Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
Spend money on fertilizer or weed killer first?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1017018" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Weeds are a never ending cycle no matter what, and drought just brings out the potential that was always there. I had occassion to drive from my home north for 350 miles in June and Oct 2011, and where good lush green pastures had always stood, there was solid goatweed--and I mean solid. Seeds are very long lived and just wait for the right conditions. Grass requires more moisture both in the root system and leaf than weeds, so the weeds will grow when the grass will not. This past year (2012) I made the same trip, and it was a completely different scene, all nice green pastures again, and I know not everyone sprayed or even fertilized. </p><p>If I fertilize (did this spring already) I fertilize first then spray a few weeks later. Why? Of course I want the forage to grow, but I also want the weeds to be in a very active growing cycle when I hit them with broadleaf herbicide. That cycle is when the herbicide works best. Since I don't use any soil active herbicide, I want the ever present weed seeds to germinate, grow, then die when I spray them--not lay in the soil dormant waiting for the next dry year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1017018, member: 18945"] Weeds are a never ending cycle no matter what, and drought just brings out the potential that was always there. I had occassion to drive from my home north for 350 miles in June and Oct 2011, and where good lush green pastures had always stood, there was solid goatweed--and I mean solid. Seeds are very long lived and just wait for the right conditions. Grass requires more moisture both in the root system and leaf than weeds, so the weeds will grow when the grass will not. This past year (2012) I made the same trip, and it was a completely different scene, all nice green pastures again, and I know not everyone sprayed or even fertilized. If I fertilize (did this spring already) I fertilize first then spray a few weeks later. Why? Of course I want the forage to grow, but I also want the weeds to be in a very active growing cycle when I hit them with broadleaf herbicide. That cycle is when the herbicide works best. Since I don't use any soil active herbicide, I want the ever present weed seeds to germinate, grow, then die when I spray them--not lay in the soil dormant waiting for the next dry year. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
Spend money on fertilizer or weed killer first?
Top