How do you get rid of nettles and docks?
How do you get rid of nettles and docks?
Sadly rubbing nettle stings with dock leaves does nothing to help in my experience. They have a long tap root from which they will re-grow. You have to dig out the root and then kill it. You can either leave the root to dry out, burn them or drown them in a barrel of water to do this.
What herbicide kills nettle?
glyphosate
Nettles produce new shoots from their roots so it is important to use a systemic herbicide such as glyphosate that will move into the root system and kill the entire plant. Applications using a hand-held or backpack sprayer with a 2% glyphosate concentration are effective in nettle control.
What is the best way to get rid of dock leaves?
Dock seedlings can be killed by spraying with lawn weedkillers based on 2,4-D or MCPA (Vitax LawnClear 2 or Weedol Lawn Weedkiller), but they become fairly resistant to these weedkillers once they have established a fleshy rootstock.
What is the best time to spray docks?
Late April/early May is a good time to spray docks as there are plenty leaves on the dock plant and silage won’t be cut for at least 30 days. At this time of year docks are growing vigorously and nutrients are being transported to new leaves and roots. This vigorous growth helps to get a god response from sprays.
How do you permanently get rid of nettles?
The only way to get rid of stinging nettles permanently is to remove the whole of the root. Leave a minute piece of root in the soil and that’s enough for the nettles to regrow.
How do you stop nettles from coming back?
To get rid of stinging nettles, cut them down in early summer before they start to flower and use a garden fork to dig up the roots of the plants. Hoe beds regularly to kill stinging nettle seedlings, or dig up individual seedlings with a hand fork. To kill nettles in lawns, mow regularly.
How do you get rid of brambles and nettles?
Apply weed killer to the freshly-cut plants. The best weed killers for brambles are triclopyr or glyphosate. Look for products that contain these ingredients. Then soak the entire plant down to the soil level with weed killer. Focus on spraying the newly-cut tips of the vines so the chemicals enter the plant.
How do you get rid of nettles?
What animals eat dock leaves?
Docks are grazed off by cattle, sheep, goats and deer but not by horses. It has been suggested that sheep should be used to graze off seedling docks in the autumn and mature docks in March.
How do you get rid of dock leaves in a horse field?
A broad leaf specific spray, like Pastor or Grazon, will only kill things like docks, and ime is easier to use- you don’t have to worry about killing a patch of grass around each dock. You still need to keep the horses off for about 7 days.
