TXMike
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The smutgrass in of my pastures is getting out of control. Its been misidentified for a while. A neighbor told me it was a type of switchgrass and he used to have it in his pasture but he got rid of it by mowing. well I happened to have another friend over and he identified it as smut grass and as soon as I looked it up it looks exactly like what I have and mowing doesn't seem to have any effect on it. I looked into the velpar and it is pretty expensive. The friend that identified it used it and said it only got about half of his and hell try it again next year. I don't think that's gonna be very cost effective. plus it says 60 days I gotta move the cows off.
I like the spot spray with glyphosate idea. how strong would I need to mix it and can I leave the cows on the pasture while I spray it? I am gonna wait till spring but its still green in the bottom portion of the crown so I might try a couple test spot sprays and see if it gets it before spring.
theres also a couple areas where its thick its gonna leave some bare ground. I thought about buying some seed to fill in these spots faster. which would fill in faster Bermuda or Bahia? the pasture is already a mix of the 2 but more Bahia than Bermuda.
I like the spot spray with glyphosate idea. how strong would I need to mix it and can I leave the cows on the pasture while I spray it? I am gonna wait till spring but its still green in the bottom portion of the crown so I might try a couple test spot sprays and see if it gets it before spring.
theres also a couple areas where its thick its gonna leave some bare ground. I thought about buying some seed to fill in these spots faster. which would fill in faster Bermuda or Bahia? the pasture is already a mix of the 2 but more Bahia than Bermuda.