Herbicide for pine tree seedlings

[lj]

I have just finished planting my pine seedlings into a well plowed and disked seed bed. I know the grasses and ferns will be coming up. Is there a herbicide that I can spray that will not kill my seedlings?

[Alice In TX/MO]

Talk to your local County Extension Office.

[martenfisher]

I don't know about your area but here mulching with pineneedles would do the job.

[tinknal]

I don't really think you want to. Every pine plantation I've ever seen was grown on sod. The sod will help hold moisture, prevent erosion, and will prevent less desirable weeds from taking over.

[big rockpile]

If you decide to use a herbicide take a piece of Stove Pipe slip over spray arond with Roundup.

big rockpile

[Old Vet]

Goal is a good herbicide. But talk to your local Forestry people. They may have one that is better. I sprayed Goal on seedlings in a nursery.

[ronbre]

any herbicide you spray will kill a lot of the underground herds that keep your soil healthy..so I would think twice before using them, try reading some good books on the subject before doing so..might I suggest Edible Forest Gardens by Dave Jacke, you can borrow it from the library

[Tricky Grama]

10% vinegar, still wouldn't get close to the seedlings tho.

Patty

[oregon woodsmok]

Weeder geese. Mine haven't touched the pine seedlings. Then you get to eat the geese. Win win.

[Cabin Fever]

We plant only Round-Up Ready pine seedlings. Weed control is a snap!

[Danaus29]

The ferns I wouldn't want to kill. If I had ferns I know of a dozen places I would be transplanting them to. As for the grass, Ortho makes a garden grass killer product. It's a systemic and kills from the roots up. I used it last year by my rhubarb. Works great on stubborn invasive grass but I did have to give a clump of it a second shot this year. Safe for ornamentals and doesn't kill broadleaf plants.

[Paquebot]

It's plowed and disked and presently free of weeds and grass, correct? If you planted the seedlings according to the size of your equipment, disk between the rows. That's assuming that you've planted something like a Christmas tree plantation and which would require mechanical control. If small, do selective hand spraying with something powerful enough to kill both ferns and grass. And, if you have bracken fern, you are correct in not wanting it as that would quickly overpower your seedlings. But once you have them under control, let the grass grow and mow it.

Martin

[rambler]

Funny, Cabin Fever.

This first link provides some very expensive options I (a corn & soybean farmer) haven't heard of.

The 2nd link seems better info, with a list of things I've heard of & used in grain farming at realistic costs.

You can pick out if you want to kill broadleaf weeds, grass weeds, or everything by mixing and matching from the list. Timing can be _very_ important, be sure to follow the label, it's the law and leads to living good plants and dead weeds....

--->Paul


http://www.arkansastimber.info/pdf/H...plications.pdf

http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modft/ftncr251.html