Roundup Ready Corn & Soybean Food Plot

[Sligh1]

2 changes this year…
1) ran polymer coated urea. Slower releasing as I’ve seen some petering-out of N in July/August & I don’t like to side or top dress.
2) tried Surestart II herbicide. 3 groups of herbicides in that mix. can use it pre & post. Trying it 3 ways: 1) I burnt down with it + gly/2,4-d. 2) did a one pass in one area and added atrazine & mesotrione & 3) I burnt 3rd area down with gly, 2,4-d & atrazine & mesotrine.. I’ll add surestart II on 2nd pass.
I always plan on 2 pass & any combo will be just fine. I am trying to see if i can reliably find a true one pass spray. Is someone gonna do 7 things in one mix like this lunatic? No. But I’m trying it. Gly (& ams), 2,4-d, surestart II, atrazine & mesotrione.
Anyone can buy all of this - just sub simazine for atrazine is only restricted one.
Should be nuclear and some areas i just tiled that were wet with bad cocklebur seed bank. Dry but want to knock out big weed seeds!

Anyways- Always something new to try/learn.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

2 changes this year…
1) ran polymer coated urea. Slower releasing as I’ve seen some petering-out of N in July/August & I don’t like to side or top dress.
2) tried Surestart II herbicide. 3 groups of herbicides in that mix. can use it pre & post. Trying it 3 ways: 1) I burnt down with it + gly/2,4-d. 2) did a one pass in one area and added atrazine & mesotrione & 3) I burnt 3rd area down with gly, 2,4-d & atrazine & mesotrine.. I’ll add surestart II on 2nd pass.
I always plan on 2 pass & any combo will be just fine. I am trying to see if i can reliably find a true one pass spray. Is someone gonna do 7 things in one mix like this lunatic? No. But I’m trying it. Gly (& ams), 2,4-d, surestart II, atrazine & mesotrione.
Anyone can buy all of this - just sub simazine for atrazine is only restricted one.
Should be nuclear and some areas i just tiled that were wet with bad cocklebur seed bank. Dry but want to knock out big weed seeds!

Anyways- Always something new to try/learn.

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Gly, 24d, and Acuron at time of planting. Truly one pass. Acuron is 4 things so spraying 6 things at once.

Acuron: ATRAZINE, MESOTRIONE, BICYCLOPYRONE, S-METOLACHLOR.

I have corn fields that are still pretty clean. It's almost too good. My seed salesman has had guys who sprayed acuron too heavy and had bean issues the following year. Scary good. Corn was sooooooo clean last year. Why i say corn is easier than beans.

Downside. Expensive.

 

[Sligh1]

Gly, 24d, and Acuron at time of planting. Truly one pass. Acuron is 4 things so spraying 6 things at once.

Acuron: ATRAZINE, MESOTRIONE, BICYCLOPYRONE, S-METOLACHLOR.

I have corn fields that are still pretty clean. It's almost too good. My seed salesman has had guys who sprayed acuron too heavy and had bean issues the following year. Scary good. Corn was sooooooo clean last year. Why i say corn is easier than beans.

Downside. Expensive.

Ya- bicyclopyrone is the key there. What makes Acuron unique. I didn’t get by with acuron in my wet areas. But- possibly nothing will…. Just needed tile. Acuron is great. & if it saves time & second pass - especially for plots- who cares about the cost. It is great stuff.
If someone wanted to be “crazy” sure… acuron + surestart II would be 10000000% a one pass in any scenario. maybe not legal so I didn’t say that. That would be: atrazine, mesotrione, metolachlor, acetolachlor, bicyclopyrone, Flumet & clopyralid - slight overlap with groups but could adjust rates. No one is gonna do this but it could be incredibly good combo.
I do like a lot of modes of action. iowa soil & weather Degrades herbicides far faster than any label interval I’ve ever read.

 

[hillrunner]

Gly, 24d, and Acuron at time of planting. Truly one pass. Acuron is 4 things so spraying 6 things at once.

Acuron: ATRAZINE, MESOTRIONE, BICYCLOPYRONE, S-METOLACHLOR.

I have corn fields that are still pretty clean. It's almost too good. My seed salesman has had guys who sprayed acuron too heavy and had bean issues the following year. Scary good. Corn was sooooooo clean last year. Why i say corn is easier than beans.

Downside. Expensive.

Is it best if done at time of planting or do you get the same results if you wait 2-3 weeks?
I bought some acuron this year but this will be my first go round with it.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Is it best if done at time of planting or do you get the same results if you wait 2-3 weeks?
I bought some acuron this year but this will be my first go round with it.

You can spray it up until corn is 12".

I beleive label says up to 2.5 quarts pre emergence. That drops to 2 once corn is up. Double check. Pretty sure.

 

[Bassattackr]

Gly, 24d, and Acuron at time of planting. Truly one pass. Acuron is 4 things so spraying 6 things at once.

Acuron: ATRAZINE, MESOTRIONE, BICYCLOPYRONE, S-METOLACHLOR.

I have corn fields that are still pretty clean. It's almost too good. My seed salesman has had guys who sprayed acuron too heavy and had bean issues the following year. Scary good. Corn was sooooooo clean last year. Why i say corn is easier than beans.

Downside. Expensive.

If all pre, seems like a good nongmo corn recipe.. ??

 

[Sligh1]

If all pre, seems like a good nongmo corn recipe.. ??

100%. No problem at all. Even if u wanted to run a second pass on non-gmo… u have infinite options…. 2,4-d, atrazine, mesotrione, prowl, metolachlor/acetolachlor, etc etc. Or the cocktails like acuron, etc. Plenty of post emergent killing ability too… Metolachlor kills grasses, atrazine knocks a list of things out, same with meso. 2,4-d hits broadleaves, etc.

 

[T_Max]

I got my corn planter finished the day after a 1.75” rain. Been raining off and on ever since and I can’t get in the field! Good problem for us right now. I am using g leftover corn from a local farmer. Is there a “too late” date for a corn food plot? Also got my Acuron in the mail yesterday, but same as above I can’t get in to spray…


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[Nrharris]

I got my corn planter finished the day after a 1.75” rain. Been raining off and on ever since and I can’t get in the field! Good problem for us right now. I am using g leftover corn from a local farmer. Is there a “too late” date for a corn food plot? Also got my Acuron in the mail yesterday, but same as above I can’t get in to spray…


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I have planted a corn plot mid June a couple times and they were just fine. Far from time to panic.

 

[Sligh1]

I got my corn planter finished the day after a 1.75” rain. Been raining off and on ever since and I can’t get in the field! Good problem for us right now. I am using g leftover corn from a local farmer. Is there a “too late” date for a corn food plot? Also got my Acuron in the mail yesterday, but same as above I can’t get in to spray…


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Agree with Nrharris…. Plenty of time. Even ag corn… early may is just fine.
U have 2 issues with later planted corn… the roll of the dice it gets dry weather when filling out & missing some of the early season rain. 2nd: it won’t dry down as much. So- u couldn’t combine as early - which is a NON ISSUE since it’s a deer plot.
I agree- for a plot- June planted corn will still yield.