Nrharris
PMA Member
Go ahead and spray them. That's a pretty good jaunt from east central iowa and I have kids softball and swim team every day it seems.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I’ll pay you 25 cents a piece if you dig them and pot them and I will pick them em up sometime !!
Kidding !
Kidding !
CurtisWalker
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The ISU campus is a great place to get acorns to many varieties of oaks. They also have chestnuts and persimmons
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What did you spray them with? I have to battle some back too.
deerdown
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I keep trying different things... Last year I used a 2%crossbow solution doing a broadcast spray from an ATV. It seemed to set them back last year, but I didn't think it killed them as that field is full of them again this year. This year I've treated a spot with a 5% tryclopyr solution with a backpack sprayer that I did a better job wetting all the leaves and I'm waiting to see the results.. I also did some basal bark treatment with 5% tryclopyr and diesel. Again, waiting to see the results..
For dormant stem basal bark, I plan to use 25% remedy/75% diesel but didn't get to it this past winter..
I'm certainly open to input on this, I'm no expert.
Someone told me Pastureguard so I assumed using Tryclopyr would be sufficient.
Trycolpyr in late July/August is what my private land biologist suggested. CRP maintenance is much more involved than I initialy thought. We have sercia we need to deal with too.
deerdown
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Yes it is! When we initially got into land, we tried to put everything into crp as I knew less about row cropping and even less on how to vet a tenant.
These days, we're taking the good ground as the crp contracts expire and putting them back into row crop. Still have 5-7 years to go!
I have heard that if it's really hot out, which in late July/August it typically is, that the plants won't absorb as much herbicide? Best treat in June before it reaches 85 degrees?
Anyone on here that can comment on that?
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Marty Edwards
PMA Member
Like some other that have posted here, I have an unlimited supply of SO on my place. As has also been previously stated, so many that they’re borderline “invasive”. Id be happy to gather some acorns this fall assuming we get a crop. Should…last year the mast production on my farm was nil.
deerdown
Well-Known Member
So this is the results 12 days after doing foliar spraying and basal bark spraying with 5% triclopyr mix. The trees in the brush pile (an old crp clearing) was basal bark sprayed, and the small trees next to the brush pile were foliar sprayed. Mostly shingle oak outside the brush pile. For those of you wanting to know results.
Marty Edwards
PMA Member
Here’s the SO in the front yard that’s loaded this year. I picked these in about 10 min or so. To the OP on this thread, how many would you like? I can get more, I have a zillion SO’s. Just a matter of finding the time to go gather them up. The deer are in the front yard gobbling them up quick, too.
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Snail3496
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Wow!! You're the man Marty! I'd be happy as can be with a bag or two like that. Let me know what your venmo or Paypal is! Thank you sir!
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I think Skips big buck was hanging around in a Shingle Oak/Cedar bedding area? I love that mix !
Marty Edwards
PMA Member
I’ll try to collect another bag like that this weekend. Send me your address