hay and weeds

[johndeerecj7]

I have been harvestin my own hay for years but now I want to inprove the quality of my hay. I fertalize with litter and put down lime as needed per soil analisis( i cant spell) but i have a weed problem. sage brush and thisle are the two main ones with some bitter weed. I an planning to spray with 2-4-d this spring. dose anyone have any rate/appilcation tips or am I using the wrong probuct. I live in northeast alabama and am haying about 50 acers, with 40 in pasture. :bang:

 

[dun]

Wrong product! 2-4,d won;t do anything with the sage brush. Something like Grazon P+D would probably work better. 2-4,d doesn;t do anything with woody stemmed plants.
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dow/ind ... 0P%2BD.pdf

 

[Angus Cowman]

even if I was using grazon I would add a litle remedy to the tank for the sage brush as the grazon will just burn it back not kill it
is it sage brush or buck brush

 

[Cowdirt]

even if I was using grazon I would add a litle remedy to the tank for the sage brush as the grazon will just burn it back not kill it
is it sage brush or buck brush

In his location, my money is on it being sage grass. Other locales call it broom sedge.

 

[dun]

even if I was using grazon I would add a litle remedy to the tank for the sage brush as the grazon will just burn it back not kill it
is it sage brush or buck brush

In his location, my money is on it being sage grass. Other locales call it broom sedge.

sage or sedge?

 

[dun]

According to the USDA Plants database there is a sagbrush that is native to AL

 

[smuff76]

if it's broom sedge then he needs more lime I would guess. Add some Kobe or Korean as well. 1/2 dose of 2-4d will knock out most non-woody weeds, but for woody weeds you definately need something else.

 

[Cowdirt]

even if I was using grazon I would add a litle remedy to the tank for the sage brush as the grazon will just burn it back not kill it
is it sage brush or buck brush

In his location, my money is on it being sage grass. Other locales call it broom sedge.

sage or sedge?

I think broomsedge is the uptown name for it. In my area it's sage grass.