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Hey guys and gals. I have some areas where this grass has completely taken over. I heard that some roundup, followed by burn, followed by planting of winter wheat can help combat this invasive grass. Something with the wheat impacting the rhizome regeneration of the canarygrass. Repeat this process until the canarygrass is gone or maintained close to nothing. Then, a switchgrass or other native grass can be established.

Has anyone tried this method and if so, how many years (1 or 2?) of the wheat planting did it take?
 
Couldn't agree with you more there!
Part of the problem is in a newly planted forest buffer where the unsuccessful sections need to be replanted with trees. The other problem is in the areas I'd like to establish something like switchgrass that is mostly canary today.
 
Late season application of Glyphosate will knock it back, eventually the residual dead plants will prevent new plants from sprouting.
 
What would you say if it was river bottom ground and the river usually floods every year?

I did a tree planting after doing a timber cut. Dozer came in and clear down to bare earth, planted trees 4-5 Ft white oaks, pin oaks, Pecan.

I used Roundup to combat grass when it started, kept it mowed.

River flooded out could not get down there and canery grass came in slow at first tried keeping roundup on it.

I think if you don't have that problem with a river flooding your planting it would be easier to do.

My experience where tree canopy does not shade out areas canary grass will come up, it will lay down in the winter from snow, and then comes right through old grass every year.
 
RC Grass is just one of those issues that you have to deal with, constantly. Like was said above shading areas out is the best way to get rid of it. So you would want to get fast growing species in there and let them take over. f you are in a true flood plain with high water tables species compositions can be determined by inches and a foot or so of elevation change. One the 'higher' pieces you can get your mast producers to grow and let the lower areas come in with true bottomland species.
 
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