2nd yr switchgrass!

[Wi transplant]

Sprayed my beans and checked a couple plots of my 2nd yr switchgrass looking awesome! Approx 3 to 4ft tall buy 3 week of june!! Should be perfect buy sept.!!

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[IowaBowHunter1983]

Looks perfect! Great job!

 

[deerdown]

That looks great! Atrazine when planted and drilled?

 

[Sligh1]

Wow!!! Rain & good soil…. Bet it’s 6-8’ tall by September. Looks fantastic!!!

 

[Wi transplant]

Atrazine with frost seeding and more Atrazine 2 quarts acre this spring also!

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[Jgamet]

Looks great! I'm coming into my 3rd year of a warm season grass planting and it's pretty sparse. Wondering if I should now it (farmer will hay it for me) or wait and burn again next spring?

 

[Wi transplant]

Well I had lots of issues with fox tail last yr in this plot and again this year so today I mowed all areas heavy with foxtail to 6in and hope the switchgrass will out grow it next 2 months ! You can see good 2nd yr in right side of pic and what foxtail has done on the left!

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[IowaBowHunter1983]

I think i would spray with quinclorac.

I'm surprised you have a problem with foxtail in year 2. In my experience it usually is only a problem for a year.

 

[Wi transplant]

When is 1st yr switchgrass ok to spray with quinclorac? Frost seeded this spring so I'm sure there's young stuff in here? I think I need to!!

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[jsasker007]

How tall will it get? For some reason i was thinking it only gets to about 4'?

 

[Tmayer13]

How tall will it get? For some reason i was thinking it only gets to about 4'?

switch can easily get 6-8' tall at maturity

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

How tall will it get? For some reason i was thinking it only gets to about 4'?

Highly site/soil quality dependent and variety of switchgrass.

 

[jsasker007]

Thanks for answers---now I know.

 

[Wi transplant]

Just an up date 2nd yr switchgrass is 5 to 6ft and looking good!!

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[Bassattackr]

Looks great! What variety is that?

 

[Wi transplant]

Cave in rock

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[1RedDog]

Did you spray weeds/grasses the spring of the 2nd year? I have a first year of Cave in Rock. Sprayed 4 times last year either with gly or 2-4D. Frost seeded at the end of November. This spring I hit with simazine before green up, and then gly & 2-4D after green up and prior to soil temps hitting 50 degrees. I thought I killed it with my gly & 2-4D application because the plot did nothing until July. Now I have sections with first year SG over 6' in spots where I know I broadcasted heavier. The areas I lightly seeded I am dealing with grasses and ragweed. I mowed the areas with heaviest weeds/grasses in August to 6". Trying to determine herbicide application and timing for spraying next spring in my trouble areas without doing more damage than good.

 

[Wi transplant]

I sprayed just prior to green up with 2 quarts acre atrazine and let it go! You should be good with same 2yr will amaze you!!

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