mtholton
5 year old buck +
Checked on my switchgrass plantings for the first time in month. Assuming the grass in the pics is switchgrass (?), it seems to be doing great in the first picture which was the most important screening area. Assuming that is switchgrass, thanks to all of you for the advice. If it's not - thats on me!
This is my first attempt at switchgrass - I planted three areas, all food plot screens with Cave in Rock. I'm fortunate that the layout of most of my land has topography near the road that limits the view of my property from people passing through. The small areas that are visible I've planted thousands of spruce, but wanted to get a faster shorter term screen. The first picture is an area that I added a small orchard (left side of pic) this year and a food plot. You can see the trees sticking up above the cover crop if you loo close. Will be easy to access and assuming my screens work, will be nice and isolated despite its closer proximity to the road. One of the areas planted seems to be less dense and have some type of weed in it.
1. Confirming this is switchgrass:).
2. For the area with flower/weeds (last pic), what would your recommended course of action be? What kind of weed is that? There is grass, but weeds mixed in. I didn't get a good pic of the white flower/weed. The final pic is zoomed in to show it a bit better. The screen is on the left side of the pic, the right side of the pic to the right of the post will be a fall food plot, it's just un worked right now. I made a triable/tear drop type shape with the switchgrass.
This is my first attempt at switchgrass - I planted three areas, all food plot screens with Cave in Rock. I'm fortunate that the layout of most of my land has topography near the road that limits the view of my property from people passing through. The small areas that are visible I've planted thousands of spruce, but wanted to get a faster shorter term screen. The first picture is an area that I added a small orchard (left side of pic) this year and a food plot. You can see the trees sticking up above the cover crop if you loo close. Will be easy to access and assuming my screens work, will be nice and isolated despite its closer proximity to the road. One of the areas planted seems to be less dense and have some type of weed in it.
1. Confirming this is switchgrass:).
2. For the area with flower/weeds (last pic), what would your recommended course of action be? What kind of weed is that? There is grass, but weeds mixed in. I didn't get a good pic of the white flower/weed. The final pic is zoomed in to show it a bit better. The screen is on the left side of the pic, the right side of the pic to the right of the post will be a fall food plot, it's just un worked right now. I made a triable/tear drop type shape with the switchgrass.