Weed Control

Weed Control for All Weed Types

Envirogroup can handle all weed types of weed control throughout the Adelaide Hills and further abroad, whether they be soft or woody, small or large or hard to get to.

  • Boom spraying of Broadleaf Pasture Weeds (Capeweed, Marshmallow, Sorel, Guildford Grass, Salvation Jane, Cape Tulip etc.)
  • Woody Weeds (Gorse, Blackberry, Broom, Sweet Bria, Prickly Pear, Hawthorn and more)
  • Wild Artichokes, Bathurst Burr, Thistles, Tobacco Bush, Coolatai Grass, Fennel
  • Cut and Swab in Sensitive Areas
  • Grass Control for Tree and Pasture Establishment
  • Roadside Weed Control, along Creeks and within Dams
  • Dry Weed Fire Prevention
  • Grass and Vegetation around Buildings, Quarries and Industrial Sites
  • Cape Tulip control in Vineyards using specialized equipment
  • Olive Tree removal and control

Applications

Envirogroup provide weed control using all applications

  • Large and small Acre Boom Spraying
  • Field Spraying
  • Handline Spot Spraying using long lines that reach up to 400m
  • Cut and Swab or Drill and Fill

Equipment

Professionally geared up

  • Using professional wide reach boom spray equipment and large capacity tanks fitted to dedicated 4X4 vehicles, all computer operated from with the cabin
  • Strip or narrow boom spray equipment fitted to 4X4 all terrain vehicles (ATV) with adjustable width boom spray setup allowing for any width requirements
  • Double 200m Radio Controlled handline reels for hard to get to places or spot spraying in sensitive areas fitted to 4X4 vehicles
  • Single 20m handline reels fitted to ATV’s for steep terrain locations
  • 4W4 ATV’s Fitted with covered spray domes

Approach

With all of our clients, we discuss the approach, equipment used and herbicide options, with consideration to the targeted weeds, property use, any adjacent vegetation and waterways, and the land itself.

Typical South Australian Prescribed Weeds Requiring Treatment

Gorse
Eventually takes over the land rendering it unusable

Gorse – thorny and evergreen
Gorse in flower before seed set
Even a bush fire wont kill it !
This land is now totally unusable

Blackberry
Can quickly get out of control

Blackberry seeds can wash down stream in creeks
Blackberry climbing uphill – Koalas cannot access their food supply
Cutting an access route through 8 foot high Blackberry so we can treat it all

Artichoke
Can takes years to eradicate if it gets out of control

Wild Artichoke in flower
Wild artichoke – new growth
Wild Artichoke spreading across the paddocks very rapidly

Brooms
Common Flax and English Broom

English Broom in flower
Flaxleaf Broom in flower
A mass of Broom spreading

Coolatai Grass
Very invasive and a fire hazard

Coolatai Grass
Coolatai Grass can grow anywhere
Coolatai Grass spreading out of control
Coolatai Grass dying after treatment

African Feather Grass
Spreads very rapidly and also a fire hazard

African Feather Grass is a prolific seed spreader
African Feather Grass spreading and taking over
African Feather Grass is a prolific seed spreader

Chincherinchee
Spreads via bulbs underground and seeds above ground

Chincherinchee Image 1
Chincherinchee – Pretty to look at but a declared pest weed
Chincherinchee Image 2
Chincherinchee – Flowering stalk
Chincherinchee – Commonly in native vegetation and wet areas
Chincherinchee – early growth stage which is the best time to treat the weed
Chincherinchee spreading across low lying wet areas

Arum Lily
Prescribed pest weed

Arum Lily typically found in wet areas
Arum Lily at early growth stage
Arum Lily typically found in wet areas

Cape Tulip
Spreads very rapidly and only noticeable at a certain time of the year

Cape Tulip can grow in many soil types
Cape Tulip in low lying / wet areas
Cape Tulip before flowering
Cape Tulip just at the start of the flowering stage

Boneseed
Easy to control but prolific seed spreader

Boneseed at early plant stage
Boneseed is fast growing
Outbreak of Boneseed

African Box Thorn
Spread by birds and animals

Birds eat the berries and spread the seed
Typical juvenile plant
Prickly job to remove and kill them
Multiple trunks can make killing time consuming
Massive spread of Boxthorns – now treated

Pampas Grass
Extremely hardy plant

Early plant stage
Massive infestation
Very large plants usually need more than one treatment

Olive Trees
One of our worst pest weeds in Australia

Olive tree leaf
Extremely bad spreader
Olive tree gone rogue after someone’s previous bad attempt of killing it off
Very old olive tree
Olive tree poisoned

Watsonia
Another bulb pest weed – easily controlled

Watsonia In flower
Typical plant
Infestation
Infestation of Watsoina

Water Dropwort
Spreads very rapidly and only visible at a certain time in the year

Water Dropwort in flower
Infestation
Usually grows in low lying wet areas

Tobacco Bush
Prolific seed spreader in isolated disturbed areas

Tobacco Bush has typical long yellow flowers
1 Year old plant – note the broad green leaves
Small to medium plant

Thistles
Slender Thistle, Variegated Thistles, Start Thistles etc

Typical pink to purple flowers
Slender Thistle

Sharp Rush
Rush species are not always native to their areas

Seed heads of a Sharp Rush
Typical cluster

Prickly Pear
Prolific spreading weed

Produces edible fruit before flowering
Easily hidden behind scrub
Large Prickly Pear
Large plant in flower

St John’s Wort
Poisonous to stock and competes with pastures

Produces bright yellow flowers
Once flowers brown off it’s too late to treat
De-values land and renders it useless for stock

Ash Trees
Extremely invasive especially in creeks and watercourses

Typical Ash Tree leaf formation
Typical appearance
Ash trees treated in creek allowing natives to regenerate

Fennel
Usually spreads where groundworks and disturbance has occurred

New Plant
Early stage of flowering
In full flower

Silverleaf Nightshade
An invasive summer weed producing small melon type fruit

Initially identified by its purple flower
Early flowering
Common appearance
Small yellow melon fruit with green stripes
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