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Paul, does crimson clover survive the winter in southern Wisconsin if I plant it in the fall? If so, I might add that to my rye/radish planting, which would be plowed under the following May to plant corn. Assuming the crimson clover would survive our winters, would it be taller/thicker by early...

The bigger grass/weed is in the first pic in post #652 above is not switchgrass, but the smaller seedlings look like switchgrass. The seedlings in your picture in post #648 sure looks like switchgrass. Looks like you have great weed control, just give it another month or so and it will be much...

Without any history of the field preparation and weed control, etc. it's hard to say 100% sure, but my guess is that is switchgrass. Do you have any more or better pics? Here's a couple pics of our 1st year stand from a couple years ago that I know is cave in rock switchgrass for sure. In the...

When did you spread the seed and when did you spray the oust? I think Paul says that oust will harm switch or keep it from sprouting if it is applied later than the fall before seeding the switchgrass. For example, if you frost seeded switch this past winter, you should have sprayed oust no...

Here is next year's burn, the field in the upper left of the first pic below (and another field just over the rise and out of sight in this pic). This summer will be it's 2nd growing season. Here's some closer up pics of the growth on the 2nd year CIR SG. These plantings got much...

Here's the CIR SG field we burned 2 days ago on Friday eve. The clumps of SG are clearly visible. Some already have green shoots coming back up after the burn. I have no idea how small patches like this pic shows could escape such a fire:confused: I had a 5 foot strip tilled...

Thanks, it would not have been possible without all the advice from Paul on how to get it established:way: I forget which pics I've already posted here, but here's some more if you are interested. This was last fall again, on the 2nd year stand of CIR SG. This gives a better idea of how tall...

Thanks Paul! After your reassurance, I burned it this evening, and my only regret is that I didn't have my camera!:rolleyes: I will try to get some pics of what it looks like it now, but below are a couple pics from last fall (November) and this spring (March). There were some cool season...

Paul, or anyone, I wanted to burn our 3rd year CIR SG a week or so ago but never had time to get to it. If I get the chance, in the next day or two, should I still burn it? Like most areas of the midwest, we have been very cool this spring and most of the sprouts coming from the bases of the...

Awesome! Thanks for the reassurance Paul! ;)

Great pics IQDM! Looks like you got some nice dogwoods around too. I was going to ask, when you sprayed oust around your trrees, did you have any mature, cool season grasses that were established there at the time you sprayed, and if so, how did they react to the oust xp? I know Paul has said...

I"ve done that with hundreds of red cedars, before they start new growth in the spring. I carried a 5 gal bucket half full of water and some large plastic bags(doubled up so they wouldn't tear holes through so bad). As I dug each one up, I would dip the whole root system in the water, let it...

thanks for clarifying IQDM. Another question for you if you don't mind, what percentage of the white cedars would you estimate survived when you sprayed right over the top and what percent survived when you sprayed around them and were careful not to get spray on the foliage? The first time I...

Great, thanks again Paul. Snowing and 36 degrees up here right now!What do you watch for to tell when they have broke dormancy? The first sign of their foliage turning a brighter green? Or do they have to start putting on new growth from the tips of their branches to be considered breaking...

Thanks for the warning IQDM. Can you give any more details on if the white cedars you've treated were dormant or not? What area (Wisconsin, Iowa, etc) and what time of year? Did most of them survive OK if you just sprayed the ground around them and not directly over them? Paul, have you...

Great! Thanks Paul. Sound like the perfect choice for what I'm doing, and with a chance of rain every day for the next week, I can spot spray with my back pack sprayer and not worry about a thing! Also, thanks for recommending Townsend Chemical, I ordered 8 oz oust xp and some blue dye to see...

Paul, I decided to try oust xp around my 2-3 year old white cedars and some white spruce. Couple questions: 1. How good will oust work if there is a lot of dead vegetation from the previous year covering the ground where I'm spraying? Will the oust still do it's job just as good? I'm afraid...

Paul, can the dye be used with any herbicide mix? I was thinking of mixing some of that with oust when I spray around some young conifers to kill the weeds, otherwise I wouldn't know which ones I sprayed or not. Is the dye harmful in any way if you get it on trees or whatever? Seems like the dye...

Still seeing some bucks up here with both sides on yet too.

Some questions on burning switchgrass. I'm planning on burning our 3rd year CIR SG this year. I want to burn as late as possible to suppress any cool season grasses (not much in there at all) and give the SG as big a boost as possible. When would be the best time to burn? I was thinking late...