Weed control under fences

[MMM]

Try TRIOX from Ortho, it kills grass/weeds and poisons the ground where sprayed for a couple years.

 

[Grassgod]

I use growth regulators aka growth inhibitors. You can buy them at lesco. They have a website to find a dealer near you. I use them in my horse trun out fence areas'. they are nice because u still keep the green look. They dont kill the grass & weeds, just stop the growth. They are also better for your soil.

 

[Inspector507]

Link to <font color="blue"> Lesco </font>

 

[johndeere2210]

Weed control under a fence is hard at best. I found that herbicide is not the answer either. After using Round Up for several years we started developing ditches right under the fence where we had killed the grass and weeds. In a couple of places the posts almost washed out after a couple of hard rains. We are back to trying to control the growth with mechanical means (weed wacker or fence line mower).

 

[LBrown59]

anybody tried laying .flashing, boards. rool roofing etc.along the ground under the fence.

 

[xb2dr]

Roundup is rubbish. The only thing it's good for is killing existing vegitation and then 3 weeks later you have fresh weeds or grass growing up under your fence. I have 1000 meters of fence line around my block of land. I have a 7 wire, ironbark splitpost fence, with one plain electric 2" off the ground, then 2 barbs, then another plain electric about 15" off the ground, then 3 barbs to the top. It allows my 4 dogs to have free roam of 10 acres during the day while we are at work and they don't go anywhere near the fence as it bites hard! I used Roundup for a while but it's a waste of time. Get yourself some Krovar DF. It looks like washing machine powder. 5kg will cost you about AU$250. One application around my fence, which used about 1/3 of the 5kg resulted in nearly 2 years of weed and grass free 1.5 metre strip under my fence. I have only just gone over the fence line again in the last couple of weeks just to give it a freshen up. It didn't need it by any means, I just wanted to give it another hit to be sure as we are having some good rain at the moment. It sounds like expensive stuff but it beats the **** out of Roundup any day of the week.

Brett

 

[JerryG]

Good Morning Brett and Welcome to TBN,
That sounds like good stuff. I have never heard of Krovar DF. I would bet that if it works that good it is a restricted substance in the U.S.A. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[EastTexFrank]

I'm not a big fan of Roundup. There are other herbicides out there with the exact same chemical and product strength as Roundup for 30% - 40% less cost. For me, Roundup works but has always been relatively slow acting. In fact I have seen grass and weeds outgrow Roundup's ability to kill when growing conditions have been good. I'm not familiar with Krovar DF but it sounds as if it has a long residual effect and retention time in the soil, which Roundup doesn't, so you're not exactly comparing apples to apples. I'll have to research information on Krovar DF but this shows how important it is to pick the right herbicide for what you want to achieve. It's definitely not a case of "one size fits all".

 

[Holzster]

I did a quick google search & found a few links here is one of them.



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[JD3130]

My lawn is 3 acres, the older I got the longer it took to weed eat it. That, plus dogs digging in and out. I had the answer. When I replaced the fence, I used sch 80 pipe for posts, sitting in the middle of a 18" strip of rebar enforced concrete. I welded a 7/8 sucker rod 3" from the bottom and a sch 80 pipe for the top rail and put up chain link fence. It took me 6 mos, since due to poor health I can only work 2 hours at a time. But NO MORE WEEDING in my life time. I'll post a picture when the rain ever stops> At the cost of "Remedy" $102.00 gl or RU at $97.00 it won't take long to reach pay back. And it looks great.

 

[OkeeDon]

<font color="blue"> "It took me 6 mos, since due to poor health I can only work 2 hours at a time." </font>

Hoo, boy, I can sure identify with that. I just took a week to install a laminate floor in a 12' x 12' room when it should have taken about a day. But, I'm real glad I had that week to do it, because 4 months ago, I was surprised every morning when I woke up. We do what we can do and keep pluggin'...

 

[xb2dr]

Thanks for the welcome Jerry.

Yes, I am also suprised how easy, with a bit of investigation, such an effective herbicide is available, even here in Australia. We're not as backward as you might think! It's suprising how easy, with a little bit of effort, it is to get your hands on some 'good gear' when it comes to looking after problems on the land. "Pidgeon's Pest Controller 500" is another prime example of a hard hitting product. Officially referred to as a termiticide, it kills any insect in site for months. I had a meat-ant nest about 1 meter by 3 meters with about a dozen ant holes in it. 20 litres of stale 2 stroke, a match and nearly 30 minutes of flame and the nest was unaffected. Then I got onto the Pidgeons....A good squirt with some Pidgeon's mixed with water and that nest was vacant in one day. Forget the Mortein Ant Sand at Woolworths, this stuff is the real deal. Not sure if it's available stateside but if you have an ant problem, and you can get it, then this will do the job with no worries.

Good to talk with you Larry,

Brett.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( So I've been on my new horse farm for about 6 months, and learned a big lesson for the first summer - a lot of fences means a lot of weed wacking. What a pain!

So I got this idea... if I put something along the ground under the fence as a barrier to weed growth, then I can mow alongside and I won't need to weed wack. I am thinking of laying boards flat between the posts, but afraid of things like warping and freeze-thaw troubles.

This would be used to control weeds under electric tape fences for the horses, and/or wire mesh fences for the dog. In both cases, I have 4x4 wood posts on about 8ft centers.

Anybody have a great idea for this... or seen one somewhere? )</font>
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Has anyone ever tried to make something like this out of a weed trimmer or a rotary push mower?