![]() ![]() The buttercup here refers to a large group of plant species in the Ranunculaceae family. How To Get Rid Of Stuffīefore going any further, be informed that this article wont do anything to cure your Last Song Syndrome on The Foundations 1960s smashing hit. Clean mowers and other equipment to avoid spreading buttercup seeds to un-infested areas.Reduce compaction by aerating and avoid trampling when soils are wet. It also helps to improve soil drainage.However, lime wont control buttercup that is already well-established. Adding lime can improve grass health and keep buttercup from re-establishing. In lawns and pastures, promote healthy grass by overseeding, fertilizing as needed, and not over-grazing.If anyone would like some buttercup seed, I appear to be making a fine collection in my boots. I was going to say that my pet tortoise used to love eating buttercup flowers.Īnd now I am picturing a line of tortoise across a buttercup field, eating off the flowers.slowly. Must get another roll of flexinet, then I can get the chickens out there too. ![]() The sheep poop should help the grass recover faster as well. Much fewer buttercup leaves & flowers inside than out. They are definitely less fussy grazers than my friends horse. I'm folding them inside a 50m roll of flexinet & leaving them to graze the sward down more than usual. I am going to spread some calcified seaweed on one of my other fields as the increase in fertility and the liming effect will hopefully make a difference. They have almost disappeared and as it was the Pekins I don't think it is down to them scratching them up. I noticed a big difference in the amount of buttercups in the area where I had put the moveable electric netting for the hens. Will get the spike harrows going & spread some sea sand to increase the drainage & pH.Ĭompared to many of the fields around these parts ours are some of the better ones but I know if we don't try to improve the situation now the problem will only get worse. I fancy the idea of slot seeding one of the fields down here but never seem to get round to it. Annoying as the other land is equidistant between here & our rented shed from last year that still has the muck in. I was hoping to plaster ours with muck this year but unfortunately we had to take all this years offerings to our other land as it was too wet to get on the heavy home stuff. ![]() I`ve got 3 fields plastered with buttercups,one always has them,its a damp meadow,the other 2 are on slight slopes,and buttercups have never been a problem previously,i put it down to the last 12months of wet weather we had,but both of these have a thick sward of clover. Not sure what else to do.Įither get a slot seeder in,or spike harrow it heavy in the Autumn,and sod seed,with new grasses and clover,depending on your soil. The chickens (IMHO) should help, as they are less selective grazers & their droppings nitrogen rich. There lies the problem, the girl who used to rent the fields overgrazed & never bothered to replace the fertility with anything natural or artificial so now I have an impoverished sward with an invasive weed problem. Grass, preferably with some clover to help keep the fertility up and smother the buttercups. There's a clear division in our fields where the fertility is lower the buttercups have taken over. Your best bet is to out compete them, as grazing doesn't help with buttercups as the animals eat off the more palatable grasses & the buttercups thrive. I doubt there is an easy solution as so many fields, down here at least, are full of them. ![]() However, we moved so never actually did it. When I looked into this a few years ago (we had a pony who suffered from swollen gland and what we think was buttercup burn) I was also advised that chain harrowing and liming was the best bet for creeping buttercup. I'm hoping to fold a couple of welsh black lambs around the fields & my poultry, so I'm hoping they will graze out some of the buttercup but has anyone any other suggestions that might help please ? I was told liming will help (the soil around here is rich acid clay), but another neighbour has heavily limed her fields earlier this year & her fields are predominantly yellow at the mo, so I'm not sure how effective that is. I've got used to a compost bin full of poop every week & don't want to lose it. It wont only kill the buttercups & docks but also the herbs & other wild flowers that have established over the years.Īlso with Grazon 90 the label says 'don't use the manure' & it doesn't give a time scale for how long!! We want to do something about the buttercups but don't want to use a selective herbicide like Grazon 90. Buttercup control without nasty chemicals? Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumptionĭownsizer Forum Index -> Livestock and Petsīuttercup control without nasty chemicals? I'm letting a couple of fields to a friend for her old horse. ![]()
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