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Q: Hi is gibber900  any good for use on normal household lawns that need fertilizer as some of the lawns I mow are very deficient?A: Yes it definitely works on lawns.  I’ve even seen a lawn that was next to a house paddock sprayed with Gibber,  and every time the bloke turned the tractor at the fence, a fan-shaped of overspray went onto the edge of..

Agapanthus growing out of control? Agapanthus is not really a weed, of course. It’s more of an ornamental flower, and a pretty nice one too, in its place. It is, for example, better able than almost anything else to handle the carbon monoxide laden atmosphere in the middle of a busy motorway. That’s why we see so many planted there, and looking ve..

Q: What weedspray do you recommend to kill Wandering Jew? A: The best spray of all for Wandering Jew is our Triclo.  I have used it personally on a large patch in Rotorua and it does a great job.  You may get some regrowth but a second treatment then does the job very nicely.  Use rate is 6ml/L of water in a knapsack always add Superwetter Penetra..

Q: When it the best time to spray pennyroyal and what weed spray should i use?A: Pennyroyal is a weed that you may not notice on your farm until it flowers. Unfortunately by the time Pennyroyal has flowered it is too late to get adequate control.  Pennyroyal is best controlled when it has lots of leaf, but prior to it developing any flower stalks. ..

Q.  We have a problem weed, I don’t know what it is called, in one of our ponds, and have been trying to get rid of it, but to no avail, it just keeps coming back, just wondering if you would have any suggestion about a suitable spray to use to eliminate it all together. I have attached a photo of the weed in the pond, and one of it close up, hopin..

Control of Invasive Lawn Weed Q.  Hello Paul & the folks at R & B.  Are you able to inform me as to the name of this invasive grass weed that is attempting to take over our lawn?It struggles to survive the winter when young, but goes for it in this hot weather.  Any suggestions for control?Enjoy your newsletter. A.  The weed in your lawn is a paspa..

Q.  Hi, I spoke to Rachael a couple of days ago In regards to a coastal weedI'm having problems getting rid of. I've tried lawn master and banvine,?,both at optimal spraying times. I hope these photos are enough for you towork with, I look forward to your reply.  A.  The plant in your pictures is definitely an oxalis species, most probably Oxalis c..

Enquiry from a customer regarding possible causes of slow pasture growth. This follows our phone conversation of today. Situation:11 hectares affected by poor pasture growth.  2,4-D had been applied some weeks earlier.  75kg/ha urea applied the day before Decision was applied at 50g/Ha.  That was about 4 weeks ago.  The buttercups targeted by the D..

You¹ve asked about controlling cranesbill and plantains in pasture. By cranesbill I think you¹re referring to Erodium cicutarium which is actually called storksbill but it's probably called cranesbill in some local regions.  Looks as much like a crane as it does a stork, as far as I can see.  Just check the attached weed file to be sure I am on th..

In answer to a question about Grassmate from a customer about control of broadleaf weeds in lawns, Our product GrassMate is an excellent product for removing all broadleaf species, including clovers etc, from a lawn without damage to the grass. For your situation a rate equivalent to 2L/Ha is about right.  So for a 1.5 acre lawn, that's a total o..

CONTROLLING WEEDS IN CHICORY BASED PASTUREReply to a question on weed control in a horse pasture containg some chicory.The presence of chicory limits the herbicide choices very severely, because almost all the good broadleaf weed sprays will damage chicory.However, all authorities do agree that flumetsulam (i.e. our product “Decision") is the No 1 ..

In answer to a question regarding the withholding period for Decision herbicide. Short answer is that it’s very low risk.  In fact it’s really only got a withholding period due to the fact that Decision will kill some poisonous weeds that then become more palatable (i.e. less repellent to taste) as they die off, but that remain poisonous even thoug..