Essex Estate And Paddock Maintenance
Tel: 07554420757
Weed Management in Pastures and Paddocks
Essex Estate and Paddock Maintenance provides weed and ground management for Equestrian Centres, Estates, Horse and Animal Paddocks and small holdings. We also specialise in ragwort and moss removal and general weed management.
Introduction
Pasture spraying is an important part of paddock maintenance as weeds will appear at some point in paddocks and on grassland. By spraying selective herbicides, weeds such as ragwort, docks, thistles, fat hen, buttercup, daisy, dandelion, speedwell, bristly ox-tongue and nettles can be eradicated from the treated area.
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Compact and light ATV or UTV’s are fitted with a modern 4 metre boom sprayer that can spray areas where it is too small for large agricultural sprayers to operate efficiently and allows the land to be treated to to be softer due to the small vehicles being mounted on flotation tyres.
Effective Paddock and Pasture Spaying
Herbicides and pesticides are directly sprayed onto paddocks and pastures and although this is difficult to measure, Essex and Paddock Maintenance use onTrak GPS to create a cost-effective, accurate and effective solution.
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Spraying is carried out using a Logic Deck Mounted Sprayer DMS390 with a 4 metre boom mounted on a lightweight UTV with floatation tyres The lightweight construction allows us onto the land, early or late season with little to no ground compaction at all. All necessary machinery is NSTS tested.
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We will provide you with a full report on the work carried out, which will include area covered, type and amount of chemical used and conditions at time of spraying.
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Some of the common paddock weeds we can kill are listed below.
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Ragwort
Nettle
Dock
Thistle
Dock
Buttercup
Soft Rush
When to Spray Herbicides onto Grassland
Spraying herbicides should be carried out from the beginning of March until the end of October as the best results occur when weeds are actively growing within that period. Please note that some manufacturers will specify optimum times when to apply their chemicals.
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On completion, animals should remain away from the treated area for the period specified by the manufacturer, which is usually seven to fourteen days, although this will be confirmed.
We Use onTrak GPS System
We use a GPS system to accurately map your fields to make sure we give an accurate coverage and easily calculate the cost.
Some Of The Herbicides Used
