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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 1262409" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>Great post. I too am a believer that good fertility doesn't cost, it pays. I do fall in the category of loving to spray though. I have never had the opportunity to manage a warm season grass pasture or hay field. It ain't from lack of trying though. I can see how Bahia grass, or a hybred bermuda growing in a fertile soil, could choke out weeds. Here, where I'm the caretaker of a cool season pasture, a warm season weed has the advantage. I'm not plagued with cool season weeds. Bulbous buttercup for instance. I have almost none. I don't even spray for it. My fescue is thick enough to choke it out. This week in Ky, the advantage goes to the weeds. Fescue is stalled out, and standing still. Weeds are, growing like a weed. They are also sucking up my fertilizer, and dipping in to moisture in the soil. I've just about got to spray them, because my fertilizer is too expensive to waste. </p><p>I'm sure not many people in my area, spray for weeds. Infact it'd be a good guess that almost nobody does. I can't understand them not spraying. It's $6-$12 an acre, and is bound to save me money in the long run. How much? I'll never know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 1262409, member: 17956"] Great post. I too am a believer that good fertility doesn't cost, it pays. I do fall in the category of loving to spray though. I have never had the opportunity to manage a warm season grass pasture or hay field. It ain't from lack of trying though. I can see how Bahia grass, or a hybred bermuda growing in a fertile soil, could choke out weeds. Here, where I'm the caretaker of a cool season pasture, a warm season weed has the advantage. I'm not plagued with cool season weeds. Bulbous buttercup for instance. I have almost none. I don't even spray for it. My fescue is thick enough to choke it out. This week in Ky, the advantage goes to the weeds. Fescue is stalled out, and standing still. Weeds are, growing like a weed. They are also sucking up my fertilizer, and dipping in to moisture in the soil. I've just about got to spray them, because my fertilizer is too expensive to waste. I'm sure not many people in my area, spray for weeds. Infact it'd be a good guess that almost nobody does. I can't understand them not spraying. It's $6-$12 an acre, and is bound to save me money in the long run. How much? I'll never know. [/QUOTE]
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