Kirch

what are you guys using to control grass and weeds in your food plots. I've read a lot of great things about poast and it'sa lot cheaper than arrest. However, now I see poast have been bought by "grass getter". Anyone use grass getter yet? How does it work and is there a good place to get it online???

1sagittarius

Started using Poast Plus this year. Hit the clover twice, it worked great on the perennial grasses, then the annuals grasses came up and I hit it again. It worked really well killing volunteer RR corn in the RR soybean plot.

bawanajim

If you have grasses growing in a clover patch I just use round up.

Let the grasses get tall and in my sprayer I mix 1/2 a quart of round up with 25 gallons of water and spray it lightly. It will take a week or so but the grasses will die off then you can mow and the clover will be fine.

Kirch

sounds a little risky to use round up on a clover plot. Especially, when they make herbicides that kill grass and don't harm clover and not to mention how much time I have in my plot. A lot of A$$ busting labor.

bawanajim

I've been doing it for years and a 2.5 gallon can of ranger "generic roundup " cost just $35.00 which is a song compared to what you are spending.
Clover is the hardest thing to kill in a food plot. I have a couple of acres of whitetail clover that is five years old this year and I'm still trying to kill all of it off to replant in buckwheat.

Kirch

hmm, I didn't realize it was that hard to kill. Good to know. As far as cost poast plusonly cost $10/ acre compared to arrest which is $45/acre.To be honest I'm nottoo concerned about the cost. I justwant to make sure I'm getting to most bang for my buck and not going to kill my new plots that I just spent a lot of time on.

THANKS

bawanajim

If your clover is young the hardest thing on it is mowing. make sure the blades are sharp , if not you will pull the roots out. Mowing after a rain helps also.
I don,t know where you are located but a good liming in the winter is a big help to clover. And after a few years the nitrogen that the clover puts back into the ground makes for a great place to plant corn in the future.

If you use a fertilizer like 0 - 14 -40 you will avoid adding nitrogen to your plot as the nitrogen encourages weed growth.

Good luck , Jim

Kirch

I'm in upstate NY and have applied some 0-20-20. I plan on liming soon. Am just trying to figure out what type, liqiud or pellets as I don't have a spreader for ag lime.

bawanajim

Pellets are expensive ,and I have never done liquid nor heard of liquid lime .I have a truck come in in the middle of winter or on a dry fall day a spread it 12 tons at a time.

Good luck , Jim

Kirch

I'll have to look into that. I'm in the mountains....... not much farming going on here. However, is some with in 30-40minutes. Soa truck comes and spreads all your lime?
What type of spreader do you need for ag lime? I have a tractor w/ 3 pt and PTO maybe I'll look for a used one.