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I'm still trying to control cattails, and have had the best results by spraying in the fall. But when I spray, I'm also killing some of the vegetation I'd prefer to keep. So I'm considering getting a weed wiper to have more control, and I'd probably find other places around the yard where I might use it. Does anyone have a recommendation for one? GGB
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It's easy. Use "The Glove of Death".
Get a pair of dishwashing gloves, or go to the Co-op and get a pair of the gloves that they sell to wear when mixing pesticides/herbacides. They come up about half way up the forearm.
Slide a cotton glove over the rubber glove.
Mix up the herbacide of choice, and fill up a coffee can half way. Dip your gloved and protected hand in the herbacide, grab the cattail near the bottom and let it run thru your hand from base to tip. Work your way backwards so you aren't walking thru the treated cattails. Repeat as often as needed to keep the glove moist as you go thru the cattail patch.
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I'm thinkin if you're gonna go to all the trouble of handlin every one from bottom to top why not just pull them out? This has worked well for me in the past...an old tater fork works pretty well too. No pesticides or vet gloves either.
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Scott that's a brilliant herbicide application method I kinda stumbled onto a similar version, but without the glove. I know...thankfully I'm done having kids anyhow.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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I can't take credit for it. My sister works at J.F. New and that's how they control weeds that are growing amongst plants that they want to save.
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I'm thinkin if you're gonna go to all the trouble of handlin every one from bottom to top why not just pull them out? This has worked well for me in the past...an old tater fork works pretty well too. No pesticides or vet gloves either. That doesn't always work with plants that are well established with rhizomes. Many times the well established ones break off at the stem when you try to pull them out. Aditionally if any of the rhizome remains, new sprouts will come up in the near future. At least with a systemic herbicide you can kill the plant right down to the roots.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I can't take credit for it. My sister works at J.F. New and that's how they control weeds that are growing amongst plants that they want to save. What's your sister's name Scott? I just completed a technical proposal for the Northeastern Indiana Trout Association to reintroduce Rainbow smelt into the Oliver Lake Chain and cited quite a bit of work by JFNew. They did an awesome diagnostic study of the chain. I remember a few female names associated with JFNew on my sources cited page.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I had forgotten about the "Glove of Death"! Thanks for the reminder-that will work well for keeping them under control.
But I might still need a weed wiper if my spraying last fall doesn't get the cattails back to a manageable level. Anyone have experiences with weed wipers they can recommend?
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you can make your own. PVC pipe placed horizontally on a 4-wheeler. "T" vertically for a foot or so.
Cap horizontal ends.
Drill 1/16" holes every 6" in horiz. pipe.
Cover horiz. pipe with wooly fabric like is on the car wash gloves or mitts.
Attach to ATV, making sure it's sturdy and can't rotate. Have short "T" up.
Fill with herbicide that is approved for the plants you want to control, in the area that you want to control.
Adjust the height of the PVC and fill. Drive slowly thru the areas you want controlled. If no kill is observed in 2-3 weeks, double check holes and enlarge slightly, re-treating the area.
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