Topic: Weed Killer

[N+WPhelps]

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Hi all
We have had our allotment for about a month and cleared most off it. We are now working on clearing a big patch which hasn't been touch for quite a few years. Our allotment is next to a d**e and the reeds are coming up on the allotment. Can anybody recommend any weedkiller that is strong enough to get rid off these. This patch will probably not be used this year but still would like to clear it.

Thanks

[PAULW]

Try the RESOLVA just used it on marestail and its knocked it over in about three days

[tonybloke]

kiling them won't help! if you got reeds, then you got a drainage problem. try digging some trenches into the d**e to help the drainage.

[N+WPhelps]

Thanks to you both for your help, I think they d**e needs a clear out so will get hubby in a pair off wellies having a go  :)

[tonybloke]

resolva weed killer contains this
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC33217

I wouldn't want it on my food production area, nor on any of my neighbours!!

[shadowdragon]

whats a D**E??  ???

[N+WPhelps]

Me either, he just told  me it is being done this year anyway,

[tonybloke]

whats a D**E??  ???

Another word for 'Ditch' or 'drainage channel'

[Bjerreby]

I don't use poisons at all, but in any case, reeds are powerful, resilient plants, and you cannot poison them away. They are used to treat raw sewage.

I'd say the only permanent solution is to dig out the soil in question, sift out the roots, lay a strong membrane next to the dijk (Nederlandse!), and fill in again.

Alternatively, carry on with poison, change your username to Sisyphus, and reduce your life expectancy.  ???

[OllieC]

whats a D**E??  ???

Another word for 'Ditch' or 'drainage channel'

... yes, or slang for a homosexual laydee... You can turn the slightly neurotic swear-bot off, btw!

[shadowdragon]

haaa thanks LOL, i just couldnt work out what it was the swear filter was editing  ::)

[Eristic]

whats a D**E??

Dyke. Slang for a marsh drain and similar.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Your main problem is going to be drainage. If it's wet enough for reeds it's too wet for veg. What colour is the soil under the reeds? If you have gleying, which results from anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions, which tend to produce grey soils, then you have real problems.

[sawfish]

I cant believe they're prohibiting the word 'd**e'.

Ridiculous.

A d-y-k-e is a stone wall, as in a dry stane d-y-k-e

[Robert_Brenchley]

You can't use the normal term for a male chicken either. Whoever wrote the program had a seriously dirty mind.

[lottie lou]

Did they use reeds to make polders  in the Netherlands.  I also think they use them in Inle Lake in Shan State, Burma.  They had floating islands anchored to the bottom of the lake with bamboo poles and grew the most wonderful tomatoes.  Their houses were also on the lake on stilts and they kept pigs below the houses.   I was surprised because the waters were so clean and clear, there wasn't one bit of visible excrement in the waters of the canals round the houses nor on the lakes.

[OllieC]

It makes it very hard to talk about the time I looked out the window at the tits feeding on the bird table and suddenly realised that the chickens had all escaped (the hens & the thingy) and they were all hiding behind the d**e. I turned the door thingy and went outside to investigate...

[Kea]

 ;D

[sawfish]

superb olliec