Clover after Atrazine/Simazine

[Bill]

I once established switch grass following beans. Had the field sprayed early spring after frost seeding. Natural clovers came on strong.

With that experience in mind I'm planning on doing a miscanthus planting and seeding clover on purpose.

I did some searching and found some test data that shows there is only a 30% reduction in red clover biomass production when it is seeded in between corn rows treated with 2lbs per acre. Since my experience didn't involve me planting the clover I have no idea how much loss was actually suffered. But from what I saw it wasn't much.

Anyway long story short, here is a good read on cover crops after various herbicides and their 1/2 life Depending on soil type and of all thing PH levels. https://www.sare.org/content/download/80593/1414422/Curran_Indyconference.pdf

 

[Kooch]

I read the study you linked. I'm no farmer. I'm no chemist. The key take away for me was in the chart that listed the efficacy of various herbicides and mixtures. Gly+2,4-d+AMS sure looks pretty effective.

 

[TreeDaddy]

I once established switch grass following beans. Had the field sprayed early spring after frost seeding. Natural clovers came on strong.

With that experience in mind I'm planning on doing a miscanthus planting and seeding clover on purpose.

I did some searching and found some test data that shows there is only a 30% reduction in red clover biomass production when it is seeded in between corn rows treated with 2lbs per acre. Since my experience didn't involve me planting the clover I have no idea how much loss was actually suffered. But from what I saw it wasn't much.

Anyway long story short, here is a good read on cover crops after various herbicides and their 1/2 life Depending on soil type and of all thing PH levels. https://www.sare.org/content/download/80593/1414422/Curran_Indyconference.pdf

Interesting read

Thanks for posting

bill