| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
DougG 
Orange Level
Joined: 20 Sep 2009
Location: Mo
Points: 8429
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Spraying weeds- fence rows
Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 5:52pm |
|
Its that time of year I spray weeds etc- used Killz -All for weeds , made them sick - thought I juiced it up a bit , but just aggrivatied,,I have a few fence rows I want to kill everything- no big trees just sprouts and stuff around 4 inches,,, now my question ,,,,so what do the electric companys use Im sure contract it out and that grass, brush, trees are BROWN!! What do they use??
Edited by DougG - 11 Aug 2025 at 5:54pm
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
thendrix
Orange Level
Joined: 04 Feb 2013
Location: Fairmount GA
Points: 5175
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 6:12pm |
|
Don't know what they use but we use Ranger Pro. Supposed to be the same as Round Up (of course) for half the price. Works pretty good for us
|
|
"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
|
|
DougG
Orange Level
Joined: 20 Sep 2009
Location: Mo
Points: 8429
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 6:38pm |
|
I want things to sizzle!!! LOL,,
|
|
steve(ill)
Orange Level Access
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: illinois
Points: 90793
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 8:43pm |
Roundup is a weed/ grass killer.... Lasts about 6 weeks and stuff starts to grow back... Thats what 99% of us use.... Power Company and others use a GROUND STERILANT... Poisions the dirt and stuff dont grow for 1-3 years...
Mixing Roundup with diesel fuel will do a long term job... Some of the " ground killers" have an oil / naptha / petrolium base to them...
or this
Edited by steve(ill) - 11 Aug 2025 at 8:51pm
|
|
Like them all, but love the "B"s.
|
|
Tbone95
Orange Level Access
Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Location: Michigan
Points: 12418
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 4:31am |
|
Probably need a license to use some of that stuff depending on your state. And several weeds are becoming round up tolerant do your results may vary. Liberty(glufosinate) kills quickly, it’s really quite impressive! But stuff grows back. Most of these work best when the weed is young, like 4-6 inches tall.
|
|
thendrix
Orange Level
Joined: 04 Feb 2013
Location: Fairmount GA
Points: 5175
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 5:28am |
|
I forgot about diesel. Pawpaw used to spray weeds with it. It'll flat kill but I'd bet you better not get caught.
|
|
"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
|
|
jaybmiller
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Greensville,Ont
Points: 25246
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 6:21am |
poor man's roundup ( cheap to make, works great, kills all ) jug of vinegar,2 cups salt, few squirts of dish soap spray on after morning dew is gone, weeds die after lunch
saw a video of farmers using a steam genny at base of grape vines,worked very well.
|
|
3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
|
|
Tbone95
Orange Level Access
Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Location: Michigan
Points: 12418
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 7:42am |
 thendrix wrote:
I forgot about diesel. Pawpaw used to spray weeds with it. It'll flat kill but I'd bet you better not get caught. |
Yeah…. I was dealing with a hay guy a few years ago. Talking about trimming fences to keep the juice hot. He told me he uses gasoline! I was shocked. I thought no way. But the more I get tired of trimming and such, the more I think, hmmm!…
|
|
modirt
Orange Level Access
Joined: 18 Jul 2018
Location: Missouri
Points: 9427
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 8:25am |
Gas or diesel will kill most grasses and weeds. Also works well on wasp nests. At $3 per gallon, may be cheaper than you thought option too.
Not sure how it would work in modern, all plastic garden sprayers. Worked really well in the old metal ones.
|
|
steve(ill)
Orange Level Access
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: illinois
Points: 90793
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 10:10am |
last 2 years i have been buying Dicamba plus 24D to spray in the yard and barn lot. Dicamba will kill any WEEDS that the 24D will not.. Together they kill all WEEDS.. Will not kill the grass. Dicamba will kill weeds that are 4 ft tall..... if your weeds get use to the 24D, the Dicamba will give them an extra KICK..... This is not an ALL KILL or Ground Sterilant.
|
|
Like them all, but love the "B"s.
|
|
jaybmiller
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Greensville,Ont
Points: 25246
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 10:47am |
|
sigh, wish I was in the 51st state... can't legally buy 2wd and use it in Ontario,well, unless you're a golf course....
|
|
3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
|
|
Kenny L.
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: NEIOWA
Points: 1404
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 11:16am |
|
crossbow but don't spray close to any tree drip line that you don't what to kill, willn't kill grasses
|
|
Tbone95
Orange Level Access
Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Location: Michigan
Points: 12418
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 11:17am |
steve(ill) wrote:
last 2 years i have been buying Dicamba plus 24D to spray in the yard and barn lot. Dicamba will kill any WEEDS that the 24D will not.. Together they kill all WEEDS.. Will not kill the grass. Dicamba will kill weeds that are 4 ft tall..... if your weeds get use to the 24D, the Dicamba will give them an extra KICK..... This is not an ALL KILL or Ground Sterilant.
|
if you’re killing 4 foot tall weeds with dicamba, or anything for that matter, you must be drenching the chit outta it! 
|
|
steve(ill)
Orange Level Access
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: illinois
Points: 90793
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 2:31pm |
if you’re killing 4 foot tall weeds with dicamba, or anything for that matter, you must be drenching the chit outta it!
YEP... guy next door has a hill side with lots or rocks / etc.. No tractor there. I mixed 3 oz per gallon in a 3 gallon weed sprayer and gave them a GOOD bath ... Maybe 1200 sq ft area.. All died in 2 weeks.
Edited by steve(ill) - 12 Aug 2025 at 2:33pm
|
|
Like them all, but love the "B"s.
|
|
Tbone95
Orange Level Access
Joined: 31 Aug 2012
Location: Michigan
Points: 12418
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 13 Aug 2025 at 7:16pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
<span style="color: rgb0, 0, 36; : rgb254, 252, 212;">if you’re killing 4 foot tall weeds with dicamba, or anything for that matter, you must be drenching the chit outta it!</span><span style="color: rgb0, 0, 36; : rgb254, 252, 212;">
</span> <span style="color: rgb0, 0, 36; : rgb254, 252, 212;">YEP... guy next door has a hill side with lots or rocks / etc.. No tractor there. I mixed 3 oz per gallon in a 3 gallon weed sprayer and gave them a GOOD bath ... Maybe 1200 sq ft area.. All died in 2 weeks.</span>
|
whatever works. A guy couldn’t afford to do that farm wide. 😆
|
|
klinemar
Orange Level
Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Location: Michigan
Points: 8074
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 14 Aug 2025 at 5:51am |
|
Crossbow is the best herbicide that can be bought without a license. Not cheap. I use Roundup and 2-4-D Brush Killer formula mixed together. Sometimes with a particularly bad growth of Sumac ,I'll add some Diesel Fuel. I call that Napalm! Pramitol works well too,if you can find it. Not many Farm Stores carry it. I let my Pesticide License expire,so now I buy over the counter like everybody else.
|
|
Lars(wi)
Orange Level Access
Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Location: Permian Basin
Points: 8402
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 14 Aug 2025 at 6:02am |
|
Couple gallons of gasoline, mix in some motor oil or diesel fuel in a carry sprayer. When job is done, take everything apart to dry.
|
|
I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
|
|
