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Post by Foggy on Aug 12, 2020 21:13:40 GMT -6
^ Say it aint so Joe. grin. In souther MN we get our share of weed growing in the fields.......up her in the north I have not witnessed any of "those" weeds.
The guys used to say: "Just look for a Christmas tree growing in a cornfield". How they found Mary Jane.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 12, 2020 21:31:15 GMT -6
^ Say it aint so Joe. grin. In souther MN we get our share of weed growing in the fields.......up her in the north I have not witnessed any of "those" weeds. The guys used to say: "Just look for a Christmas tree growing in a cornfield". How they found Mary Jane. Dude, it's giant ragweed... Ambrosia! Mind in the gutter!
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2020 6:31:00 GMT -6
When does it become too late to clip the tops off your clover field(s). I got three fields I have let go for some time now. Lots of white clover heads on them at this point.....and they are relatively free of weeds. I suppose the clover is nearly a foot deep on the best stands. Do I give it a clip? 1/2" the height of the stand??? I never know what to do with cutting clover. My deer are in there feeding every day......it looks beautiful. I just dont know if I can improve it by cutting it. What say you??? I don't think it's too late, but it's getting close. I like to have as much lush clover going into September as possible. August 1 is about as late as I'd mow here. On my old place I'd mow as late as the end of August.
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 13, 2020 11:15:26 GMT -6
I mowed my clover plots on Tuesday night in SE MN. I try to time my mowing to kill off broadleaf weeds just before they go to seed, but I also like to get it done by early August so the clover has a month to grow before bow opener.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 13, 2020 11:29:46 GMT -6
Pretty free of weeds and looking lush. Pretty wet for mowing.......so I think I will leave my clover as it is.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 13, 2020 11:31:13 GMT -6
Pretty free of weeds and looking lush. Pretty wet for mowing.......so I think I will leave my clover as it is.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 13, 2020 17:32:13 GMT -6
Today I was at my land to check my plots and do a few chores. I snapped a couple pics of my clover which have developed some weeds. Anyone able to tell me what these are and what chemical will kill em?? I tried some cleth and that didn’t do it. Overall I’m happy with the clover and the brassica strip alongside it (on the right). Started the brassica two weeks ago. There is a little grass started in the brassica....but hopefully the (coming) canopy will keep it in check. Timely rains now. How do I knock those weeds back? Thanks
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 13, 2020 17:33:07 GMT -6
Mow them.
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 13, 2020 17:37:29 GMT -6
Don't ya know foggy... those weeds are as good as the clover!
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2020 18:17:53 GMT -6
I can't tell for sure, but the weeds look like mouse ear chickweed blossoming.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 13, 2020 18:49:17 GMT -6
I can't tell for sure, but the weeds look like mouse ear chickweed blossoming. Did some research on your suggestion. I think you nailed it. I do have some mixed with yellow flowers in a different clover plot....but the weeds look similar in nature. So far I have not found a herbicide that will kill it without affecting my clover too. Also gotta worry about the nearby brassica in this plot. Any help with a herbicide choice would be great. Tho I read it is a tasty weed. Maybe if it dries out I may run my mower over the top to try to take it down a bit.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2020 19:02:40 GMT -6
I can't tell for sure, but the weeds look like mouse ear chickweed blossoming. Did some research on your suggestion. I think you nailed it. I do have some mixed with yellow flowers in a different clover plot....but the weeds look similar in nature. So far I have not found a herbicide that will kill it without affecting my clover too. Also gotta worry about the nearby brassica in this plot. Any help with a herbicide choice would be great. Tho I read it is a tasty weed. Maybe if it dries out I may run my mower over the top to try to take it down a bit. I generally don't get too concerned about the chickweeds. They are short lived annuals. I imagine butyrac would take them out when small, but at the blossoming stage I'm unaware of anything that would kill them and not kill your clover. FWIW...I have a bunch of chickweed getting started in a brassica plot. I toyed with hitting the plot with butyrac, but decided to let it go. The brassicas look good and should take off with the recent rain and the fertilizer I put down today. I have also seen deer eating chickweed in the fall, so it isn't a weed I look at terminating with extreme prejudice
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Post by Foggy on Aug 13, 2020 19:06:10 GMT -6
Did some research on your suggestion. I think you nailed it. I do have some mixed with yellow flowers in a different clover plot....but the weeds look similar in nature. So far I have not found a herbicide that will kill it without affecting my clover too. Also gotta worry about the nearby brassica in this plot. Any help with a herbicide choice would be great. Tho I read it is a tasty weed. Maybe if it dries out I may run my mower over the top to try to take it down a bit. I generally don't get too concerned about the chickweeds. They are short lived annuals. I imagine butyrac would take them out when small, but at the blossoming stage I'm unaware of anything that would kill them and not kill your clover. FWIW...I have a bunch of chickweed getting started in a brassica plot. I toyed with hitting the plot with butyrac, but decided to let it go. The brassicas look good and should take off with the recent rain and the fertilizer I put down today. I have also seen deer eating chickweed in the fall, so it isn't a weed I look at terminating with extreme prejudice Thank Stu. I likely overreact to weeds at times. Must be my farm-country roots.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2020 19:16:15 GMT -6
^^^I used to get more worked up about weeds than I do now. Chickweed is one of those weeds that comes on fast and matures before you figure out what's going on. I tried fighting it on my old place a few times. Once I saw deer eating the stuff, I figured it couldn't be all bad.
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 24, 2020 22:28:35 GMT -6
Just a pic of an old little clover plot the deer have been pounding. Hit it with a stiff dose of cleth and broadcasted rye into it. There is quite a bit of damn sedge in it, I will have to try to hit that next year
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