Pull first with a track machine, pile them and burn them. Then come along with a knapsack the following year or 2 and spray with grazon 90 and spray any regrowths. Don't let anyone near them with a mulcher as they will only spread the seed.Have some steep fields that I want to make more productive, they have a lot of whins growing in them that I’d like to remove, what is the best way to take them out?
Mulching spreads the seeds. Even the wind will carry them after mulching. Its a vile plant that roots very easy.Mulch it spray it and power harrow it and set the grass seeds
If you heap them up the wind will carry them too.Mulching spreads the seeds. Even the wind will carry them after mulching. Its a vile plant that roots very easy.
Burn them as you heap them. Turn over the fire with the digger and there won't be a bit left. Don't give them a chance to spread their seed.If you heap them up the wind will carry them too.
Once it's farmed relatively intensively they won't cause a problem
Hard burn when there freshBurn them as you heap them. Turn over the fire with the digger and there won't be a bit left. Don't give them a chance to spread their seed.
Pull first with a track machine, pile them and burn them. Then come along with a knapsack the following year or 2 and spray with grazon 90 and spray any regrowths. Don't let anyone near them with a mulcher as they will only spread the seed.
Whins thrive on shallow dry soil ,backs of ditches hilly rocky ground. Look at rodders picture, it looks like steep ground.Mulch it spray it and power harrow it and set the grass seeds
I have seen them mulched and it caused them to be spread to several nearby fields. Have removed them ourselves from a hillside with a track machine and kept it clear. I found that Cutting them off is like pruning them- they come up double or treble as strong. No matter how much brushwood spray you put on, some of the stumps that you leave will resprout. I agree that the digger disturbs the soil but have found that a good driver can pull them with the ditching bucket teeth with minimal disturbance.Whins thrive on shallow dry soil ,backs of ditches hilly rocky ground. Look at rodders picture, it looks like steep ground.
I have cleared them both by digger and by mulching.
I think that using a digger is far too disruptive to the soil.
And considering that soil is usually scarce where Whins thrive.
I think it's a bit like getting rid of rushes. Cut/mulch ,spray ,cut again and cut regularly in the following years.
I can't agree,we have reseeded places with lots of them.I have seen them mulched and it caused them to be spread to several nearby fields. Have removed them ourselves from a hillside with a track machine and kept it clear. I found that Cutting them off is like pruning them- they come up double or treble as strong. No matter how much brushwood spray you put on, some of the stumps that you leave will resprout. I agree that the digger disturbs the soil but have found that a good driver can pull them with the ditching bucket teeth with minimal disturbance.
No matter what you do, you will always have to work on them. Best to get them to a way where you can run over any new shoots annually with a topper or disc mower until they eventually die out because they have been unable to spread their seed.
That's not my experience of them. I know of farmers that went to law over the spreading of seed from mulching them - they grew where they were never seen before. Agree with you about topping them being able to control them but many of them grow on land and slopes where an ordinary farmers tractor and topper won't go.I can't agree,we have reseeded places with lots of them.
There so slow to grow that they will never cause an issue again if its any bit intensively farmed.
There's a hillside near me that they were gone about 10ft high,they mulched them about 5 years ago and done nothing else. There's no sign of them now.
Any place that stock are moving about and gets the odd bit of topping they don't grow
Hard burn when there fresh
Or you could just mulch them before they go to seed
X2 on this.Have mulched acres and acres of them. I have pulled some with our track machine also. Mulching is the way to go. The seeds will only get a chance if its not farmed. You will also spread the seeds with the track machine. The seeds have already been spread anyway so I wouldn't be concerned, they're not a noxious weed IMV. As someone is looking to make the land more productive, I would assume (if its safe to do that) that he is looking to grow more grass.
Mulch, sow, fertilise, graze, fertilise, cut = no whins. And by fertilise I mean fertilise.
The fear that's generated around seed dispersal spreads at much more alarming rate than the seeds themselves. If a plant is invading your pasture, I'd be asking why its growing.