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Post by midwesthunter on Apr 25, 2007 10:46:58 GMT -5
who's planting what for food plots this spring? I'm putting in some imperial chicore plus, power plant, secret spot.
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Post by bill on Apr 25, 2007 11:24:06 GMT -5
I planted ladino clover mixed with chicory on the 21st, a little more than a 1/4 acre. With the rain today it should come up soon.
Haven't decided what I'll add this fall.
Bill
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Post by tbgrindlay on Apr 25, 2007 12:37:49 GMT -5
For ducks:
Jap Millet
Oats
Walmart bird seed (sunflowers, milo and millet)
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Post by steiny on Apr 25, 2007 16:58:59 GMT -5
Just burnt off about 50 acres of prairie grasses. That knocks of some of the undesireable weeds and helps the prairie grass re-seed and come on strong. That stuff will be 7' tall by deer season. Great bedding cover until the snow knocks it down.
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Post by parrothead on Apr 30, 2007 13:58:44 GMT -5
I still have my clover plots. I just sprayed for weeds this weekend.
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Post by hornharvester on May 11, 2007 17:03:17 GMT -5
I mowed the weeds in my clover plots today and plowed up two plots that i'll plant in turnips the second week of August.
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Post by swindianapaul on May 11, 2007 22:35:34 GMT -5
Spring plots which are in (1.25 acres): millet, cow peas, ladino clover, turnip and chicory. Will be putting in a couple of late spring plots (.5 acres) in next week or two weather permitting Mid-Late August plots will ge turnip (.25 - .5 acre).
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Post by parrothead on May 14, 2007 6:44:42 GMT -5
My clover finally came out of it. Those hard frost had me worried for a while. All the weeds I sprayed are dead and the clover is really growing
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Post by Woody Williams on May 14, 2007 7:01:51 GMT -5
My clover finally came out of it. Those hard frost had me worried for a while. All the weeds I sprayed are dead and the clover is really growing What did you use to kill the weeds and not the clover? |
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on May 14, 2007 8:20:47 GMT -5
I have used Arrest by Whitetail Institute in the past,it did a decent job of killing other grasses instead of my clover.
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Post by parrothead on May 14, 2007 8:40:38 GMT -5
Arrest does work but it cost a lot. For Broadleaf the stuff is called Butyrac 200 and it is 34.95 per gallon. U use 2 oz. per gallon. I will have to look at the bottle for the grass killer. I also have used Pursuit. Poast Plus works if you can find it in small bottles. I think it is around 400 per gallon other wise. Plus to help I always squirt some dawn dishsoap in last thing.
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Post by parrothead on May 14, 2007 8:45:17 GMT -5
Sorry I got the Butyrac at Keystone Pest Solutions. They have an entire section for wildlife food plots. My grass killer I got at the local CO-OP. I made a mistake they have Trigger which is a grass killer for 117.95 and Poast Plus for 129 for 2 half gallons. It was the Pursuit that cost a boat load.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2007 11:45:31 GMT -5
My clover finally came out of it. Those hard frost had me worried for a while. All the weeds I sprayed are dead and the clover is really growing What did you use to kill the weeds and not the clover? Select will be the cheapest if you don't have a lot of braodleafs in with the grass. It'll kill all the grass and most of the weeds. |
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Post by huxbux on May 21, 2007 21:41:46 GMT -5
Arrest does work but it cost a lot. For Broadleaf the stuff is called Butyrac 200 and it is 34.95 per gallon. U use 2 oz. per gallon. I will have to look at the bottle for the grass killer. I also have used Pursuit. Poast Plus works if you can find it in small bottles. I think it is around 400 per gallon other wise. Plus to help I always squirt some dawn dishsoap in last thing. I didn't think the Arrest was too expensive. I believe I paid around $32.00 last year and it treated my 1/4 acre plot twice, which was enough to eradicate all the grasses the whole year. |
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Post by hornharvester on May 21, 2007 22:30:56 GMT -5
Today i bought my fertilizer and seed for the turnip plots that get planted in mid-August. h.h.
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Post by parrothead on May 22, 2007 6:36:59 GMT -5
I guess it would depend on the size of the plot and the amount of grass. I found some good cheap stuff at the CO-OP called HI-Yield to kill grass. It was 18 for 8oz. YOu use one oz per gallon. It came in bigger sizes to. I seem to have to spray spring, summer and if I see any others sneak up in the fall.
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Post by huxbux on May 23, 2007 21:30:42 GMT -5
Doesn't look like I'll have to spray at all this year. My plot is already a foot high, very thick and no grasses at all. I sprayed Arrest twice last year and put down 40 Lbs. of 12-12-12 early this spring. Like everything else here in central Indiana though, it could sure use some rain.
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Post by hornharvester on May 24, 2007 8:50:38 GMT -5
I mowed my clover plots couple weeks ago and checked them Tuesday and they looked real good, very few weeds at all and a lot of blossoms. h.h.
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Post by swindianapaul on May 25, 2007 15:23:26 GMT -5
Will be planting a couple of millet plots (acre or less total) tomorrow morning and may be tempted to plant another 1/2 acre or so of millet in about two weeks. So far, weeds have not been a problem in the plots planted earlier in season. Though would be nice to get a bit of rain sometime this weekend.
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Post by swindianapaul on Jun 4, 2007 22:45:20 GMT -5
Finished a small late tree planting yesterday (persimmon, cherry bark oak and a few black gum trees) and another 1/4 acre in millet. Last 1/4 acre of miller will be planted this weekend.
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