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TheBig8 replied to the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze?.The spraying is/was commonly done with the herbicide Rodeo which is aquatic safe version of a broad spectrum herbicide. -
TheBig8 replied to the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze?.The DNR in Illinois has been pushing this as an approved practice for over a decade. Here is one study that came up in a Google...
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TheBig8 replied to the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze?.I was quoted ~$1,000 for 30 acres this upcoming fall. Very cost effective if you get the results that @Rut Nut had.
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TheBig8 reacted to Rut Nut's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with
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Here is a picture from yesterday showing the results of the RU spray last Nov. Any green is not BH. I had about 99% kill. I can't wait... -
TheBig8 replied to the thread Alfalfa clover mix.Here is how I get my clover and alfalfa plots established in spring. Broadcast oats at 50#/acre rate. Disk or till oats into soil...
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TheBig8 reacted to Rut Nut's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
This is what my woods looked like last November . I had 400 acres sprayed by helicopter and it looks like I had 99% kill. Check. in to...
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TheBig8 reacted to IowaBowHunter1983's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
I'm in thread middle of one for EQIP. Mulching rose and BHS. I will be spraying any regrowth. Some then gets hardwood interplanting...
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TheBig8 reacted to Jwest's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
I’m in Central Iowa. Want to say the DNR did hundreds of acres second week of November last year. Didn’t know honey suckle had reached...
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TheBig8 replied to the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze?.For those who have drone sprayed BH, what specific time frame would I be looking at. SW WI would be the location, so basically same zone...
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TheBig8 reacted to Snail3496's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
I am not a hippie but just napalm spraying my only timber and all of the critters inside of it in Oct/Nov just seems weird to me.
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TheBig8 reacted to newfarmer's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
If you want to leave it better- you need to get rid of invasives. Or at least put a large dent in them so that way the woods can...
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TheBig8 reacted to Jwest's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
Most likely follow up applications were not followed up on those areas for whatever reason (fire/additional chemical applications). What...
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TheBig8 reacted to BearCreek's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
It's worth the squeeze for me. I battle reed canary grass in my bottoms and bush honeysuckle/multi flora rose on my high ground. I'm...
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TheBig8 reacted to Sligh1's post in the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? with Like.
Bush honeysuckle- man- hearing great things on aerial treatment. For how bad it is & how it’s done - very little downside & massive...
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TheBig8 posted the thread Converting invasives to natives, worth the squeeze? in Whitetail Management & Habitat.I've been working for the past few years on some buckthorn control in one of my woodlots. It is gratifying work and I know it needs to...