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New Hedge - Can I spray weeds only?

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  • 03-06-2009 5:11pm
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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Guys,
    I put down my hedges there about 3 months now. The grass and weeds are growing mad around them, there are 400 hedge plants down so as you can imagine individually weeding around each could be painful! :)

    Is there are a weed killer out there that would kill only the weeds and not the plants? I suspect there isn't. :(

    Thanks


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    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,312 ✭✭✭secman


    Yop,


    When I planted a mixed hedge( whitethorn and field maple), the local farmer told me that I had to stamp down the grasses etc which were engulfing the hedgling, it took ages to do so, he then sprayed them, easier after they were trampled. It was a pain, still doing it now after 3 seasons but not to the same degree or anything like it.


    Secman


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    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    oh jesus!! There goes my summer lol!!!!

    If it has to be done it will have to be done. :)


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    ShowAndGo
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭ShowAndGo


    What spray can you use that will kill off grass and weeds but will not affect the hedge if it gets sprayed accidental?


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    skywalker_208
    Registered Users Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭skywalker_208


    At the moment I am strimming the grass from around my hedge plants but it takes ages and has to be done every week!
    I believe you can get a hood for the tip of the sprayers to narrow the field of the spray - so if you use roundup etc which is absorbed through the leaf of the plant/grass you should be able to concentrate on hitting the grass and not the plants.

    I havent tried that myself though yet ;)


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