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[SD51555]

SD I an curious as to your thoughts on mowing my 3 plots in a couple weeks to level it and cut off any grasses above 5 inches? Ty

Leave it.


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[matinc]

SD. Thank you. My 89 year old dad said the plot looks like a yard now. He had 7 different bucks in the field at one time. Obviously your magic blend works to perfection

 

[matinc]

Can anyone please tell me what this clump is? Is it possible to be ysc med red chickory Alfalfa or balsana? Thank you

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Wood sorrel

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^ ^ ^ ^ This. Some call it oxalis too. There are a couple variations of it. One gets a dark reddish tint to it.

 

[matinc]

Is it aggressive? This is first year I have saw that.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^ ^ ^ ^ Yep. They spread seed by little vertical-growing seed pods that look like miniature green beans. Underground root system too. If it's in a food plot, I'd burn the H out of it with gly. If it gets into a lawn or flower bed - it's a PITA to get rid of.

 

[matinc]

SD just checked my plots. I beginning to think due to poor soil and that 3 week heat drought I lost my plots for the second year in a row.

 

[SD51555]

SD just checked my plots. I beginning to think due to poor soil and that 3 week heat drought I lost my plots for the second year in a row.

I would broadcast a full shot of yellow sweet clover and rye again before winter. I might even wait for the first snow to cover it. Hopefully the first one melts and can get it germinated.

Then, as soon as the snow is gone in spring, I'd spread flax, japanese millet, white sweet clover, ragweed, and if you can find it, as much thistle seed you can gather. If you only get moisture for a short period of time in the spring, you're gonna need something that goes like hell and canopies before the cooker switches on.

I'd keep throwing drought resistant cool season cover crops on until something takes. And if all you're ever gonna get is snow melt, that's your best shot at getting it covered before summer. Those are big biomass crops, and all but the flax is a weed most spend time trying to kill because they are so persistent in the landscape. Persistent weeds that deer eat are what you need.

 

[Foggy47]

You are one of a kind SD. Hard for me to accept a few of those concepts you tout....and I don't think I will be collecting any thistle seed in my lifetime.....but what ever floats your boat. grin. I think most farmers would have trouble being your neighbor if you grow ragweed and thistle...lol. Carry on.

 

[Stubborn1VT]

You are one of a kind SD. Hard for me to accept a few of those concepts you tout....and I don't think I will be collecting any thistle seed in my lifetime.....but what ever floats your boat. grin. I think most farmers would have trouble being your neighbor if you grow ragweed and thistle...lol. Carry on.

Thistle isn't particularly persistent. It goes away as soon as the conditions change. Ragweed is very palatable to deer. I'd rather be SD's neighbor than live beside a monoculture farmer that kills everything (bees especially) with chemicals. Carry on.

 

[Foggy47]

Thistle isn't particularly persistent. It goes away as soon as the conditions change. Ragweed is very palatable to deer. I'd rather be SD's neighbor than live beside a monoculture farmer that kills everything (bees especially) with chemicals. Carry on.

Yeah...unless you're a conventional row crop farmer, I suppose. Still, it's unconventional thinking, and not everyone carries those same goals (especially in ag-country)......but you make a good point.

 

[SD51555]

We have one hot button weed in our country and it’s wild parsnip. My area is losing that battle quickly because it’s running wild in the ditches. There’s just too much land with no owners to do anything about it.

The county is trying with mowers, but it’s too late when they finally mow. I think there are laws about early mowing and ground nesting bird protections.


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