Author Topic: Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?  (Read 8276 times)

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?
« on: May 16, 2011, 09:34:18 am »
Anyone know of a good selective herbicide to get rid of Bog Grass (the tall hard spiky grass that grows in wetter fields)?

Don't want to kill the grass - and improving drainage not an option.

 ???

Coley

  • Joined Apr 2011
Re: Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 06:58:00 pm »

Best I could manage was to cut it short, then as it started to come back spray it with weed killer (I used pastor but cant get it anymore) did the trick but the bugger will come back as soon as you turn your back.

hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Anglesey
Re: Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 09:05:28 pm »
Surest way is to get the land dried out somehow.

ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2011, 10:55:42 pm »
Get some goats. Seriously. We used to have Boggrass (marshgrass) in our field when we moved here. None left anymore. Every field roundabout us has it..... The goats have eaten it all out. Seems to be good for them two - it has helped bring back two very sick goats to health.


Beth

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: Getting rid of Bog Grass - which selective herbicide?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 07:04:01 am »
Thanks but unfortunately as goats are escape artistes, they are not for me - they would spend more time out of the field and none of it in there doing the job.

 

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