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Best way to kill grass for spring food plots
Posted on 1/9/22 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 1/9/22 at 5:14 pm
Looking for the best way to kill grass and weeds for a spring food plot on my deer lease. New lease we can start working February 1st and needs lots of work any help is greatly appreciated
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Posted on 1/9/22 at 5:16 pm to gmoney55
What kind of grass?
This post was edited on 1/9/22 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 1/9/22 at 5:17 pm to gmoney55
Round up or bush hog, disk disk disk and culterpack
Posted on 1/9/22 at 7:07 pm to gmoney55
Gly and 24D about 3-4 weeks before planting, then you can hit it again with glyphosate only at planting if needed. Wait until plants are greening up before spraying.
2qt/acre for gly
2pt/acre 24D
2qt/acre for gly
2pt/acre 24D
Posted on 1/9/22 at 7:15 pm to rsbd
Don’t disk. Discing opens up the ground and opens up germination for seeds that have been in those grounds for years, up to 75 yrs.
Spray and kill with glyphosate, but you will need it to green up before spraying. Take a cultipacker or large pipe/iron bar and drag it over the weeds. It does two things, it breaks the weed to stop it’s growth and it lays it down like mulch. The mulch gives cover to the seed that you want to grow and helps to keep other seeds from growing.
Land and Legacy Podcast have some really good information on this as does DropTine podcast.
Science have proven that when you mix a large variety of seeds throughout an area, they feed each other and help the others thrive.
Miss State Deer Farm Podcast has some really good information also.
Spend some time listening and you will thank me later.
Spray and kill with glyphosate, but you will need it to green up before spraying. Take a cultipacker or large pipe/iron bar and drag it over the weeds. It does two things, it breaks the weed to stop it’s growth and it lays it down like mulch. The mulch gives cover to the seed that you want to grow and helps to keep other seeds from growing.
Land and Legacy Podcast have some really good information on this as does DropTine podcast.
Science have proven that when you mix a large variety of seeds throughout an area, they feed each other and help the others thrive.
Miss State Deer Farm Podcast has some really good information also.
Spend some time listening and you will thank me later.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 7:53 pm to gmoney55
If it’s all green and about the same height, just spray it with Roundup. Put a little surfactant in the mix if you’re using generic glyphosate from Tractor Supply or similar.
If it’s dead or even dormant (grown as big as it will get or frost killed) you can Pee on it and get the same result as Roundup. What I suggest there is bush hog it down reasonably low (6” is plenty low enough) and wait on a rain and let it green up.
THEN spray it with Roundup. The reason for this is RU only works on green actively growing plants.
If it’s all dead and or dormant, wait until it’s warm enough to plant what you want, then spread seed and fertilizer in a buggy from the Co-Op and just bush hog what’s there now down over your summer grass.
Or combine the two. If you don’t plan to plant before say May, let it all keep growing, then spray. You’ll kill what’s growing then and can immediately spread seed and fertilizer (RU will have no effect on them) and bush hog after.
Crap on a disc. It’s nothing but a tool to help you burn fuel, use up soil organic matter and waste time.
If it’s dead or even dormant (grown as big as it will get or frost killed) you can Pee on it and get the same result as Roundup. What I suggest there is bush hog it down reasonably low (6” is plenty low enough) and wait on a rain and let it green up.
THEN spray it with Roundup. The reason for this is RU only works on green actively growing plants.
If it’s all dead and or dormant, wait until it’s warm enough to plant what you want, then spread seed and fertilizer in a buggy from the Co-Op and just bush hog what’s there now down over your summer grass.
Or combine the two. If you don’t plan to plant before say May, let it all keep growing, then spray. You’ll kill what’s growing then and can immediately spread seed and fertilizer (RU will have no effect on them) and bush hog after.
Crap on a disc. It’s nothing but a tool to help you burn fuel, use up soil organic matter and waste time.
Posted on 1/9/22 at 8:03 pm to gmoney55
I agree with pretty much everything said on glyphosate/roundup. Wby257 could tell us everything about spraying.
And he will have a come apart on you throw and mowers who don’t have a tractor, and want to argue that spray and pray, I mean throw and grow, is better for planting greenfields. Unless you have a drill, and that is a whole other animal.
Has anyone looked at gly prices for 2022? I am seeing 30-50% price increase. What is everyone else seeing.
And he will have a come apart on you throw and mowers who don’t have a tractor, and want to argue that spray and pray, I mean throw and grow, is better for planting greenfields. Unless you have a drill, and that is a whole other animal.
Has anyone looked at gly prices for 2022? I am seeing 30-50% price increase. What is everyone else seeing.
This post was edited on 1/9/22 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 1/9/22 at 8:13 pm to AyyyBaw
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2qt/acre for gly
2pt/acre 24D
Half of those rates will kill everything.
Posted on 1/10/22 at 6:46 am to gmoney55
Paraquat
Posted on 1/10/22 at 8:25 am to gmoney55
Lay it down and burn it. But don't let this happen....
Posted on 1/10/22 at 8:55 am to JDPndahizzy
I have hell keeping crap grass out of my garden. I have a weed torch and I'm going to go ahead and burn all that is out there currently but the grass in the area just sucks. I may try putting a paver barrier around the garden to try to suppress some of the grass from seeping in from the yard.
Posted on 1/10/22 at 10:33 am to WhiskeyThrottle
I'm pretty excited to get everything going for spring and summer plots. Season will be over soon and I will have a lot to get done before I get started on plots.
One of my fields is pretty big but it's been neglected for 4-5 years. Lots of small trees (pine and sweet gum) growing that I will need to tackle prior to getting it ready to even start. Part of it is already planted in a winter plot (maybe an acre) but it will be much bigger and I also plan on planting some for turkey and dove.
Also need to level some of it. We will see how that goes.
One of my fields is pretty big but it's been neglected for 4-5 years. Lots of small trees (pine and sweet gum) growing that I will need to tackle prior to getting it ready to even start. Part of it is already planted in a winter plot (maybe an acre) but it will be much bigger and I also plan on planting some for turkey and dove.
Also need to level some of it. We will see how that goes.
Posted on 1/10/22 at 10:41 am to gmoney55
Herd of goats.
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