Thread: Spraying willows

Looking for some advice please.
I am trying to zap crack and Grey willows at my hunting wetland and stream. While I can acces smallish individual willows surrounded by water using a hand pump 5litre sprayer from my punt, I also need to deal to larger willows on the margins which are only accessible by punt from one side. I need a unit I can carry on my back doen a short track to stream then place in boat and operate from there. The unit below seems to meet the requirement and has a spray reach of 9 metres.
Has anyone used this NZ made brand and is it reliable and well made? Comments appreciated thanks. I will be ising glysophate mainly.

Stanley portable 12volt 30litre unit by Wayne Perkins, Dunedin.

From your post, i am uncertain if when you say "access " the willows that means you can access to spray or can get at the trunks.

If the latter, then a far more effective way is to drill a 1 cm hole , 5 cms deep into the trunk ( Battery powered electric drill) of the willow and squirt about 10 mls of pure Glyphoaste into the hole. ( old syringe)

Less labour, less mess, no over spray and 100% effective.

I have previosly treated several acres of flooded wetland willow in chest waders using fencing drill and drenching gun but the area I want to do now is simply too deep, full of dangerous flooded holes so I need to do it layer by layer from the open water margins, by boat so I need a spray unit with good reach but portable to my boat.

Woody, if you can get access around the trunks use a axe, or half axe to cut a frill around the trunk. Use a Drench gun and pack with glyphosate or Tordon diluted as per label.

Can't access the trunks in this place. It is virtually inpenetrable, deep and has old deep channels wandering throughout that are a tangle of willow roots amongst very deep holes and quicksand bog. The upstream areas I've done in chest waders drill and denching gun were pretty tough over last ten years or so but this next lot would be suicidal to try to treat on foot, and too dense to even get a canoe into.

Boxes of matches.....

Chopper time

Like this but 4-10ft deep.

Get a small petrol powered water blaster

Adjust the nozzle to give you a 20 - 50 metre lance/coverage

Feed it your spray mix from a 100/200l tank

Works extremely well on huge blackberry/gorse/anything green

Problem there is carrying the unit to my boat. Thats why Im looking at 30 litre 12v power.

Originally Posted by Woody

Problem there is carrying the unit to my boat. Thats why Im looking at 30 litre 12v power.

That's what grandkids are for.

245D works a treat!

hey woody I have a 100 liter battery powered sprayer your welcome to use
light enough to lift into your boat and fill up once in there
cheers


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Thats a very kind offer @BRADS. 100l is about 12 gallon drum size is'nt it? Not sure my punt is big enough. Will PM you though.

Get a digger in there