I have a acre so of Tallgrass on my property I want to remove this tall grass that is about knee high and replace it with a food plot how do I remove and keep the grass from regrowing I have looked into herbicides and wanted to know what's the best one to use
Cut it down low to the ground. Roundup first. Then Roundup again after it starts coming back up. At that point you have to decide what you want to plant. You may want to chop it up and wait to see if more comes back up after the first roundup treatment. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
Mow and scuff it and then plant. I'm not one to do the spray it but use the existing grasses as a cover for the new crop that you're planting. I am a big clover fan.
He's talking about exposing dirt for seed contact with a drag or rake Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Depending on what type of grass it is, it may take 3-5 quarts of 41% glyphosate per acre to get a decent kill. Use 20-30 gallons of water per acre for good coverage. The addition of surfactant or Crop oil may help with better results. Wait a min of 4 days before tilling to allow chemical to be drawn down to the roots! Good Luck! Do as one of the others said, spray a second time 4-6 weeks later if possible to clean up any of the second flush of weeds.
Yep, or more on certain weeds. Look at a label on any 41% glyphosate on the market. This is from the 41% GlyStar Plus Label! As you can see, Fescue is 3-5 quarts per acre.
If you're using 3-5 quarts you're doing something wrong prior to application or they're resistant to glyphosate which then you're wasting time using any. Maybe things are way different south but I've yet to hear anyone use over 44oz in an application in AG fields here where weeds are a profit factor. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
The recommended rates on the label are there for a reason. The reason we have so many Glyphosate resistant weeds is because people never read the label. The original post says he has tall grass he is trying to kill, full grown fescue takes 3-5 quarts to get a proper kill. Don't know if that is the grass he wants to kill, he has to make that call. But as you can see in this part of the label, Foxtail Grass at 10" tall only requires 16 oz of Glyphosate for a good kill. Since its my business, you should take the free info, and read the 50 page label, learn to identify weeds and not be another one of the ill informed helping cause anymore of the weed resistance we are seeing at record rates! BTW, most farmers are using more than one mode of action in their herbicide programs now. The glyphosate is just the carrier, 22-44 oz means very little now!
Since you don't know what I do for a living, i'll just let you look like an a-hole in yet another thread. To the OP; what I would do, is mow the grass, spray it a few days later, no where near 100oz/acre and then treat anything that regrows afterwards.
Although 'I never read labels'; here's likely the most used glyphosate label. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
For the record, I never have and never will act like I know more than anyone about these things. All I'm trying to do is be realistic and save a guy some $ at the same time. Now if someone has some proof and data to back up the facts I'm all ears and willing to learn.
41% glyphosate costs around $10 a gallon. How much do you need to save the guy? I think it's simple, if the weed species in relationship to the weed height calls for 22 oz or 5 quarts, and you want to get it killed properly the first time, Follow the label directions. It's really pretty simple. For some that is! Bahahahaha!
According to the label 1 gallon covers 300 sq ft. There are 43,560 sq ft in an acre. So that equates to 145.2 gallons. Which translates to 217.8 ounces on the low side. Which equals 6.8 quarts? that explains a lot. I definitely have been spraying on the "light side".
I must be missing something. 145 gallons of water per acre?! Granted what I've been talking about is 48% glyphosate. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk