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Oust Spraying in Fall Thanks for the advice. What does the Oust XP do in the fall if the plants aren't actively growing? How late in Fall? Does it affect the CIR SG? Thanks again for the advice. I followed your technique so far and have a pretty good stand coming except for not being able to...

Cut or Wait I frost seeded 5 acres of CIR this past winter. I had a good weed kill before planting. I was unable to cut this summer but finally have things in order to cut the CIR. I am wondering if it is too late. I am also afraid I might damage the switch by mowing it. I would mow as high as...

Austrian Winter Peas When is the best time to plant winter peas in NE Wisconsin? I was thinking about planting in the first or second week of August. Not sure if they can grow after first frost or why they are called winter peas. Any help would be appreciated. thanks

Clover If there is any top soil left and it stays moist, clover might work out real well. We planted clover on a friends place in mostly clay and I would love to have his clover plot. It is in a lower area. good luck

Milorganite Milorganite is a granular fertilizer that really smells bad. It is made from human waste. It also has iron in it. The smell helps keep the deer away from young plants and fertilizer also helps the young plants grow. It needs to be re-applied after a bit of rain to keep it...

What should we see? What should we expect to see from a frost seeded patch of switchgrass in SouthCentral Iowa at this point? The SG was frost seeded into a killed brome stubble. The cool seasons were sprayed again end of April. There is not a lot of weeds growing, but I don't see a lot of...

I am going to plant a solid chicory plot. Do I need to plant a cover crop with it? I was thinking maybe planting the chicory with buckwheat to help shade it a bit. What are your thoughts?

spraying newly seeded switch I just frost seeded 5 acres of CIR Switch over the weekend. Went real good. I am planning the next step which is the spraying. I re-read thru the how to at the beginning of the post, but wanted to make sure I spray when I am supposed to and what I am supposed to...

CIR Border Is it reasonable to try to get the guy doing the spraying to skip the 20' swat around the outside or should I wait until fall to plant clover or is there something else to plant in the fire break? thanks

Switchgrass field border I am going to frost seed a 5 acre field of CIR switch this weekend. I have the field prepped as specified in this thread and plan on a spraying of Gly and Atrazine this spring. Does it make any sense to frost seed clover on the borders of this field now. I can try to...

Phragmites That is Phragmites. It is very invasive and hard to get rid of. It has no good purpose. DO NOT TRANSPLANT!! you will be sorry. It overtakes everything. The best way to get rid of it is to keep it cut throughout the year and spray with a strong dose of roundup in the fall. It spreads...

Frost seeding Switch Grass Dbltree - I have read most of the switch grass planting tips. I am getting a five acre field prepped for frost seeding. My biggest concern is it will be planted on a side hill. I am concerned my seed will wash away if it rains before it gets worked into the soil...

Rhubarb??? Almost looks like Rhubarb. Maybe they like the roots.

Red Ants on Fruit Trees I have a lot of red ants (the ones that make the big mounds). They are on the fruit trees. I don't know if they are damaging the tree's and fruit. It appears they are eating both. Does anybody know about this and how to get them off the trees? thanks

weed suppression question If I spray (roundup and princep) should I still use fabric around the base or is spraying enough to keep the weeds down?

prep and planting new bare roots I am going to be planting about 300 bare root trees (35 chestnut, then wild plum, nine bark, gray dogwood, and red cedar). I was planning on spraying the planting area with roundup and princep and marking each circle with a flag for each tree. Can I mix the...

First of all, switchgrass is most effective in large fields. 5 or more acres. I would encourage you to convert all of your open grass areas to switchgrass, unless you had future plans for tree plantings Thanks - I would like to plant it all to switchgrass. Next question. Is trying to plant 20...

How much Switch Grass to plant I have an 80 acre area that i want to create more cover in. Right now it consists of a 10 acre hardwood stand, then working south a 15 acre grass area ( area 1 of 2 to create cover). South of that is another 30 acre hardwood stand. South of that is area 2 for...

I had similar problems. I did as mentioned above - Cut as much grass and twigs out of the way. The only bad thing about putting it on low sensor level is you may miss some animals. I put mine in setup mode and closed it up. The red light will flash when it picks up movement. Check it to see if...

clover I planted clover for a friend in a clay soil area and he has the best clover I have seen for 2 years straight. I wish mine would look like his. Not sure if type of clay and everything is comparable to your situation, but it is an awesome clover plot.