Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I think the disking needs to be light, and you also must have a seedbank built up with the species that you desire. If the desirable species don't have enough time to build up in the seedbank, you won't get the results you are looking for. In the early years I spent some time driving a pickup with spray tanks in the back, spot spraying plants I didn't want, which opened up more space for the ones I did want. As time went on, the seed bank changed for the better. Basically, I now have what I want except for too many blackberries.I’ve run cleth through one of my small quail areas before but I can’t swear it did much. I’m going to try it again this year. Any thoughts on that?
I said this in another thread but any time I just disc and walk away I end up with a rutted up mess. And in my observation my species composition stayed the exact same
I have successfully used Cleth on cool season grasses in food plots, but I have never sprayed it on NWSGs. In theory it should work, but when you consider the expansive root system of NWSGs (up to 14 feet deep) I'm thinking a stronger dose might be in order.