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    Default Re: Lawn herbicides

    Guys for those of you using javelin or spearhead, if you look on the turf culture website, they have one called bow and arrow which is the same thing and comes in 5 litres, so the guys who haven't tried it because you had to buy 10 litres might give the 5 litres a go. I will tell you next week what it costs ,I have some ordered and some wetting agent

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    Default Re: Lawn herbicides

    Anyone find bin die on clover tends to work for that season or bit longer and clover comes back again the next year in the same spot?

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    Yep, because of seeds already in the soil.

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    Yep, because of seeds already in the soil.
    Yeah you gotta get clover before if flowers. But I also remember reading..maybe on the forum somewhere...that any small part of the plant can sprout a new plant. Is this true?

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    Spot on. That's what the 'repens' means in Trifolium repens (creeping and rooting stems). Each clover plant (from seed) is able to spread via stolon growth to thicken and multiply but the herbicide will still kill it. Trick is getting the spraying done before the clover flowers and sets seed. Seeds can stay viable for well over 10 years.

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    I really need a hebicide that will kill grasses but not small grevilleas and Myoporum parvifolium. one of my regulars gardens have become infested with grass, I dont want to spray round up as It will kill everything. The grevilleas are less than 1mt tall.
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    Default Re: Lawn herbicides

    I was told to use Fusilade, by a landscape gardener, who helped me quote a job with a similar situation. I haven't tried it yet, as they decided not to go ahead with the works. Maybe one of the other guys can let us know if it's ok?

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    Yes Fusilade will but I would still be very careful and try not to get it on to much of the leaf of the other plants. Bloody expensive stuff tho. If there is any Kikuyu in the garden then forget it. Hand paint the Kikuyu, I use a weeding wand. I have used Monument before but it's bloody expensive to, $150.00 for 100ml and really only any good if you spray it on the Kikuyu in Autumn, two treatments 28 days apart. I had another chemical which only kills grasses but I can't remember the name of it, it was good on grass but not much chop on Kikuyu, would suppress it and eventually kill it if you gave it enough doses of a time period. All these chemicals you have to be precise with measurements otherwise you can kill the non targeted plants if you over dose.

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    I used bin-die on a clients lawn to get rid of the bindis.
    But 2 weeks later she said the bindis are growing more???
    Any ideas on getting rid of the bindis?
    I was thinking if tripling the dosage of bin-due
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    I mainly use Kamba but I find there's a few weeds that it doesn't get rid of but generally it akes care of about 95% of turf-weeds around here. It's great for clover, bindii and dandelion and safe to use on couch and buffalo. I'm still looking for something that will control wintergrass and paspalum though.

    http://www.nuturf.com.au/new%20desig...0M%20label.pdf

    There's a lot of options though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    I used bin-die on a clients lawn to get rid of the bindis.
    But 2 weeks later she said the bindis are growing more???
    Any ideas on getting rid of the bindis?
    I was thinking if tripling the dosage of bin-due
    Did you spray as directed? A lot of people don't spray enough on, read the spray rates and try it again. It's good stuff and usually works well. Did it rain or get water on it after application?

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    Yeah scion, I don't think I sprayed enough on.
    Didn't rain for a week after application
    Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ

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    Also check the batch date, if it is 2 or 3 years old, it can lose it's effectiveness. I have also found that you need to be precise with your measurements. Also make certain that you wet the weed, don't travel to fast whilst applying chemical.

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    You really have to get your spray rates correct. Calibrate your spray gear, know how many mls or litres it puts out for a given time over a given area. This includes how fast (slow) you'll have to walk over the area you are spraying given its size.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    You really have to get your spray rates correct. Calibrate your spray gear, know how many mls or litres it puts out for a given time over a given area. This includes how fast (slow) you'll have to walk over the area you are spraying given its size.
    +1
    And measure out the chemical accurately (get a small electronic balance which will weight to 1/100 of a gram or better --- cost only $10 or so on evilbay for small quantities such as Brushoff).
    Finally -- READ and FOLLOW the instructions.

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    Don't triple the dose you will kill the lawn. Do what most don't, READ THE LABEL.

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