Yea those pics were taken kinda off to the edge of my clover plot where the stuff is so thick so thought it would be better picture that way to identify it. It’s definitely spreading in to my clover plot though, and trying to take over. I mowed it once and it came right back. Hit it w whitetail institutes broadleaf killer last weekend (slay I believe it’s called) after I mowed it, not sure that will do any good either.
Yes it does, very viney and climbs easily. I was just told it’s called weedy Japanese Hops. Invasive and hard to kill. Non select herbicide like gly but still reading on other herbicide control products.
Yes it does, very viney and climbs easily. I was just told it’s called weedy Japanese Hops. Invasive and hard to kill. Non select herbicide like gly but still reading on other herbicide control products.
Rescue it. I screwed up by not taking pics of the actual plot. The pics I posted were along the edge of my plot where this stuff is super thick. In my plot I actually have a pretty decent stand of clover BUT this stuff has worked its way out in to about a 1/3 of the plot and is choking out the clover for sure. So I’m thinking of trying one of your concoctions to nuke the stuff along the edge, maybe that will help keep the spreading down some. I just have a 20gall atv sprayer, what would be your mix rate would u suggest?
Gotcha. Typically when killing stuff off w gly I put some crop oil or surfactant in the tank w it. Is this what the ammonium sulfate acts as or should I do that in addition to?
For this- splitting hairs. Kinda same reason. Crop oil acts as a “sticky agent” as one reason. Ams will Also aid in breaking down waxy coating allowing plant to uptake the herbicide - making it far more potent & effective. They both have other benefits (reduced drift, hard water improvement with herbicide effectiveness, etc). Both or either is just fine. Can get ams liquid as well & other options that accomplish the same goal. My only reason for mentioning these additives - I am treating what u got in the “hard to kill category” - I may be wrong but I’d rather be sure & kill it “too dead” vs not killing it. “too dead” means maybe u spent a little extra $. Not Killed is a disaster or problem u don’t want.
Agreed. Thanks for the info!
Yep. Keep grasses under control & like u said- let it go to seed. If u start adding perennials- the annuals will clearly peter-out over time. Do it and post up how it goes over a couple seasons.
Im curious on why someone would want this? (Not being controversial at all, honestly just curious)...There are so many better options for a perennial clover plot IMO. Only reason I could see would be it would be a bit more vigorous on growing earlier in the year? But then I would argue that you could get similar results with a perennial clover plot that is done "right" in the spring? Just thoughts that came to mind
I like it. So- do a dedicated section to annuals. Watch the deer preference. If it’s next to perennials - be a great comparison. Plots & farming R never-ending experiments!!! First hand observation will change ur thinking & tweak ur plans ongoing. I wanna see how this one turns out!
I would bet you are fine...if it germinated then the little roots will find the moisture that's still in the soil. I would also say it's still way too early to tell if you had any sort of failure. Ride it out for another month or so and reevaluate then
I have heard of people bailing clover (Specifically Lee Lakosky). You just need a very large field to make it work because you just don't get the tonnage off it and it dries down (shinks) alot.