Food Plots Spraying help

[DocFox]

The owner of the farm where we hunt is unable to mow where a food plot is going to be at this time. He says to go ahead and spray the grass and weeds. Some are knee and waist high. Is it ideal to spray weeds at this height or is mowing first a better option. We have always sprayed a field that has been mowed.

 

[RobbyW]

In my experience spraying will get what it touches. Might not get the shorter plants though. If you now make sure you give it a few days before spraying.


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[TraumaSlave]

Why wait after mowing ?

 

[SKFOOTER]

Why wait after mowing ?

The grass and weeds need to be actively growing for the glyphospate to work properly. It will take a few days for that to occur after mowing. A good rule of thumb is to wait at least 7-10 days after mowing before you spray in order to get an effective burndown.

 

[hitek7]

Does not sound like you really have the option to mow first. I would go ahead and spray, give it a couple weeks and go back and hit the areas that the killer did not reach the first time. I have an area I am not gonna be able to bush hog and this is the method I am going with and it has some briars head high...

 

[backyardtndeer]

Would mow first if it were me. You need plant contact for your herbicide to work. Why waste the time and money to ineffectively spray. Most herbicide labels I have seen give a recommendation for plant height. About the only thing I would spray that is taller without first mowing would be fence rows where you can spray the bottom of the plants from the sides.

If mowing is absolutely not an option, would try two applications about a week to 10 days apart.

 

[DocFox]

Thanks for the help. 5 weeks before any mowing can take place. So we will spray first. Then follow up, if needed.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Another thing you might consider to help ensure more of the grasses are contacted by chemical is use a cultipacker or drag of some sort to make the tall vegetation "lay down." As stated above you might not be able to effectively apply chemical to some of the shorter vegetation and won't get a complete burndown.

 

[Hunt 365]

Another thing you might consider to help ensure more of the grasses are contacted by chemical is use a cultipacker or drag of some sort to make the tall vegetation "lay down." As stated above you might not be able to effectively apply chemical to some of the shorter vegetation and won't get a complete burndown.

I do a variation of this and drive an old truck through the field and knowck everything down. Then I spray....I have clover underneath and am slectively spraying Cleothdim and later 2,4-D-B....don't know if the method would work for a complete burn though.

Glyphosate kills what it touches. You probably have an understory of weeds it wouldn't touch