Food Plots Need soybean help
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Boll Weevil
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Hard to tell from the pic but what is the undesirable? Are the beans roundup ready / glyphosate resistant? If so can hit'em with gly.
Luckybuck16
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All that green in the picture is some type of wild plant that will grow 7 foot tall. I drilled eagle beans and they are popping through 2.5 to 3" but the wild plant will starve them out
Luckybuck16
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If u click on the pic and zoom in maybe somebody can tell me what that is Called I sprayed the field with round up and didn't seem to phase these
CornFedGreenHead
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Looks like cocklebur or velvetleaf. Depends on what kind or if you have any chemical resitance like Boll Weevil said.
Luckybuck16
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I put In game keeper eagle roundup ready beans and need whatever those wildfire growers are to be killed
Looks like Gly resistant giant ragweed, not certain but has the right profile. If you can get your hands on a wick and wipe on 2-4-D, pasture guard or crossbow that would take it out. A wick will allow you to wipe the chemical on the weed without getting it on your beans.
There is a product called "Extreme" that is Roundup and pursuit blended that I have used with some success but you will have to mow first then spray when the giant ragweed suckers out and begins new. Do not mix this product stronger than suggested as it will burn the beans. Do use a non-ionic surfactant with this.
How many acres? Is spot spraying an option?
There is a product called "Extreme" that is Roundup and pursuit blended that I have used with some success but you will have to mow first then spray when the giant ragweed suckers out and begins new. Do not mix this product stronger than suggested as it will burn the beans. Do use a non-ionic surfactant with this.
How many acres? Is spot spraying an option?
Luckybuck16
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Yea I could spot spray for sure it's about 5 acres
A good product to spot spray with that kills most everything I put it on is Crossbow. Add in garlon 4 and a surfactant and most difficult pests are black in 8 hours. Just know this will kill everything it gets on.
Stop that stuff from going to seed, it may take a few seasons to consume the seed bank but eventually you will get ahead of it.
