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Renovating Weedy Crop Land into Pasture
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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 290141" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Thanks for the tips. I have pulled soil samples but have no results yet. We have fairly heavy clay soil, and the majority thinking here is you need to plow crop land at least every third year. In my case I am trying to convert poorly managed crop land to a high production legume grass mix - - and I need to minimize the establishment cost, avoid any chemical residual, and minimize future clipping required. A couple years of Round up Ready crops could certainly do that but I am not that patient.</p><p></p><p>We fall plowed one field this week that was a little low so it would dry out next spring. I re walked the other big field - - and I have never seen such a dense stand of quack grass. There was not a lot of Canada thistle in this area. I think the quack choked it out! I am planning to burn it off this spring to remove the thatch, continuously graze it this summer to weaken the quack stand, spray it with Round up, till it, and then fall seed to alfalfa, festolium, and brome. Any other suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 290141, member: 1715"] Thanks for the tips. I have pulled soil samples but have no results yet. We have fairly heavy clay soil, and the majority thinking here is you need to plow crop land at least every third year. In my case I am trying to convert poorly managed crop land to a high production legume grass mix - - and I need to minimize the establishment cost, avoid any chemical residual, and minimize future clipping required. A couple years of Round up Ready crops could certainly do that but I am not that patient. We fall plowed one field this week that was a little low so it would dry out next spring. I re walked the other big field - - and I have never seen such a dense stand of quack grass. There was not a lot of Canada thistle in this area. I think the quack choked it out! I am planning to burn it off this spring to remove the thatch, continuously graze it this summer to weaken the quack stand, spray it with Round up, till it, and then fall seed to alfalfa, festolium, and brome. Any other suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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