WEED CONTROL

Weed control

3 year old cherry

No weed control

Weed control

3 year old cherry

1m2 kept weed free

Weed control

Reasons to control weeds

Improve growth rate Rapid establishment Improve survival Reduce competition

Light Water Nutrients

Weed types

Woody Trees Gorse Heather

Grasses

Herbaceous Bracken Bramble

Weed control methods

Manual Cutting Pulling/digging/hoeing

Motor manual Strimmer / brush-

cutter / clearing saw Chainsaw

Motorised Flail mower / mulcher

Chemical Knapsack sprayer Tractor mounted boom Weed wipe Aerial

Mulch

Beating

Bruising

Cutting

Weed wiping

Handheld spraying

Ultra low volume application

ULVA

Aerial spraying

Chemical thinning

Mulching

Mulch mat

Cleaning

Thinning

Herbicides

Contact

Residual

Herbicides

Broad spectrum

Specific

Systemic

Types of product

Chemical name

Glyphosate

Product nameRoundup Biactive

Type of action

Broad spectrum Systemic Contact

Plants affectedAll actively growing plants

Controlling vegetation

Its your choice