27 Jan 2004 by mikeb
weed killer in line marking machine
I was talking to another groundsman today who puts weed killer in his line marking machine along with the tioxide,his claim is that it perminently marks the line (well for a season) is any body else out there using or aware of this practice and maybe some discussion on the subject would help me get my head around it,Mr anonymous can you help with this one? mike,
27 Jan 2004 by Geordie boys we are here
Weedkiller in line marking machine
I hope this individual is keeping a low profile. Spraying in lines with weedkiller is no longer allowed because of risk of hazard to pitch users. There is a product on the market which you can use, but I can't remember what it is called.
line marking/weedkiller
It's called Dash.
With the quality of line marking products on the market I do not think it should be nescessary to use weedkillers when line marking.
I've only ever used paraquat, or diesel.
Paraquat leaves a nice purple colour in the marker after mixing with the chalk!
I remember someone once used Simazine, which is (was, it's banned now) mainly used as a pre-germinating compound and so is designed to remain in the soil surface for long periods. It also spreads along the surface so the lines ended up over a foot wide a after drying, left large cracks
big enough to take a foot.
And then there was creosote.....
29 Jan 2004 by BC
groundsman of the year
Line marking with weedkiller, for council operatives only. You are supposed to grow the grass not kill it stupid.
I intend to live forever, so far so good...
29 Jan 2004 by mikeb
groundsman of the year
matt,
settle down wally! did you read I was talking to another groundsman who used this practice and was looking for intelligent discussion, thanks for your input anyway,
cheers
mike
Weedkiller marking
May I point out that using a total herbicide for off label use is illegal and the operator can receive a severe fine.
There are additives, such as Dash, on the market that are licenced for the purpose of line marking.
I have found, from personal experience, if the financial resources are available that using a spray type marker and a good quality liquid concentrate is the best option. This negates the need to use any extra chemical additives.
5 Feb 2004 by Veally
Weedkiller marking
As the volunteer groundsman to my Cricket Club, I, like many others of you, share the use of the outfield with the Junior Football Club and the Village School for their Running track. Whoever they use to mark the lines for their 5 Football pitches and 8 lane 80 metre running track must be using either Napalm or a trenching tool judging by the total annihilation of the grass and the trenches that this practice has created over several years. These trenches make the cricket outfield an absolute liability for all fielders as it causes the ball to fly up when the batsmen decide to play the ball along the ground. We have had several incidents of fielders being hit in the process of adopting their orthodox (or the like) methods of fielding the ball. Luckily, no-one has been injured ie blooded, but these lines are an absolute liability for us and I am powerless to do anything about it either by way of remedy or suggesting a different way of marking.
I would love to be able to establish what the outfit who do the marking use as all the pitches are only used by children. I am sure that there are Health and Safety aspects which may be getting stretched and this is then compounded by the risk to all the cricketers when fielding because of the artificially rutted outfield.
Does anyone have any bright ideas or suggestion about how I might look to address this?
Thanks
weedkiller/linemarking
Veally
Find out who the ground belongs to (local authority/town or parish council) and find out who is responsible for doing the 'marking'. If it is private it may be more difficult, but any self respecting local authority would be more than interested if they considered that health and safety concerns, especially with juniors, were being compromised. Good luck!
The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train
27 Feb 2004 by Galley
Weedkiller/Linemarking
Veally
I used to do this when I worked for the local council, The only pratical way to correct this crap practice is to fill the lines in with topsoil and seed the lines over,then tell, not ask the people or persons to use whitening only, and to put it down a bit thicker for a couple of times earlier in the season, the whitening will then be on the surface of the pitch visable for some distance as it should be, failing that find out who it is and offer to buy them a ladder so that the can mark out the trenches for you.
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