing new ley, of course?
Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/foru...ks-thistles-nettles/page4#QrVY23K6xKgGJjy7.99

Sigh!! how we manage our land really has nothing to do with whether glyphosate is good for us and the planet. We all have to look towards the future for our children and theirs, and chemical buildup, in the view of experts who know far more than me, will harm the planet, animals and humans. I am convinced by them, others are not and will continue to use them, that is your right. But sarcasm towards those of us who wish to try a less chemical way is uncalled for.

 

[ycbm]

Wow, drastic solution to butter cup ? Isn't it easier to alter the soil acidity, unless you want fast growing new ley, of course?
Read more at http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/foru...ks-thistles-nettles/page4#QrVY23K6xKgGJjy7.99

Sigh!! how we manage our land really has nothing to do with whether glyphosate is good for us and the planet. We all have to look towards the future for our children and theirs, and chemical buildup, in the view of experts who know far more than me, will harm the planet, animals and humans. I am convinced by them, others are not and will continue to use them, that is your right. But sarcasm towards those of us who wish to try a less chemical way is uncalled for.

There was no sarcasm in my response.

 

[JillA]

Wow, drastic solution to butter cup ? Isn't it easier to alter the soil acidity, unless you want fast growing new ley, of course?

I have had mine limed twice, even though the Ph was neutral. Once buttercups are there, they have underground rhizomes and keep coming back. I sprayed with RelayP which contained mecaprop and dicambar, among other things, but the general consensus is you need to spray every three years, and I have noticed those I "killed" last year are beginning to come back. Other than soil Ph, I'd love to find an organic way to eradicate them, isn't there something that thrives on eating them??? (You could zap them with glyphosate if you used a weed wipe but it wouldn't be brilliant as it would only wipe the flower heads, not the leaves)

 

[ycbm]

It seems like a real problem for people who need it gone

I'm very lucky, I have so much room for two horses that I don't need to eradicate the buttercup and I actually like the bright yellow cheerfulness. My land is irredeemably acidic hill grazing. Luckily my boys don't get buttercup burn.

Can anyone answer my question above on strimming dock?

 

[Suelin]

There are courses available for less than £200 if you need to get certificated. I have just applied.

 

[Dry Rot]

Harrowing is said to reduce buttercups by ripping out the rhizomes. I seem to have fewer. I am also topping to try to reduce the number of flowers which will ultimately reduce seed. Somehow I suspect I am wasting my time!