hillrunner
PMA Member
This is my thoughts. I think my biggest mistake was planting too early and giving the cool seasons time to compete.
100%
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
CRP planting in Western Iowa. Looking much better !!
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
2022… it was weedy last year .
LoessHillsArcher
PMA Member
Update on our July 4th drilled switch. We didn't have the clean weed free planting like I've seen on here. Our prep was four applications of round up, crop oil, and atrazine. Still foxtail and stubborn weeds pushed through quickly. We drilled right after the spring rains had completed and the summer drought set in. I don't know how much rain this planting received since it was put in the ground but it's been minimal. My biggest fear was a couple shots of 0.1" of rain within a week of planting and then nothing but sun and heat following that the young plants wouldn't make it. However, they sprouted and grew, as well as the weeds. We mowed the weeds high one time, which bought us a little time. Then following 1983's instructions on here we sprayed the planting with Duracor, Quinclorac, and MSO. At the time of spraying we were about 7 weeks post planting, weeds were getting pretty mature so the herbicide didn't clean things up perfectly, but it definitely helped. Foxtail was still able to develop seed heads but broadleaf weeds were smoked from the Duracor. I checked on the plantings over the last week and I'm very happy with how things look and really look forward to next years growth!
The three lower areas we drilled had awful foxtail issues, here's one spot that got missed spraying, glad we sprayed and didn't let it all go to this!
At first glance this area looks rough, but upon closer inspection there's young switch plants in there. The areas that bordered trees the stand of switch seemed to be thinner
The hilltop / hillside we drilled was previously brome, which finally was gone after all the round up applications, and the foxtail seed bank was minimal here. I was worried being exposed to all day sun and heat this summer this part of the planting would fail but this stuff is doing really well!
Quite a few even have seed heads forming!
Nearly pure switch here and some remnant prairie grasses that survived the four applications of round up and atrazine!?
The three lower areas we drilled had awful foxtail issues, here's one spot that got missed spraying, glad we sprayed and didn't let it all go to this!
At first glance this area looks rough, but upon closer inspection there's young switch plants in there. The areas that bordered trees the stand of switch seemed to be thinner
The hilltop / hillside we drilled was previously brome, which finally was gone after all the round up applications, and the foxtail seed bank was minimal here. I was worried being exposed to all day sun and heat this summer this part of the planting would fail but this stuff is doing really well!
Quite a few even have seed heads forming!
Nearly pure switch here and some remnant prairie grasses that survived the four applications of round up and atrazine!?
One thing that seems to really help foxtail as a pre is Pursuit. The couple times I've used it it really seemed to control foxtail. Not a common one you hear about often.
T_Max
PMA Member
It looks like I will have access to a no-till drill next month sometime. I tried, but will be unable to get it next spring. It is obvious that you are now suggesting planting it later in the summer, but since i have access to a drill now is there any harm in drilling it now? Would I be better to wait and broadcast next spring? The ground is not bare, but the ground cover is fairly well dead. Thoughts?
Can you get the drill in July? I'd go that route over fall planting.
T_Max
PMA Member
Can’t. It’s moving.
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Daver
PMA Member
What county are you in? I might know a guy...Can’t. It’s moving.So the options are drill next month-ish, or broadcast like I was gonna. If you had those two options, which way would you go?
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T_Max
PMA Member
What county are you in? I might know a guy...
Geary County. Kansas…
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Topeka kansas latitude. I wouldn't fall plant ever. Sping broadcast gets my voteCan’t. It’s moving.
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Daver
PMA Member
Oh...never mind.Geary County. Kansas…
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