Help with plant ID
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
That's what it is. It has to come back from seed every year. Let it start making a seedhead and mow it a few days before the seed on the earliest maturing plants become viable. If you mow too early, it will adjust and still have time to make a seedhead on a low stalk. I realize that this method isn't 100% foolproof because it doesn't all start maturing at the same time, but it is close enough to make a tremendous difference in the amount you get next year.
Everything I have read says 2-4d does the job along with a few others. Also says to combine 2-4d and Gly. There’s a good amount of white clover throughout the plot so hopefully by mowing it will help the clover grow. If not, I’ll have to just try to kill the entire plot and start over in Aug.
deepsleep
5 year old buck +
Definitely marestail/horseweed. It laughs at Gly on my place. We have started using Liberty to get it under control in with beans/corn, as it usually becomes a problem in no-till RR beans. As mentioned above, mowing will set it back (or kill it if timed right), and repeat mowing will kill it, so it seldom becomes a problem in clover plots that get mowed a couple times per year. It also doesn't do well with shade, so leaving fall planted rye growing to maturity in the spring/summer can reduce the amount of it as well. By the way, If you sprayed Gly and 2,4-D, you will either kill or severely set back your white clover.
Just sprayed 2-4d.
deepsleep
5 year old buck +
Established clover can actually be tough to control, so it'll be a waiting game to see if your clover survives. What rate did you use and what formulation? How old is the clover and what is your climate like? Hot? Drought?
Central IL, year 2 of established clover. 42 gallons of water, 2.5 gallons of 2-4d with hi-yield surfactant. Gordon’s 2-4d Amine 400. Sprayed a total of 8 acres. Drove 5-8mph on atv which calculated out to be 5.5GPA. Gumbo 45 gallon sprayer 2.4GPM pump
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deepsleep
5 year old buck +
So, looks like 1.25 qt/A. I would be surprised if you didn't see significant damage to the clover, although it is possible it recovers. Hopefully, it smokes the marestail in the process.
Well time got away from me but finally got back down to the farm. The OG clover plots are actually doing real well following the brush hogging and spraying. The 2-4D killed all the horse weed and didn’t affect the clover at all. I’m hoping to get back down before Sept to mow/spray both clover plots to kill off the rest of the broadleaf that has made a come back. I also got about 2.5 acres disc’d and planted in WI beats and greens and winter-greens. I also am testing an August bean planting using real world gen2. We will how it goes. Here’s a few pics of the clover plots
