Spraying an existing plot for weeds

Unreal!….

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Nice video and thanks to you Scott for sharing some techniques and some stories with us Your as easy to listen to as Tony Dean, I mean that as a compliment as I can listen to Tony talk walleye fishing all day

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Excellent presentation Scott! Congrats once again on the win see ya soon sir

Hey Guys,

I went back to the small food plot on my cabin land this weekend to see how much work I needed to prepare for in order to get a fall planting ready.

Much to my suprise, it looks like i’ve got some pretty good growth starting already with 4-6″ high clover and some good brassicas growing as well. It appears that when I seeded last fall, some of it must not have taken and has started to grow this year instead. Not how its supposed to work but i’ll take it I guess!

Now instead of turning up the entire plot and starting from scratch like I was originally going to do, I think i’d like to try and keep the growth I have already and supplement the areas that didn’t take with a radish or deep root plant of some sort.

My question is, does anyone know if I can get rid of these existing weeds using any type of week killer without killing the existing brassicas/clover? Or is the plot too weedchoked already?

Another thought is the plot is fairly small and I could hand pick all the weeds out if I really had to. Would this make a difference and would the clover and brassicas over take new weeds from growing?

Thanks in advance!

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Much appreciated Bob!

One more question for you…from my understanding those Ferns that you see in the picture are pretty tough to kill with any type of herbicide that won’t damage the clover.

Any reccomendations for those or am i better off just pulling them out by hand and doing the best I can that way?

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Perfect!

Now I’m assuming I will be OK to mow the clover and brassicas since they are mixed in together, as well as spray the weeds mixed in with them with the 2-4DB as well?

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Perfect!

Now I’m assuming I will be OK to mow the clover and brassicas since they are mixed in together, as well as spray the weeds mixed in with them with the 2-4DB as well?

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No! my bad I didn’t see the part about the brassicas. Do Not spray with anything! I would mow them about 8″ tall unless you decide to forget about the brassicas and only want clover.

Sounds like you got a nice surprise having your plot establish itself. From what I can see in your picture is you have clover and chicory right? Other than that you got the type of weeds that are not really controllable with herbicide because the plot is clover and chicory. I would X2 Bob’s recommendation on mowing. The plus side is that both clover and chicory come back strong after mowing and many of the larger weeds should really suffer after getting mowed off.

If alot of your plot also has grass problems you can spray for grasses in this mixture. Both Sethoxydim and Clethodim herbicides are safe for both clovers and brassicas. Sethoxydim is in Poast and Poast Plus herbicides, and Clethodim is in Select herbicide. Your best bet for finding this stuff over the counter is Arrest herbicide by whitetail institute, but its way overpriced if you have alot to spray. These will only control annual and perennial grasses though, not the ferns and other broad leaf weeds (mowing is the only way to control those with out killing the brassicas). Good Luck and hope the extra info helps ya out sometime

Much appreciated guys!!!

Should I spray the plot with Arrest or Post before or after the mowing?

You can do it either before or after but you will want to leave a few days between spraying and mowing. Either Spray it, wait about a week and mow, or mow, wait about a week and spray. I personally have never had luck spraying freshly mowed stuff, or spraying and then mowing right after. The Arrest, Poast, and Select takes a little while before you can visibly see the grass dying (a week or more). All of them work well to kill off the grasses, just a matter of what you are able to get ahold of. Arrest is sold at Gander Mountain and Scheels in Mankato, so I would assume it would be sold at the rest of their locations as well. Select and Poast you will need to get from the coop or local farmer.

Great thanks! Kindof what I figured but I wanted to make sure!