Horse nettle with lemon size fruit sounds more like Tropical Soda Apple. Now that is bad stuff and the extension system will help you spray for that. Take a plant to your county extension agent today. Tropical Soda Apple is BAD stuff.new_guy":uqgh7j75 said:a fella' was telling me about a weed in his pasture, he said it looked like horsenettle but it's fruit was the size of lemons.
Not knowing your soil, I will give you some ideas and things to look for. Low Ca,P. High K and Mg. Ca and Mg may be out of balance. Soil may be sandy with low organic matter. First thing I would do is improve the organic matter. High organic matter can over come other deficiencies or buffer them. How would I do it? I would use my cattle. Use MIG or mob grazing. Second choice would be poultry litter. Plant clover this fall. Over all you are improving the soil health, which will also reflect in herd health. My thoughts on this, if it has stickers or leaves a rash its natures way of saying KEEP OUT Land under repair.ga. prime":2yh7zsnb said:I'm open to new ideas, bluestem. Why was the horsenettle there and how do you correct and/or prevent it? I always had the notion that it spreads by mainly by birds and animals which are pretty much uncorrectable. To a lesser extent spread by farm machinery which is correctable.
Bluestem":1o0mime0 said:Not knowing your soil, I will give you some ideas and things to look for. Low Ca,P. High K and Mg. Ca and Mg may be out of balance. Soil may be sandy with low organic matter. First thing I would do is improve the organic matter. High organic matter can over come other deficiencies or buffer them. How would I do it? I would use my cattle. Use MIG or mob grazing. Second choice would be poultry litter. Plant clover this fall. Over all you are improving the soil health, which will also reflect in herd health. My thoughts on this, if it has stickers or leaves a rash its natures way of saying KEEP OUT Land under repair.ga. prime":1o0mime0 said:I'm open to new ideas, bluestem. Why was the horsenettle there and how do you correct and/or prevent it? I always had the notion that it spreads by mainly by birds and animals which are pretty much uncorrectable. To a lesser extent spread by farm machinery which is correctable.