Vinca major

Blue Periwinkle at Ainslie, ACT

Vinca major at Ainslie, ACT - 2 Mar 2016
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Vinca major 11 Mar 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Vinca major 6 Mar 2016 waltraud

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Several patches of periwinkle; the photograph shows the largest patch; the brown colour indicates dead plants as a result of herbicide treatment.

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   12 Mar 2016
Waltraud - do you know what the chemical treatment was on this patch, I have had great trouble trying to kill Vinca major, and have resorted to digging it out.
waltraud wrote:
   16 May 2024
MichaelMulvaney
I sprayed with Starane as part of a trial to see what works best. I used Starane to spray StJW and hit a small patch of Vinca which I found dead when I monitored later.
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abread111 wrote:
   17 May 2024
Great demonstration Waltraud!
waltraud wrote:
   17 May 2024
I sprayed the lot plus a number of other sites in the reserve along / east of the backyards Mackenzie Street towards north. Unfortunately it grew back and I didn't had the capacity to follow-up which of course is absolutely necessary. I was interested to see for myself what works and wanted to provide a demo site (not that the land manager was interested at that time....). I did spray smaller Vinca patches in good grassy woodland further northeast and managed to follow up there a couple of times...

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