The 2014 Weed Control Thread

P_Cash

ill start,

Roundup Flex, is this the same as Roundup biactive.

last year i paid €115 for 20ltrs of Biactive,
always used it, and worked great for me.


I dont see Biactive at all this yr in the local agri store, but roundupflex is there, at €150.

seems pricey.

any ideas, ill be buying 20lts.

Zr105

P_Cash wrote: »

ill start,

Roundup Flex, is this the same as Roundup biactive.

last year i paid €115 for 20ltrs of Biactive,
always used it, and worked great for me.


I dont see Biactive at all this yr in the local agri store, but roundupflex is there, at €150.

seems pricey.

any ideas, ill be buying 20lts.

I'm not 100% on this but fairly certain(would have to read the labels) biactive is a 360g product but the newer flex has 440g or something along those lines so takes less to do the same job

stanflt

Zr105 wrote: »

I'm not 100% on this but fairly certain(would have to read the labels) biactive is a 360g product but the newer flex has 440g or something along those lines so takes less to do the same job

Flex is 15litres

Miname

im looking at getting something to clear up ragworth and general weeds that are starting to etablish on ground i reseeded 3 yrs ago. ive been told d50 by one lad and another lad suggested forefront t. ive no price on the d50 but the forefront t is working out at e90 per hectare. are there any cheaper equivalents out there?

P_Cash

stanflt wrote: »

Flex is 15litres

your right, thanks, and its 150 for the 15 ltr on agri dir


found dome info on it here.

http://www.farmersguide.co.uk/page.aspx?p=219&article=2091


i hope this isnt paying more for less. . . (after mixing)

ill have to look up the mixing rates.

P_Cash

I might have been strong, but i always put it out at 1 part roundup 40 water

stanflt

Miname wrote: »

im looking at getting something to clear up ragworth and general weeds that are starting to etablish on ground i reseeded 3 yrs ago. ive been told d50 by one lad and another lad suggested forefront t. ive no price on the d50 but the forefront t is working out at e90 per hectare. are there any cheaper equivalents out there?

Pasture Klean from Osmonds

stanflt

Miname wrote: »

im looking at getting something to clear up ragworth and general weeds that are starting to etablish on ground i reseeded 3 yrs ago. ive been told d50 by one lad and another lad suggested forefront t. ive no price on the d50 but the forefront t is working out at e90 per hectare. are there any cheaper equivalents out there?

Pasture Klean from Osmonds

whelan2

Miname wrote: »

im looking at getting something to clear up ragworth and general weeds that are starting to etablish on ground i reseeded 3 yrs ago. ive been told d50 by one lad and another lad suggested forefront t. ive no price on the d50 but the forefront t is working out at e90 per hectare. are there any cheaper equivalents out there?

is it not getting abit late now to spray for ragworth?

visatorro

Apparently duplasin is gone from next year. Used it on silage ground regularly. Contractor sprayed forty acres for me this year. 350 euro. Better than me going round with ten foot booms

Zr105

stanflt wrote: »

Flex is 15litres

What i mean is that biactive has 360grams glyphosate per litre, wereas the round up flex has 480g/litre meaning that a 15l can of flex has the same amount of the active ingredient as 20l of biactive would have,

Bleating Lamb

The missus says to me this am after mass 'wouldn't that be a good day to spray the weeds appearing around the place' ...so subtle;)...me on couch with hangover after busy day fertilising grazing yday,will watch the Chelsea/Pool,Munster and GAA games at same time!...and leave spraying till eve when sun goes down,have Roundup biactive left from last year.