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I have sprayed it every year for at least three years to control koshia, Russian thistle and pigweed. After about 4 inches of rain in June some nwsg seedlings have surely come on and the weeds are definitely coming on. I used banvel, 24d and ally in past, now have a recommendation of banvel...

Long time since I have posted here I am sure. I have attached a pic of my NWSG. Are you familiar with a herbicide called Carnivore? What would you think about spraying this with banvel and carnivore? We have been getting rather significant moisture since about June 7. I should have seedlings...

Here, in southwest Kansas, our drought continues. I had pretty good luck with my 150 acres of NWSG this year. Seems like just when I was desperate for rain, I got some. Most areas of my quarter are pretty thick with grass, relatively speaking. Some are pretty thin. I had most of the grass...

I was just reading our local newspaper and thought I would pass it to you folks for the heck of it. For our county here in kansas we have gotten 6.5 inches of rain for 2011. Next lowest year is 12.2. 23 year average is 21 inches. I bet you guys can't imagine it.

LoessHillArcher, I don't know how to put it, other than after the spraying of banvil and 24d, there was no moisture anywhere to be found so there was no need for further weed control. Nothing grew, we are in an exceptional drought area in extreme southwest kansas. I don't think it germinated...

You guys really know how to hurt a guy. I broadcast switchgrass on my area in Jan/Feb? Had a little snow on it, very little rain, lots of hot wind and high temps. Long story short, it never came up, i'm sure it was never moist enough at the right time to sprout it. Area was sprayed with...

I would like to throw in my 2 cents worth here. I live in SW Kansas. Broadcast 9 acres of SG in February. We are in a horrible drought situation here. No moisture of any signficant amount for months. Not one bit of that grass has sprouted and if it did sprout I am sure it would die. Maybe...

Happened to be up at my quarter this morning. Saw a lot of deer tracks on the trail to the center pivot. I started looking around and saw 15 to 20 head running over the hill. Sure gave me a good feeling even if they were just passin' through.

I got the switchgrass broadcast about two weeks ago. We had one little skiff of snow about a week later and now it looks to be about a six inch snow on it. Time is flying by and I've got spring fever already. Thanks for all the good info on this site, it is a blessing.

I just put my order in for 50 lbs of blackwell switchgrass. It will be here in a few days. I will be broadcasting on 8 or 9 acres. It is on the southeast corner of 160 acres. The 152 acres more or less is NWSG. This is sandhill country. I went out today and looked it over. I had it...

Yes dbltree, I have read the beginning of this thread and much more of it, however, as I stated in my original post, plenty of mistakes have been made before I ever found this forum and I am looking to go from where I am at to somewhere better. I thank you for your advice. I looked at that...

Thanks letemgrow, well last night and early this morning we received a total of 2.5 inches of rain. I shut off my sprinkler and plan to leave it off for the next few days. Probably not much I can do at this point but waite till next year and use a product called Plateau that is labeled for...

I don't know about Iowa, dbltree, but in Kansas, crabgrass is a warm season grass that does not germinate until the ground temperature is warm enough for nwsg to germinate also. Hence, my big problem. It puts out tons of seed, when the nwsg is drilled it incorporates the crabgrass also and it...

I would like to add, dbltree, that I am not questioning your expertise, I am just the kind of guy who likes to know the reasoning behind things. Also, I just paid my diesel fuel bill that runs the irrigation-$4500.00. If I was smart I would shut it off and never question why!!!!

Thanks, dbltree! Wow, I am excited by your suggestion to shut off the sprinkler. Would you be able to elaborate on your thinking on that one. I will say that on the corners there never was any pressure from the crabgrass. I will try and do the pictures asap. Anyway I would love to hear your...