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nw NC | I am in process of renovating a small relatively steep hillside of permanent grassland. Field is severely infested with wild garlic and horse nettle. It has been grass hay ground "forever". Desirable grasses have about played out and weedy species of grass have taken over. I sprayed the field using 2.5 qts/acre glyphosate and 1 qt/acre 2-4-D using 40 gal/acre of water to enhance getting plant material covered with solution. Stuff is slowly dying. I will get a picture tomorrow for you to see. I intend to drill grass seed over this ground without any tillage as it is so steep.
I have noticed that plants of both garlic and nettle that were run over by wheels and laid flat are much more nearly dead than those that stood upright . I figure that is because the plants that were laid flat got more surface area covered with spray material, thereby absorbing more into the plant's system. In the future if I have wild garlic to spray, I will mash the stuff down with my culti-mulcher before spraying. All info I read about chemical control of wild garlic calls for fall spraying, so now is time for you to do it.
I also sprayed a small field that has been in corn many years in order to kill many winter annuals that were coming in it. I used Paraquat at 1 qt/acre in plenty of water. Wild garlic that was coming in it was turned yellow and very sickened in a few days. Whether the paraquat would have killed it permanently, I do not know. I have since done tillage and drilled a new seeding of grass. | |
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Wild Garlic
