I took my first stab at a food plot this year. So far it looks like it's growing so I'm calling it a success for a first shot ha-ha. Anyway, what do you use for weed control. I assume you can't just what it with roundup,. How do you make sure you only kill the weeds? I'm sure it's a dumb question, but hey I'm new at this. Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk
Two tools god granted you with (presumably). They're called hands, you're welcome. Depends on what you planted.
Well it's a ten acre plot......i did the first four with my hands but I'm over it hahaha Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk
Just kidding its really about an acre. And it's got a mix of all kinds of stuff. I'll just have to look it up I guess. Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk
Lol, yeah...can't give any recommendations on weed control without knowing what you have, what you want to keep and get rid of. Mixes can be pretty tricky to chemically control weeds in.
I do, it was a couple different bags. One had soy beans and chick peas, one was clover, one was oats. Like I said first time through and was trying to see what would work Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk
Okay, getting a better picture now. When did you plant it, where are you and what does it look like now?
Planted two weeks ago, I checked it a week ago and it was all about an inch tall. I'm in northern Kentucky. I don't have a weed problem yet. But I'm trying to be proactive. Especially since I planted a little late. Sent from my Z958 using Tapatalk
Oh okay, you may not have much of an issue. Grass is less of a problem later in the season and depending on how thick of a stand you got it may out compete everything else. If you get some grass hurting things you can spray with clethodim, it'll take out your oats but for deer, your clover, beans and chick pea would be my priority.
Jchal3, you're in good hands now. The "Master" has handled your issue. I just read your question. We usually step aside once covey starts in.
Time and place for everything. Yesterday I helped install multiple food plots for the outdoor heritage education center. They will be organic as the farmer who rents some of the land is organic. You really don't need to use chemicals if you do the follow: 1) Plant smother crops in the spring. 2)Work the ground a week or two before planting then re work it right before planting. 3)Use sound plot rotation 4) don't work the ground too deep 5) frost seed perennials 6) use crop oil or vineager or peroxide as alternative for burn down 7) CLIP CLIP CLIP. 8) Plant multi graze species of brassicas that can be clipped 9) use growth promoters on your seed at planting, to get the seed ahead of the weeds But if your going to use chemicals here is some options Burn down with glyphosate and use residual grass control chemicals like dual/parallel/me-too-lachlor preplant Use pursuit with glyphosate for over the top residual for roundup ready corn and beans Use pursuit over the top of non roundup soybeans, cowpeas, lablab, alfalfa and clovers If grasses are an issue use clethodim If broadleaves are the issue 2-4db is an option, buctril, or brox is an option. More questions, i'm happy to help as i helped bring generic roundup into the US and also use to have a chemical buying group.
Careful there N, be sure to clarify that statement on Cleth and 2-4d, those are circumstance specific and selective depending on the crop. Cleth for grass in broadleaf crops and 2-4d for broadleaves in grass crops.
I wish I could afford any of it. I think next year I'm just planting about 1000 acres of milo and to hell with everything else. It's cheap and easy to care for. May not be worth a heck of a lot in market value and a little hard to market but I'm sick of corn and beans being so expensive to grow and tricky weed problems in beans...and the expensive seed. Put down some gly with Harness extra and forget about it. It takes weather extremes about as good as anything can be expected to as well, hot, dry, coolish or wettish. Only problem is blackbirds if you don't get it cut in early fall.
We don't have near as many acres as you do like we've discussed in the past. We're not real impressed with the guy that is renting it from us. We have one more year left with him after this. We're trying to decide the best way to go. I'm leaning on doing it ourselves. Just not sure what to go with.
