RS
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I held off on planting my plots earlier due to the threat of army worms. I've got all of them disked and ready to sow. Now I'm just waiting on a decent chance of rain.
Food Plots Army Worms
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BSK
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Helpful information. Thanks.
But all that time, money and energy put into those now gone plots...
BSK
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That's exactly what we saw. At first, I just thought the plots were getting dry. In a week, gone.
BSK
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Probably wait until late (mid-October) then broadcast wheat and clover. Drag with harrow to get some soil on top the seed.
Strangely, it was just the cereal rye plots that got hammered. Winter wheat plots fine.
megalomaniac
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jeez, that sucks... I'm planting my plots Wednesday before all this forecasted rain. 900lbs of seed going into the ground, about $500 worth... I'm going to lose my mind if I get hit by them.
BSK
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Put $821 into seed. About 1/3 of it has been lost to army worms.
Yep. Army worms.
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Fortunately my experience over the years with army worms has been about 1 out of 10 years you will have a flare up with them. This has by far been the worst but hopefully we won't see them again for a while.
Like BSK said we can wait until 10/10-10/15 range to re plant and be ok. If you will put a heavy dose of nitrogen on when you plant it will green up fast as the soil temp will still be up then
Like BSK said we can wait until 10/10-10/15 range to re plant and be ok. If you will put a heavy dose of nitrogen on when you plant it will green up fast as the soil temp will still be up then
BSK
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That's what I plan on doing, broadcast ammonium nitrate, then the seed, and then dragging.
Well guys. We have had another push of army worm moths into the region at least Southern Montgomery Co. The areas that I had them mid August and killed them out by spraying came back and was looking lush and green with all the rain.
I noticed a couple of yellow spots yesterday afternoon and inspected closer today and there they were again in the same fields. So I sprayed after the rain quit this afternoon.
Between the army worms and southern rust that blew in with the first hurricane these plots have been a battle.
I noticed a couple of yellow spots yesterday afternoon and inspected closer today and there they were again in the same fields. So I sprayed after the rain quit this afternoon.
Between the army worms and southern rust that blew in with the first hurricane these plots have been a battle.
BSK
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The good news just keeps coming...
Hearing same thing from homeowners in my region. Sprayed/killed army worms month or so ago and the second round is here now. These are bermuda lawns, not food plots. This has been one of the worse Army worm years I can remember, for lawns, hay fields and food plots, from Clarksdale, MS to TN/KY border.
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BSK
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Ag Extension agent my BIL talked to said the same thing. Worst infestation in many years.
Sounds like my plots. Unfortunately they ate everything except the excessive nutgrass I have obtained.
BSK
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Oh, that truly sucks.
3 of mine got hit this week. All were a mixture of brassica & cereal grain. They wiped out the grain but didn't touch the brassica. Also, as far as I can tell none have attacked our clover either. Another reason to plant more clover 
When is it safe to say they are gone for good? Here in north MS I had them twice in my yard. Don't want to plant and it get ate up
