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I’m growing a buckwheat crop for the sole purpose of a throw and spray/drag fall plot. I’ve got about a half acre with really strong nutsedge coming in among the buckwheat. I can’t decide if I should spray it now or let the buckwheat go another month? Any ideas? Anything I can spray on the...

All my “main” plots (0.5 acres or more) I split half and half and do half brassicas and half cereal grains. I have a small kill plot that’s only about 0.1 acres. I’m thinking of just doing cereals but it just got me wondering what the smallest plot you’d bother trying to split in half would be...

I need a jug of simazine for some switchgrass plantings and I can’t find it locally. Also it’s out of stock on keystone, where I bought in the past. A few places have the powdered solid you dissolve in water. I’m hoping someone can save me from trying to read the whole label and let me know if I...

I've got a couple of pretty big fields planted in a CRP-2 mix (big bluestem, indiangrass, coneflower, some goldenrod etc). Is it a total waste of time to overseed CIR switch into that next winter? There's not any cool season grass in these native stands to speak of. For example, they are barely...

I've got an acre clover plot I'm going to overseed with white clover and winter rye and then mow in about a month. I also have 200 lb of 6-24-24 to spread at that time. I limed and added 0-0-60 in June. To save time, I was wondering if there's any issue with broadcasting the 6-24-24 on an...

So, not a big deal but I had my first failure. Have a small plot in the woods that I sprayed a couple times this year with a good kill. I broadcast buckwheat and packed with the utv tires but I didn’t get good germination despite plenty of rains my best guess is that the soil was a little too...

Not sure if this is the exact right forum: We have a CRP contract expiring at the end of 2021 and want to actively manage the property for hunting habitat and my wife's horse ownership (pasture, hay field layout, etc). On the hunting side, I'm starting to lay out the area of our property that...

I’ve got a small 0.4 acre plot not too far from the house that I want to try a simple brassica plot. I’ve always done the LC Rye mix, and have limited equipment (sprayer and drag harrow, could borrow mower if needed). Want to clear this plan with the group: Right now it’s mostly goldenrod and...

Hey guys, I have a small area that I frost seeded this spring with white/red clover. Got good germination and it’s coming along nice. That said, I frost seeded it into an area with a lot of warm season grass competition. I’m not sure what type of grass but it greens up really late (June?)...

Hey guys, I’ve got about an acre of plots that HAVE to be in annually by 6/15 and then I can’t really do anything with them after that per my CRP contract. Here’s my current plan: I planted buckwheat and sunflowers and a little Sorghum on Memorial Day. They’re coming up nice. If I had my...

Anyone know anything about this tractor? Friend of a friend is selling one with a FEL, grader,and post hole digger (8” and 16”). It would be a good fit for our property but I don’t know how to validate what a good price is. So I’d be interested in this tractor (experience and price advice) or...

So I’ve got two small, in a wooded clearing, kill plots (one is about 1/10th of an acre and one is about 1/3). Planted LC mix late August the last two years and had great results. This fall, had mostly mature rye and ladino clover but it was relatively sparse. So, we did a hybrid throw and mow...

I was recommended this by the FSA office to spray some woody saplings creeping into my CRP field. Can anyone help me understand what I should be mixing to spray? I’m only familiar with glyphosate where it’s a straightforward ounces per gallon mix.

I’ve got a plot planted last fall in the LC Cereal mix. This year, the plot is mostly mature rye, and a mix of the medium red and jumbo ladino clovers I planted last fall as part of the mix. The issue is there’s a good amount of ragweed and some black medic growing throughout the plot. I want...

Not sure if his is the right place for this, but I KNOW this is the right group to ask. I want to create a low maintenance wildflower meadow type area on parts of my new large country lawn. Any advice? I’m basically assuming I can kill a large garden sized area, till, spread the seed and get it...

Are there 3 point hitch style spreaders for a UTV or are you limited to a tow behind? I’d be looking for a spreader to handle a couple acres of food plots. I’d read that 3 point is higher off the ground and thus can be preferred for seeding, but I can’t tell if there are

Can anyone give me some info on a tow behind brush mower for a UTV? I see a 44” Dr Power one that looks decent. Any recommendations on size/features/etc? Even a place to go read honest reviews would be good. Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a sprayer for me? I see a lot online but not a lot of honest reviews. I’m interested in what brand people like, what features are preferred (boom/boomless) and what tank size would cover spraying herbicide on ~2 acres. Also, how do they mount to a UTV? Thanks!

My wife and I are closing soon on a property with out first house. It has some room for us to roam and for me to plant some food plots. I’ve planted some 1/4 kill type plots on my grandparents property, so I know “the basics.” I know we’re going to get a utv to roam the place and a garden...