Dithering and
debating whether to “go” or not will only favour the weeds, and give them longer to establish
pitch with them, and make sure you know what weeds you have. A good technical representative will recommend the product that will treat your problem - match the active ingredients that make the products work to the weeds. This is the cost effective way to get the best result. Only if you have some particularly tough weeds, such as Yellow Suckling Clover, Celandine, Wood Rush, Black Medick, will you need to go for a premium priced product. If all you have are the usual
suspects - clovers, daisies, plantains and dandelions then a good all rounder such as Relay Turf will achieve a good result for you.
There are some
excellent herbicides available now. In the last two years new low dose products that have increased levels of both turf safety and
efficacy against
weeds have been brought to the market. There is an environmental consideration in product use too. Aside from the use of herbicides, the dose of the product plays a part in the overall impact on the environment. An example is needed here. The higher the dose of a
product the more product that is needed to control the weeds. A product that is applied at ten litres per hectare requires twice as much product to control the same weeds as a product that is applied at five litres per hectare, and so on. You are also placing more product than is necessary into the environment. This is not
necessarily a bad thing as the products are inherently safe, though if using less is
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