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Post by cspot on May 29, 2014 18:01:34 GMT -5
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Post by Dutch on May 29, 2014 18:36:21 GMT -5
Friend of mine uses it now instead of Poast. He says its much better than Poast. Poast sorta works, but timing is critical.
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Post by Dutch on May 29, 2014 18:37:52 GMT -5
Let me know where that is shipped from. That company used to be about 10 miles north of me, but now it says "Oregon"?
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Post by cspot on May 29, 2014 19:01:28 GMT -5
When you say timing is important what does that mean? I mowed it last week and was planning on doing it this weekend. The grass will be 4 or 5 inches high at that point. I also fertilized a couple of weeks ago to give the clover a boost.
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Post by cspot on May 29, 2014 20:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by Dutch on May 29, 2014 20:05:04 GMT -5
When you say timing is important what does that mean? I mowed it last week and was planning on doing it this weekend. The grass will be 4 or 5 inches high at that point. I also fertilized a couple of weeks ago to give the clover a boost. I thought Poast was more effective at 2-4 inches. In my case, when a food plot was 200 miles away, getting it timed right was nearly impossible. The Cleth, according to my friend, did a better overall job than the Poast. Best thing I ever did was spray Roundup on my plot. Killed all the grass, and the clover came back. |
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Post by bawanajim on May 30, 2014 8:13:49 GMT -5
A very weak mixture of round up is one of the best ways to solve the weed problems in clover, a solution of one pint to 25-30 gallons of water works fine it just takes a couple of weeks for the weeds to die.
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Post by cspot on Jun 1, 2014 13:25:07 GMT -5
Sprayed it on today so in a couple of weeks I should know how well it worked. It calls to be mixed with crop oil, but couldn't find any locally. I read online that you can use Dawn dishwashing soap in a pinch. I hope it works.
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Post by Dutch on Jun 1, 2014 21:00:11 GMT -5
The Dawn will help, it's a surfactant.
I sprayed all my clover plots with Roundup today. A couple weeks late, hope it does the trick on the weeds/grasses, and not the clover.
One pint per acre of Roundup in mid May, on older clover plots, cleans them up nicely.
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Post by lanceoutfitters on Jun 1, 2014 22:34:58 GMT -5
As said before small doses of Roundup will work. Dawn soap will work as was stated before, as will a product called AMS which basically is a water softener. I like to use beacon and select Max combo on my alfalfa plots. I'm pretty sure (don't quote me) it will work on clovers as well.
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Post by cspot on Jun 9, 2014 18:27:13 GMT -5
Looks like the grass is starting to turn brown. I was starting to get nervous that it wasn't going to work, but then it was only the 8th day today. Will have to see in a week how much it actually kills.
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Post by Dutch on Jun 9, 2014 20:44:44 GMT -5
Glad to hear it's working.
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Post by lanceoutfitters on Jun 10, 2014 20:20:23 GMT -5
It is a very slow acting chemical. We use a version of it in our bean fields to clean up the round up ready corn that has self seeded from the previous year. The Roundup in the tank takes care of the rest.
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Post by cspot on Jun 14, 2014 13:31:59 GMT -5
It definitely works slow, but it is working. More of the grass is starting to turn brown as well. Here is a couple of pics that I took today. You can see the brown spots of grass. Hard to see but there is more dead grass in it than what it looks. The lower part that is all brown I had sprayed with gly 2 weeks ago as well. Going to put an annual in there this fall.   |
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Post by Dutch on Jun 14, 2014 14:32:28 GMT -5
Compared to other stuff you used, how'd it work?
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Post by cspot on Jun 14, 2014 14:58:50 GMT -5
First time I have ever tried spraying. Usually I just keep mowing to control grass and weeds and then after a few years, plow it down and restart. So far I am happy with it.
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Post by Dutch on Jun 14, 2014 16:12:50 GMT -5
How old is the plot?
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Post by cspot on Jun 14, 2014 20:55:09 GMT -5
This is the second year for it. I planted last year but didn't put gly on before plowing and discing and therefore had a lot of grass come up in the clover. The clover is doing really well this year, but just wanted to get rid of some of the grass.
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Post by bushmaster on Jun 15, 2014 5:37:02 GMT -5
Nice looking plot. I'm still doing the mowing thing, haven't sprayed anything yet.plots are nice and thick! Attachment Deleted |
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Post by Dutch on Jun 15, 2014 6:41:35 GMT -5
This is the second year for it. I planted last year but didn't put gly on before plowing and discing and therefore had a lot of grass come up in the clover. The clover is doing really well this year, but just wanted to get rid of some of the grass. Good to keep ahead of grass. It takes over pretty fast. |
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Post by woodsrat on Jul 11, 2014 15:54:51 GMT -5
I may have to give that a try, Grass pretty much took mine over this year with all of the rain so far.
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Post by Dutch on Jul 12, 2014 7:09:18 GMT -5
I used Roundup on my clover plots the first weekend in June. Mixed it a little to lite, go decent kill on the weeds and grasses. The clover is coming back pretty well. It didn't get set back like I thought it would.
Will check in a few weeks to see how they are coming along.
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Post by woodsrat on Jul 14, 2014 16:25:29 GMT -5
I mowed my plot two weeks ago since the grass was so high and the clover still don't look to bad but I am sure that the grass will take over again.
The plot is about five yrs. old now so it may be time to try something different.
Dutch,
Can I spray it with just a back pack sprayer or will it spray to much that way and kill everything?
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Post by Dutch on Jul 14, 2014 17:12:21 GMT -5
I've never done that, and would worry you might get to much on in spots.
It is generally done in May, not during the hot months. That gives it time to recover.
I took a chance, did it lightly and late.
Someone did tell me that in areas that usually get a morning dew, it can work most anytime? But, have not tried that.
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Post by bushmaster on Jul 14, 2014 19:22:06 GMT -5
I've yet to ever spray the plots at my club, but they definitely have a grass and weed problem. I mow and they look great for a couple weeks, then the grass and weeds get taller than the clover. I've always been of the opinion that they don't have to look great, just be full of deer every day, and they pretty much are. The chemicals are just so dang expensive.
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