Comments on: Cold Blooded Murderer

By: lightening

lightening — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:34:47 +0000

The hot pink is a dye we add to the mix so that we can see where we’ve been. The chemical I was using is glysophate (commonly known by the brand RoundUp). It’s one of the “less potent” chemicals. Farmboy doesn’t like me working with the more potent ones (which is fine by me!).

By: Cadi's Mum

Cadi's Mum — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:55:31 +0000

What makes the poison hot pink? What is the poison? I would love to use hot pink spray on our weeds. It would be great to see where I’ve been.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:52:24 +0000

The farm is over run with weeds, with purple flowers, at the moment. I wonder if they are the same. I will have to have a good look next time.

I don’t envy you but at least it’s hot pink poison.

By: lightening

lightening — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:09:31 +0000

They’re called Silverleaf Nightshade (sometimes referred to as “Tomato Weed” - and yes, they’re related to the tomato family). This year seems to be particularly bad for them (ie we have a LOT more than usual).

We can boomspray (or aerial spray but that’s not really necessary while there is no crop in the paddock) weeds (and do) but the most effective rates of chemical for controlling this particular weed make it too expensive to do en-masse. Farmboy is about to finish the rest off with the boomspray but we’ll only control them for 1 year (whereas what I was doing tends to kill them for around 5 years).

By: river

river — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:30:30 +0000

Can you put the stuff in a spreader and drive around in the tractor spreading it? Quicker….Or you could get a crop duster licence and spray them by air. Ha ha. How big is the paddock? I’m thinking of your trigger finger….Ouch.

By: Emma.

Emma. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:37:57 +0000

Love the purple flowered weed! We have those here (at least I think they are the same) and they grow in anything… like bitumen, rocks where-ever. But aside from their weediness, they are pretty (I like the gray-green foliage too) and they don’t have burrs. Do you know what they are called?

Good luck with it, anyway! And think of all the incidental exercise you’re getting! Hope it’s not too warm there.

Emma.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:42:24 +0000

What are they? That flower doesn’t look like any weed I’ve ever seen around here, so I’m curious about what it is.

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:17 +0000

Those certainly look like some pretty weeds! But weeds none-the-less. Hope the “power of pink” takes out those little trouble-makers!
Peace and blessings to your day!
Jeanine

By: Kelley

Kelley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:51:57 +0000

I think that is why I hate gardening. I can never ever get teh weeds in control.

Methinks I need some Lightening Pink Murder Spray.

And you to come a spray it.