Freeborn
5 year old buck +
This coming spring and summer I plan on spraying reed canary in preparation for planting spruce trees. I’m looking for advice on what I can expect from using it and where I can purchase it by the ounce. I’d like to buy about one pound/16 ounces.
Some questions:
How many months can I expect for suppressing reed canary using Oust?
Do I need to clear the dead thatched reed canary grass to get the Oust to work?
What date would buds break on spruce trees planted on Ottertail County?
I’m thinking of planting at 8 foot spacing spraying about 3 foot circumference circles rather than a whole area. Is 3 feet big enough or should I go larger?
The plan this spring is to brush hog the area and then rake the area in preparation. I will then spray Oust in the spots where I plan to plant. Later, late spring/summer I plan on looking for any sign of living reed canary and spraying those areas with a Oust/Gly/crop oil cocktail to kill off everything I can in preparation for September planting. I’m hoping to plant 50-100 larger spruce trees in this way and then apply Oust each spring before bud break to continue to set back the reed canary and give the trees a chance to establish. If this works I would like to continue this approach as I continue to add evergreens to my property.
In the past I have used just Gly and reed canary quickly recovers and quickly your trees disappear.
Thanks,
FB
Some questions:
How many months can I expect for suppressing reed canary using Oust?
Do I need to clear the dead thatched reed canary grass to get the Oust to work?
What date would buds break on spruce trees planted on Ottertail County?
I’m thinking of planting at 8 foot spacing spraying about 3 foot circumference circles rather than a whole area. Is 3 feet big enough or should I go larger?
The plan this spring is to brush hog the area and then rake the area in preparation. I will then spray Oust in the spots where I plan to plant. Later, late spring/summer I plan on looking for any sign of living reed canary and spraying those areas with a Oust/Gly/crop oil cocktail to kill off everything I can in preparation for September planting. I’m hoping to plant 50-100 larger spruce trees in this way and then apply Oust each spring before bud break to continue to set back the reed canary and give the trees a chance to establish. If this works I would like to continue this approach as I continue to add evergreens to my property.
In the past I have used just Gly and reed canary quickly recovers and quickly your trees disappear.
Thanks,
FB
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