Also grazon is not very effective for buttercups so just wondering if maybe it was a different product which was used. If it is too late for the buttercups there are lots of other things to hit. I think I'm going to tough it out and hold off until next spring and in the mean time run some soil samples like Baldy suggested and see what the soil needs. There are several species of this winter annual. The hay field has never ever had a problem before, but this year even that has big patches. thanks oldmare! Seeding your pastures, particularly those bare spots, with a variety of grass that thrives in your area, is the best ways to keep buttercups and other undesirable weeds at bay. If you have a cooler season grass ,such as fescue, you will need to use something other than Grazon.I have used it on 40 acres for the past 4 years and plan on using it again this year. I bought a small container of Pasture Pro because TSC did not have Grazon in stock. You only use between 5-7 oz per acre. Metsulfuron 60 DF, Cimarron Plus, Grazon P+D, GrazonNext and Dicamba + 2,4-D also control buttercup. they are predominantly creeping buttercups.The farmer limed my field in mid-April, told me it would kill the moss and buttercups, but TBH it did nothing for the buttercups which seem to thrive on it! Buttercup - Spray buttercup in late February or early March before it flowers. I guess I let them graze down too much because the weeds are steadily taking over. Its more expensive than most herbicides but the weeds DO NOT COME BACK the following year etc. The rate at which you apply GrazonNext HL Herbicide will depend on the specific type of thistle you are treating. It certainly knocks them back, and you think they might die, but they don't. 28 May 2009 #2. After you spray, keep the horses of it until it dries. Spray buttercup in late February or early March before it flowers. Grazon should only be used in a knapsak sprayer and the stock exclusion is only 7 days (although I always leave an extra week in addition to recommended with any product). I've got to do something or else there won't be anything except expensive hay for our horses to eat. I will personally drag them face down through the lot until they are covered in weeping blisters Has anyone used the 2-4-D and if so what time of year, how tall was the grass/weeds and how long did you leave your horses off of it? It wiped out all those tough perrenial weeds I had.
The local Co-Op said that since the buttercups have bloomed the Grazon won't kill them but will take care of the Chickweed.
It works better than any 2-4-d product I have ever used. Thanks Perce . While fields filled with buttercups in spring may offer aesthetic benefits to passersby, to producers they are simply a pest. Thanks and sorry to be such a pain here.I have been using a product called "Milestone".
Gary Bates, University of Tennessee professor of plant sciences and director of the UT Beef and Forage Center, says that getting rid of weeds is a matter of timing.
I think its because it was so wet and we are on heavy clay/flat ground so it just lies wet for ages. Dow chemical puts it out. Thanks.What type of grass are you growing in your pastures? We live in cotton country and this can be a problem. I started this a year ago and got busy with having trees cut out of the yard and neglected our pastures and almost anything else horse related and here it is a year later I'm back with the same problem. Yes I have had the tomato plant + Grazon hay manure disaster. Metsulfuron 60 DF, Cimarron Plus, Grazon P+D, Grazon-Next HL and dicamba + 2,4-D also control glyphosate or paraquat will control buttercup at normal use rates. 3 ton lime per acre was what the farm store advised - great for clearing a lot of other weeds too.roundup weed killer is the best for killing the buttercups, works brilliantly and we do our paddocks by the 'on foot with sprayer' method!! It made them look very sick and sorry for a while but they bounced back. Anyone limed their paddocks 'by hand'? If it's bermuda. No since in putting it down twice. Joined 16 January 2006 Messages 1,204 Location Scottish Borders. You must log in or register to reply here. Grazon 90 did not kill my buttercups, and I followed instructions to the letter. Farmer friend recommended Headland Polo but I haven't tried it yet.