Food Plots Clethodim mixing advice

[JAD]

I just got a gallon of Clethodim and a galion of Preference surfactant to spray the grass that's choking my clover plots. The labels address mixing rates in terms of acres. I'm mixing small amounts for smaller plots. Does anyone have an ounce per gallon of water rate to use? Thanks.

 

[MickThompson]

You need to know how much water your sprayer puts out per acre. Too little, and you won't get enough clethodim down to kill the grasses.

Are you using a boom or boomless nozzle?


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[spoon]

My sprayer is 12 gallon per acre, so I use pint of clethodim, quart of 2-4DB and pint of crop oil to kill all grass and broadleaf

 

[JAD]

My sprayer is a 15 gal ATV boomless sprayer. Not sure how many gallons per acre, I'd have to do some figuring. Many times in the past, I just used 3 oz of glyphosate per gallon of water, a shot of dish soap, and went over an area slow enough to get a good heavy mist on it, and always got a good kill. I was planning the same strategy with the clethodim, but not sure of the mix. I have 7 small plots to do, ranging in size from 1/4 acre to 3/4 acre.

 

[MickThompson]

The rate is absolutely critical. You should be able to find a table from the manufacturer of the boomless nozzle that tells you the speed and pressure setting for X gallons per acre.

I wouldn't want to spray less than 15 gallons per acre, so if you can figure out speed and pressure, you add the appropriate amount of clethodim to treat your problem weeds on an acre.


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[tellico4x4]

My sprayer is 12 gallon per acre, so I use pint of clethodim, quart of 2-4DB and pint of crop oil to kill all grass and broadleaf

Tank mixing the cleth & 24DB? I've thought about it several times but never could find any real good info to convince me to do it...Being able to mix would cut down on number of trips over clover for sure.
With the nutsedge problem I've had past few years, I did mix Basagran with 24DB & crop oil this year, & got a great kill on the sedge & all other broadleaf. It was probably the best broadleaf kill I've ever gotten in my clover.

 

[spoon]

My sprayer is 12 gallon per acre, so I use pint of clethodim, quart of 2-4DB and pint of crop oil to kill all grass and broadleaf

Tank mixing the cleth & 24DB? I've thought about it several times but never could find any real good info to convince me to do it...Being able to mix would cut down on number of trips over clover for sure.
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Been mixing them for about 6-7 years

 

[tellico4x4]

Thanks,

 

[7mmWSM]

My sprayer is 12 gallon per acre, so I use pint of clethodim, quart of 2-4DB and pint of crop oil to kill all grass and broadleaf

Do you use the 2-4DB this time of year on clover?

 

[spoon]

My sprayer is 12 gallon per acre, so I use pint of clethodim, quart of 2-4DB and pint of crop oil to kill all grass and broadleaf

Do you use the 2-4DB this time of year on clover?

Yes as long as there aren't any cotton fields within 2 miles

 

[Hunter 257W]

I did mine with a 3 gallon hand sprayer this Spring using about 8 or 10 ounces of Clethodime with the 3 gallons of water. I used a 15 ounce soft drink can with the top cut off for a measuring cup. It killed the grass graveyard dead. This was just in one plot though which was only about 1/4 acre.

 

[SKFOOTER]

3 to 6 ounces of Clethodim per gallon of water is a good mixing rate for grass in a clover plot.

 

[MickThompson]

3 to 6 ounces of Clethodim per gallon of water is a good mixing rate for grass in a clover plot.

This is seriously too hot. I put 3 tea spoons per gallon and it does all I need it to.


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[spoon]

3 to 6 ounces of Clethodim per gallon of water is a good mixing rate for grass in a clover plot.

This is seriously too hot. I put 3 tea spoons per gallon and it does all I need it to.


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I wouldn't use more than 1.5 oz per gallon

 

[SKFOOTER]

You guys must not have a swamp grass problem.

 

[MickThompson]

What exactly is swamp grass?


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[SKFOOTER]

Grass that grows in my bottomland clover plots.

 

[double browtine]

This is some great info. Glad I read thru these posts. Thanks for everyone's input.

 

[Scioto]

Ditto. This is a great thread.

 

[Backstrapcrazy]

Thanks for info!

 

[diamond hunter]

TTT to remember

 

[diamond hunter]

Spoon,thanks for saying 1.5 oz per gallon.I have a 55 gallon sprayer that takes about 2 acres to empty the tank.So,is that still too much as Mick Thompson says? Is that too hot for 2 acres? Apparently,in my other thread Mick Thompson says to nox exceed 16 ounces per acre. My question is this,if u have a sprayer and it has 55 gallons capacity and on 3 speed on your tractor you can empty the sprayer over the course of 2 acres,HOW MUCH Clethodim do I put in the tank? Thanks for yalls help,just trying to cut down on some grasses.

 

[spoon]

On my atv sprayer I can spray 2 acres on 25 gal. My 55 gal tank I spray 5 acres per 50 gal. It's extremely important to calibrate your sprayer. YouTube has several how to videos.

As for clethodim, pint per acre and pint of crop oil

 

[diamond hunter]

TTT for my notebook

 

[Popcorn]

When spraying clover I set up and mix for an application of 20 gallons per acre. Clethodim goes in at 16 oz per acre, 2-4 DB at 1 qt per acre. my speed is going to vary depending on terrain so I am not consistant. A non-ionic surfactant blends better and will do a better job of getting thru the fuzzy coated leaves and the waxy coated plants. do the math from these rates to reduce for your sprayer no matter the size and determine coverage. I would caution you about spraying heat or drought stressed clover too heavily or too often as you can burn it and slow the fall flush.