curly dock

[jalvja]

Just wonderin if anybody knows of a herbacide thay will kill curly dock but not ladino clover?

[haystack]

There's not a lot of herbicide options especially if your clover is not at least a year or more old.

If the Curly Dock is in the seedling stage, Butyrac 200 (2,4-DB) might kill it. It cost around $45.00 bucks a gallon. Raptor is another possibility but runs right around $550-600 a gallon

If the Curly Dock isn't real thick, then I would suggest using a hoe/shovel to dig out the plant, root and all. If it's very thick and over taking the clover, then you might want to consider spot spraying with a hot dose of glyphosate (roundUp) which is very economically priced right now ($13-30 a gallon)

Mowing the Dock about the time it's sending up a seed stalk but BEFORE it goes to seed is another option. It won't kill the Dock but it will slow it down to the point it's not competing as bad.

[jalvja]

Thanks Haystack.Everybody I've talked to pretty much says the same thing.I think I'll try spot sprayin with round up,Then I'll only need to reseed where any overspray hit.Thanks again.

[4evrhtn]

I have had to dig it up with a shovel. So far it hasn't grown back. Haystack won't lead you wrong, he has helped me on numerous occassions. The 2,4-D does kill alot of weeds but some like the curly dock resisted death despite 2 treatments thus the shovel was needed to get rid of it and the burdock I had growing.