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Food Plots Ugh... One off best clover plots
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Yikes!, what do you do about something like that?
Field thistle. Mow before going to seed, wait a few days & spray with 24DB.
JCDEERMAN
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Ugly mess for sure. Hate the stuff. Replanting in clover afterwards or something else?
This one was scheduled for re-do this year anyway. 7 yr old clover, still enough to warrant taking somewhat care of this summer for game. 2-1/2 acres so feeds alot of deer, turkey & rabbits. Will do annual there this fall.
Clearly some of that thistle is well established! It's got a big stool root and gonna be hard to kill.
Mow, let it start back and spray, wait a few weeks and repeat, keep it mowed.
A note about thistle!
Established thistle begins growing very early. It will push up a big crown in early march. It's easy to identify and easy to kill it dead spot spraying with crossbow and crop oil or dawn or diesel as a surfactant.
At this point you have to practically kill every leaf on it to keep it from making seed.
Mow, let it start back and spray, wait a few weeks and repeat, keep it mowed.
A note about thistle!
Established thistle begins growing very early. It will push up a big crown in early march. It's easy to identify and easy to kill it dead spot spraying with crossbow and crop oil or dawn or diesel as a surfactant.
At this point you have to practically kill every leaf on it to keep it from making seed.
Some of it showed up last year in that plot and I didn't jump on it enough. The drought last year really beat that old clover plot back & extreme cold at first of year didn't do it any favors either. I was at it in late March and there were crowns all over the middle of it and I thought that "I'll take care of that later", well later is now 
. Couldn't believe that it was head high when I looked at it Thursday. Good news I guess is that it's only in middle of plot I'd guess 1/4 acre out of 2-1/2 has it. Lesson learned.
. Couldn't believe that it was head high when I looked at it Thursday. Good news I guess is that it's only in middle of plot I'd guess 1/4 acre out of 2-1/2 has it. Lesson learned.
backyardtndeer
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I would be inclined to do a controlled burn for that.
Looking at replanting clovers early fall this year here.
Looking at replanting clovers early fall this year here.
Great idea but doubt timber company would be enthralled with it
When I redo clover I like to give the ground a years break before going back with clover. Will plant annual there this fall to scavage the nitrogen. Maybe brassicas.
Mowed it the other day & still quite a bit of clover under all that junk. Will leave it till late summer to let does, fawns & turkey have clover. Typical to have 10-15 each day there in summer
When I redo clover I like to give the ground a years break before going back with clover. Will plant annual there this fall to scavage the nitrogen. Maybe brassicas.
Mowed it the other day & still quite a bit of clover under all that junk. Will leave it till late summer to let does, fawns & turkey have clover. Typical to have 10-15 each day there in summer
backyardtndeer
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I assumed it was your land. I have a lot of grass where I am planning to replant clover this fall. I will probably cut a break around it, spray it and then burn it after it browns up. Have had pretty good results in the past doing that way.Great idea but doubt timber company would be enthralled with it
Swampster
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Think I would have mowed before the color even started showing.
BSK
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I bet that works great.
