Anyone have good recommendations for sedge control in an established clover plot? I am battling some that dodged my springtime herbicide applications. I know Cleth won’t touch it, & I believe it’s pretty resilient vs gly as well. The plot is primarily alsike, ladino and med red & chicory (which I know complicates herbicide use).
Sedge Control
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
1.5 acre. It is spread out sparsely throughout with a couple areas where it’s pretty prominent. I weed whacked the whole thing last week because it’s too wet to get any machines on it
I had a bad run in with yellow nutsedge in an established clover plot. If it’s sparse you can spot spray a hot gly mix. I got a good kill with 4oz per gallon.
For an herbicide that will kill the sedge and not the clover- try bentazon 4. I got mine from keystone pest solutions. I believe it’s also called basagran.
For an herbicide that will kill the sedge and not the clover- try bentazon 4. I got mine from keystone pest solutions. I believe it’s also called basagran.
davidhelmly
5 year old buck +
Spray it with basagran and crop oil/NIS, if you have chicory mixed with your clover, just spot spray the sedge because it will kill your chicory.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Basagran / bentazon is one of the earlier methods. Sedge hammer / sedge max is a bit newer way to handle it.
2,4 D and gly will hit it really hard, but kill everything else pretty much.
Sedge will be a continuous fight. Whacking it with gly sets is back annually. Lightly discing the roots and letting it dry sets it back too. Sedge specific herbicides are designed to not harm grasses.
Sedge is also a warmer season plant, so if you whack it it'll stay in background till next year.
A good fight would be to spray, then lightly disc when you can dry out the root tubers, then spray again and plant.
IF the ground is seasonably too wet, it can kill the myochorizmo bacteria. mayo chorizo is how it's pronounced in mexico... Basically that is why sedge thrives, because it can live without it.
2,4 D and gly will hit it really hard, but kill everything else pretty much.
Sedge will be a continuous fight. Whacking it with gly sets is back annually. Lightly discing the roots and letting it dry sets it back too. Sedge specific herbicides are designed to not harm grasses.
Sedge is also a warmer season plant, so if you whack it it'll stay in background till next year.
A good fight would be to spray, then lightly disc when you can dry out the root tubers, then spray again and plant.
IF the ground is seasonably too wet, it can kill the myochorizmo bacteria. mayo chorizo is how it's pronounced in mexico... Basically that is why sedge thrives, because it can live without it.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
IS it all over, or can be spot treated? If it grows taller than the clover, you can get a weed wiper to help selectively control it. mix of gly and 2,4D during the summer may kill it. Weed wipers take heavy doses of chemicals like 1/ water 1/2 gly.
RGrizzzz
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I spot sprayed yellow nutsedge in clover with SedgeHammer. It killed the sedge and didn't bother the clover. I'm not sure if it will bother chicory.
RGrizzzz
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No. Nutsedge is spread via small seeds that grow in the roots of the plant. Tilling will just keep them in the soil.
Thanks!
A farmer near me said the only way to really get rid of the rhizomes, is to fence some hogs in the area to root them out.
I use the Basagran to knock it back.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Drying out the roots via tillage is a control method, not erradication. Killing the leaves, then whacking them again when they are new fesh and weak is another control method. IT is like pigweed, smartweed, and other tough weeds. Enjoy the battles won, for the war will never be won.
Sedge really propogates via the roots, seeds are not very effective at propogation.
Improving drainage helps as much as any herbicide.
What soil, how well the drainage, and what usda zone?
Sedge really propogates via the roots, seeds are not very effective at propogation.
Improving drainage helps as much as any herbicide.
What soil, how well the drainage, and what usda zone?
