Bull Nettle

[Mrcopier]

OK it's that time of year, what has been your most effective way of killing bull nettle I have a bunch of it!

 

[hurleyjd]

OK it's that time of year, what has been your most effective way of killing bull nettle I have a bunch of it!

Dig down about two foot cut the root and put a fruit jar over the root and cover the hole.

 

[Mrcopier]

I think I'll search for another way...LOL

 

[alacowman1]

If you hit it with 2-4-D in the Rosette stage is best,and cheapest..

 

[Otha]

If you hit it with 2-4-D in the Rosette stage is best,and cheapest..

I agree. A full rate of some board leaf weed killer while it's flowering. Or you can spot spray it anytime with a extra strong dose of weed killer. Strong enough it looks like you sprayed roundup...

 

[Lee VanRoss]

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If it is knee high you will need to wet it down with 2-4-D and a good surfactant. Best to go after it as it comes up.

 

[greybeard]

Hard to kill because the type I've had here has lateral roots that extend out in different directions, not roots straight down. Those long horizontal running roots store a lot of energy and send up suckers.
2,4d or Remedy will usually kill it but may need subsequent spraying to get it all once the suckers come back several feet away. The main root will have a big tater looking rhizome on it too and it takes a lot of herbicide absorption to completely kill it.

 

[bird dog]

What ever you spray, spray it twice about two weeks apart. I use Surmount.

 

[alacowman1]

if you cut it ,you have to remove the plant or burn it..cause it will reseed with its last dying breath..

 

[Allenw]

A 24d diacamba mix about the time it's flowering or one of the residual type pasture sprays. It's about like killing bindweed except cattle will eat bindweed.

 

[Dusty Britches]

Maximum amount of 2, 4-D or Grazon P+D. If you do not have an applicators license, try Cimarron Max. Here's the Texas AgriLife Extension recommendation:

Weed Busters: How to take the Sting out of Texas Bull Nettle

Texas bullnettle is a serious problem on native rangeland, disturbed areas and introduced perennial pastureland. It has no forage value to livestock.

agrilifeextension.tamu.edu

For spot spraying, I mixed Remedy and diesel. But since diesel is officially running $5/ gallon in my area, that's a tough pill to swallow. Try MSO instead.