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Post by 76chevy on Sept 27, 2017 16:17:06 GMT -5
anybody have a recommendation for a herbicide which will do this without damaging the brassica? Something grass/corn specific?
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 27, 2017 16:37:48 GMT -5
Why? Deer love corn, espically newly growing stalks. Deer don't care if your plot looks good.
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Post by laughery11 on Sept 27, 2017 17:06:11 GMT -5
Why? Deer love corn, espically newly growing stalks. Deer don't care if your plot looks good.  Poast is a good grass specific herbicide but I wouldn't waste my money on it if the problem wasn't too bad. |
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Post by thebellcompany on Sept 27, 2017 19:13:36 GMT -5
Well, in theory corn is a grass plant. Have you tried Arrest max? That’s an idea.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 27, 2017 19:28:58 GMT -5
What is the concern over the volunteer corn? Simple competition with the brassicas or another reason? Pictures?
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Post by 76chevy on Sept 27, 2017 20:34:32 GMT -5
What is the concern over the volunteer corn? Simple competition with the brassicas or another reason? Pictures? did not get any pics. Just competition really. Good point about it being an attract or for the deer also. I will just leave it I suppose. |
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 27, 2017 21:23:35 GMT -5
One thing to remember is the corn's growing season is nearing its end and the brassicas will continue to grow. The nutrients it steals IMO will be rather minimal and the stalks provide a little cover depending on number also.
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Post by 76chevy on Sept 28, 2017 20:07:52 GMT -5
good point
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 29, 2017 6:31:38 GMT -5
Interesting topic. I usually plant 2-4 acres of field corn and leave standing for wildlife. First couple years I sprayed roundup and field looked perfect. (No weeds, no grass). A friend suggested not to spray and let grow with weeds and grass and wildlife would use more. So I started not spraying corn and I can tell you deer use more. The grass and weeds provide great bedding cover as well as a late season food source. So grass and weeds are not always a bad thing. I do spray clovers, alfalfa and soybeans. Brassicas usually grow so quick that end up choking out weeds and a few weeds isn't a big deal. My personal preference is to use as little herbicide on food plots as possible.
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Post by steiny on Sept 29, 2017 8:28:47 GMT -5
Verify for yourself, but I'm betting Clethium will do this. Corn is a grass and brassicas are broad leafs. Cleth kills grasses in clover without hurting the clover.
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Post by bigjim on Sept 29, 2017 10:59:44 GMT -5
I like others qwestion why u would want to remove the corn, unless it is so thick as to shadow out and kill ur brassicas.
However, if u want to kill grasses in broadleaves farmwrs n good food plotters have long used clethodim, sold under the brand names of Select n others. It is how farmers kill roundup ready volunteer corn in their soybean fields. It kills grasses and is also extremely effective in killing graases in clover, alfalfa and other broadleaf plots.
The use of Slay and Arrest are the equivalent of burning piles of $20 bills. Similar to buying a pint of diluted Roundup for $50 at a store versus buying 2.5 gallons if concentrated glysophate for $30 at a coop or farm supplier.
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