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<blockquote data-quote="lovehammer" data-source="post: 1168095" data-attributes="member: 20753"><p>Are you clearing trees and brush or just trying to improve your pasture? </p><p></p><p>I recently cleared 22 acres of mesquite, hackberry, shin oak, giant ragweed, prickly pear, jumping cactus, and every dang kind of thorny brush known to man. It was a nightmare and something that's going on my "I'm never doing that again" list. Also, if I scratch the ground here I get a bumper crop of woolly croton and sand burs. </p><p></p><p>I did the first half wrong and paid the stupid tax and had to redo most of it a year later. The second half went much better using this method: Spray cut stumps (trees and brush) with 4:1 diesel\Remedy right after cutting them. Some folks use straight Remedy but the mix worked for me and diesel is a whole lot cheaper than Remedy. The mix also kills prickly pear. After trees are cleared, spray everything with glyophosphate. Wait a few weeks for stubborn stuff to start to bounce back and respray. I planted annual rye in the fall (First week of October where I'm at). In the spring, use a preemergent, I used prowl H2O. I then sprigged coastal bermuda (I couldn't find anybody local for tifton 85 sprigs when I was ready this past spring). I did spot spray some weeds this summer, but overall it turned out well.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovehammer, post: 1168095, member: 20753"] Are you clearing trees and brush or just trying to improve your pasture? I recently cleared 22 acres of mesquite, hackberry, shin oak, giant ragweed, prickly pear, jumping cactus, and every dang kind of thorny brush known to man. It was a nightmare and something that's going on my "I'm never doing that again" list. Also, if I scratch the ground here I get a bumper crop of woolly croton and sand burs. I did the first half wrong and paid the stupid tax and had to redo most of it a year later. The second half went much better using this method: Spray cut stumps (trees and brush) with 4:1 diesel\Remedy right after cutting them. Some folks use straight Remedy but the mix worked for me and diesel is a whole lot cheaper than Remedy. The mix also kills prickly pear. After trees are cleared, spray everything with glyophosphate. Wait a few weeks for stubborn stuff to start to bounce back and respray. I planted annual rye in the fall (First week of October where I'm at). In the spring, use a preemergent, I used prowl H2O. I then sprigged coastal bermuda (I couldn't find anybody local for tifton 85 sprigs when I was ready this past spring). I did spot spray some weeds this summer, but overall it turned out well. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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