My old friend crabgrass

[Bigfoot]

Started showing up a few days ago. I hit it with about 30 pounds of N to the acre, maybe we'll have a bumper crop.

 

[kenny thomas]

Isn't it really early for crabgrass?

 

[Bigfoot]

Isn't it really early for crabgrass?

A little bit, showed up about this time last year though. That may actually be barnyard grass, and not crabgrass. EIther way, I'll take it.

 

[kenny thomas]

Heck yes, if they will eat it and grow I like it whatever it is

 

[greybeard]

Got a bunch here, that I thought at first was Dallisgrass. It's pushed out a lot of my bahia too.
I had to look it up last year to see what it was.
Dallisgrass on the left--crab on the right:
https://tipsfromashton.files.wordpress. ... blog12.jpg

 

[Bigfoot]

It likes sunshine and to be spoon fed Nitrogen. I have had warm days, but no sunshine. It wasn't calling for clouds, and rain this week, I could probably start grazing that late next week.

 

[Bigfoot]

Growth has not exactly been exponential this week:

 

[ClodHopper37869]

Sowed 25#'s of Quick N Big Thursday, Had 5+ inches on rain since Friday, rain gauge ran-over sometime Saturday night and its still raining...plan-on spreading 46-0-60 in about 2 weeks.

 

[ClinchValley]

Good looking soil Bigfoot.

 

[Bigfoot]

Good looking soil Bigfoot.

The soil on my place is actually pretty good. The problem is, it's only about 17 inches to a fragipan. When it's wet, it stays wet a while, and when it's dry, it is really dry.

 

[Bigfoot]

Had big plans of following the growth of some crabgrass on here. Like most of my plans in life, I didn't follow through. Made my second cutting on a field, so I've blown the concept. Anyway, here's my second cutting after running the fetter over it. Has a little Johnson grass in it, but I do nothing to discourage it. If it rains at all, I should get one more cutting.