How many have done this? I’m trying for the first time today and curious if it effects germination rates. I always spray 5-7 days before a rain but was curious to see how this would work. I actually sprayed yest and going to seed today since we are getting rain tonight so it’s really 2 days prior. I’ve read on here people do it but have you noticed a big difference ( or any) if you planted when the field was already toast?
How many have sprayed and seeded the same day before a rain?
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PatinPA
5 year old buck +
I broadcast clover/chicory into buckwheat, weed whacked the buckwheat then sprayed it all in the same day. I think I got rain within the next 2 days. Seems to be germinating fine for me. I experimented on another plot that I didn't realize got overgrown with mile a minute on one end. I broadcast peas and oats into the mile a minute then sprayed the crap out of it. Thought I'd use it for thatch. That was a week and a half ago. It was just starting to die off this past weekend when I checked. Hopefully it will all be brown this weekend with germination of the peas/oats up through it. Hopefully at least the mile a minute dies off.
I am set up where I can spray and seed at he same time. I just sprayed gly and spread japanese millet last week. Millet is starting to come up. Have no idea what kind of stand it will be. Not a throw n mow but a spray and throw - so seed will have to fight through that standing vegetation - smart weed
TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
Just don't get Glyphosate on your seed:
weekender21
5 year old buck +
Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
I don't plant on bare dirt anymore. Check out the no-till drill in my avatar.
Whether you are planting throw n mow, roll n broadcast, or however you want to plant, you don't want glyphosate on your seed. Check out the video above.
Whether you are planting throw n mow, roll n broadcast, or however you want to plant, you don't want glyphosate on your seed. Check out the video above.
FarmerDan
5 year old buck +
I dunno. I think we have to be clear on what herbicide it is we are spraying. I know, here it's assumed to be glyphosate? If it is, glyphosate is a contact herbicide absorbed thru plant cell walls and stoma (respiration holes in the leaf) into any green plants vascular system. Glyphosate is reported to be inactivated in the soil upon contact with it. Effectively, there is no soil residual. Seeding before, during, or after presents no problem as there is no plant transport mechanism - only a seed with it's coat still intact. If you seeded and then sprayed sometime after seeding it is possible to wipe out your crop. The key there is understanding the time any particular species needs to germinate.
I suspect we don't much use them here, but there are pre-emergent herbicides applied to the soil ahead of planting that might stop a germinating seed. It depends on the herbicide and the seed. Here and there I hear of simazine being used to control grasses in some crops. And these pre-emergent herbicides normally have a residual - an effectiveness at stopping the specific weeds from germinating for a period of time.
It goes on. Point being you need to know your herbicide and the weeds it controls to know the answer to the original question which simply was, I think, can I spray and seed on the same day. Spray what and seed what might be the answer.
I suspect we don't much use them here, but there are pre-emergent herbicides applied to the soil ahead of planting that might stop a germinating seed. It depends on the herbicide and the seed. Here and there I hear of simazine being used to control grasses in some crops. And these pre-emergent herbicides normally have a residual - an effectiveness at stopping the specific weeds from germinating for a period of time.
It goes on. Point being you need to know your herbicide and the weeds it controls to know the answer to the original question which simply was, I think, can I spray and seed on the same day. Spray what and seed what might be the answer.
