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<blockquote data-quote="Double A" data-source="post: 419303" data-attributes="member: 6818"><p>Ditto, for my answer. The NRCS is a good source on burning and the MO Dept of Conservation (went to their burning seminar) too. I'm sure they can help you with guidelines; but, as you well know you can't exactly do it by dates. Depending upon the weather, we have burned in both March and April (we are north of hwys 70 & 36); but this is in the CRP. One thing you have to watch is that if it gets too green the fire doesn't burn as well and as hot and this can decrease its effectiveness and sometimes won't get all your tree sprouts. Some have burned as early as Feb and early March in our area and this may give you the most benefit since fescue is a cool season grass and starts its growing season early (see what the office recommends). Those burned fields turn a lovely green after the spring rains (you'd almost swear you fertilized compared to how it looked before). I don't know what it is, but in our area, if the neighors find out we are looking to burn they all run and go get their torches and shovels...wanting us to wait for them - "fire bugs" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> .</p><p></p><p>I believe our MFA does soil samples and some fertilizer companies too (if you don't want to do them yourself). We just do ours ourselves through the University of MO Extension office. You just go into the office and they'll give you the samples boxes (directions are on the box). One box can cover up to 20 ac, but you may want to divide it up into smaller sections depending upon the land. If I remember right (can tell you after Monday) I think it is now $15/per sample box. Here is a link to the Univ. of MO extension you can find local office locations and search their publications on soil testing (and lots of other subjects too). <a href="http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/" target="_blank">http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/</a></p><p></p><p>We do some brush hogging, but it does have it's limits. It can be helpful and cut sprouts down so they don't require as much chemical spray. We will mow a few strips in the CRP - along woodlines and over some sprouts in areas that won't be burned that year. Sometimes we will "top" some pasture areas in the summer before the weeds (like ironweed) go to seed and this seems to help create better pastures too. One other thing we have found that will help keep weeds down is to burn the old hay where the bale rings were in the winter (do this early spring) otherwise we always have extra weedy patches where the rings were (even though we move them around). I guess we have a bit of a "fire bug" in us too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double A, post: 419303, member: 6818"] Ditto, for my answer. The NRCS is a good source on burning and the MO Dept of Conservation (went to their burning seminar) too. I'm sure they can help you with guidelines; but, as you well know you can't exactly do it by dates. Depending upon the weather, we have burned in both March and April (we are north of hwys 70 & 36); but this is in the CRP. One thing you have to watch is that if it gets too green the fire doesn't burn as well and as hot and this can decrease its effectiveness and sometimes won't get all your tree sprouts. Some have burned as early as Feb and early March in our area and this may give you the most benefit since fescue is a cool season grass and starts its growing season early (see what the office recommends). Those burned fields turn a lovely green after the spring rains (you'd almost swear you fertilized compared to how it looked before). I don't know what it is, but in our area, if the neighors find out we are looking to burn they all run and go get their torches and shovels...wanting us to wait for them - "fire bugs" :P . I believe our MFA does soil samples and some fertilizer companies too (if you don't want to do them yourself). We just do ours ourselves through the University of MO Extension office. You just go into the office and they'll give you the samples boxes (directions are on the box). One box can cover up to 20 ac, but you may want to divide it up into smaller sections depending upon the land. If I remember right (can tell you after Monday) I think it is now $15/per sample box. Here is a link to the Univ. of MO extension you can find local office locations and search their publications on soil testing (and lots of other subjects too). [url=http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/]http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/[/url] We do some brush hogging, but it does have it's limits. It can be helpful and cut sprouts down so they don't require as much chemical spray. We will mow a few strips in the CRP - along woodlines and over some sprouts in areas that won't be burned that year. Sometimes we will "top" some pasture areas in the summer before the weeds (like ironweed) go to seed and this seems to help create better pastures too. One other thing we have found that will help keep weeds down is to burn the old hay where the bale rings were in the winter (do this early spring) otherwise we always have extra weedy patches where the rings were (even though we move them around). I guess we have a bit of a "fire bug" in us too. [/QUOTE]
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