What Did You Do In The Garden?

[ducks4you]

In the PNW we have invasive ivy with trunks as big as trees…I just put a bucket over the area where most of the upper portion of the plant is removed and root’s dislodged from the main plant. This robs the plant of sun & water. By the next season it’s compost. This is how I get rid of that invasive Algerian ivy.

This is an easy way to use weed spray available safe for pets and children. I use it in the areas where the grandkids and dogs hang out. It may take longer to work but it works.

It has to be a good product if it works and takes more time. I think the chemical companies have hood winked the general public to think that you should buy/use a spray that kills dandelions in the cracks of your driveway while you watch it die!

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

In my case using chemical sprays for weeds is a bit more complicated than spot spraying a dandelion in cracks in my driveway. There are different needs for different areas and for different types of weeds. Which indeed I do use chemical sprays along my driveway because it is half a block long and asphalt- black top. A spendy replacement if weeds are allowed to grow in cracks and roots are hard if not impossible to get out from these cracks which will split open new cracks yearly . Spraying is necessary to preserve an investment . Black top driveways are very spendy to replace or patch. Most chemical weed control treatments in my opinion is a good way to protect driveways, cement walkways , house and out building foundations as well as stock pasture land.

I have pastures also that need to be sprayed for poisonous plants that pop up . Generally hand pulling is not efficient in hard pan clay soil or large pasture areas consisting of several acres. I section and close off the pastures and spray separate sections and then alternate every 2-3 weeks to open after spraying. This is done in order to preserve grass hay for stock animals so they can continue to forage during the day as well as hay bales split in quarters for them to feed on safely without existing dried poisonous weeds .

Posionous tansey ragwort and poison hemlock seeds generally float on winter wind currents leaving seeds coving the pastures . By late July / August poisonous plants are popping up from seeds left in winter throughout the pastures. I use a pasture weed spray developed by the Oregon state agriculture division designed to eliminate poisonous weeds in pastures . It’s an efficient chemical spray used 2x’s a year while using my 15 gallon battery op sprayer designed to spray several acres .

Another weed issue here are the Himalayan wild blackberry’s that can roll across the pastures and cover any small building in just a few years encroaching from the wild forrest next door and bird droppings which can spread wild blackberry seeds literally everwhere. These blackberry plants as well as poison oak and algerian ivy are considered noxious weeds by the Oregon state agriculture department in our neck of the woods. I use a different chemical weed spray designed specifically for these types of noxious and poisonous weeds . Regular weed spray does not kill wild Himalayan blackberry , poison oak etc. I protected my pastures from all noxious weeds in order to protect my animals . It’s a win win treatment program protecting animals and safe hay content.

I could go on and on. I hope I have explained how important it is to use chemical weed spray designed for different purposes and types of noxious plants and weeds not only to protect property but also to protect stock animals.
I use whatever works to preserve the pastures to make the grass hay safe for stock animals . Have spent many years doing research for my particular needs and attended county meetings attributed to the education and proper use of chemical weed formulations designed for different purposes and using appropriate caution .