apply it correctly and there is no problem, sometimes on hot days its dry within a half hour... drench the sh!t out of everything, yeah, you can create a problem, but mainly for pets or rats that run through it, and if you live next to a creek or whatnot...

if there is 5 sets, pull them...

if there is 500 sets, have fun, you wont win...


im goin fishin boys, c ya

I recently cleared a patch of blackberries that was about 2,000 SF, maybe a bit more. First step was to weed whack it (solid metal 3 blade tool, not trimmer line), then I hit it with our field mower, effectively a mini brush hog. Left it alone for two weeks.

Two weeks later, any green growth got the scorched earth treatment, glocophosphate and mec-amine (a generic version of crossbow). Went back last week and what was growing? Bracken ferns. I hit those with GP, and they look like they are on their way out.


The area will be cleaned up a bit at the end of the year, and then probably replanted with our usual field grass after removing that one stump. Used about 3 oz of concentrate of each herbicide.

It's amazing how many ferns can be pulled at 15 minutes a day.

On the topic of carrier fluids, the primary way foresters deliver herbicides to plants they want to kill is through the use of what is called basal oil. Essentially a mineral oil that penetrates the cells of the plants delivering the herbicide. Holds a stable mix over a period of time.

You'd this some pro landscaper type would step up and offer some constructive advice...



We must not have one. Hmmm.

You forgot the constructive part.

I find it easier to lanscape with problem weeds vs eradicating them.... Besides by late summer the dandelion blooms blend so niceley with the green ferns

I think I am actually becoming accustomed to your creative and colorful use of monikers


I stand corrected. Maybe we do have a professional landscaper here.



Huh.




Salmo was the one asking for the advice anyways... Whaddaya do for ferns lawn boy?

Then you should consider using the "preview post" button more often.

And then there's the Hydro-Axe
The one I used was built onto a loader and swung chains instead of the blade.
A wicked machine.....brush and sapling death.
Schitt flew for almost 300 feet.

The best weed removal device I have ever found was pigs. They will root up and kill just about everything, all the while making pork chops.

This here is the best plan yet.
Weed removal combined with good BBQ !

Sip lemonade while the pigs are workin'....can't beat that !

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Food for thought

Just spray some Roundup on 'em...add a little of KK's Shallot Vinegarette and you're good to go

Fish on...

Todd

I've always known that you are not quite right, and now I know why.

KK's weed removal program involves goats not pigs.

That strategy affords him a little wood while the yard is weeded "organically" by his "lady friends".

"Little wood" being the operative words...

Crikey! So bracken ferns are carcinogenic too!

If the spores are on the underside of the fronds and release in the fall as I suspected (and KK said), then pulling them (as advised twice by JG) in the spring and early summer should not increase their number. Just what I need, another thing to do in the yard and back forty. If I had as much time as I did when I was a kid, I'd invite Stam over to help pull 'em and we could have a fern fight. But those days are long gone. I will wear gloves while pulling the damn things.

BTW, finally got my raised beds set up and filled with garden mix soil from Great Western - many wheel barrows full, whew! So tomorrow I plant my mini garden and work on finishing the deer fence. Got a couple new cute little fawns ramblin' around the place, adding to the deer population.

I'm really surprised goats weren't mentioned sooner...

They like acidic soil so use lime to sweeten the soil and make it hard for them to thrive. Repeated mowing or weed whacking in combo with lime is a safe bet if you want to avoid chems. Someone mentioned pulling horse tail. Never pull it , when you do you create two or more heads and make the problem worse. Cut them.

Google Keystone pest solutions in Idaho they have all the best ag chems in genetic form and you can read how to best apply them and in what combos .