Food Plot Weed Control

[Buckmaster]

I'm currently mowing then waiting a week, then spraying Poast (Grassgetter) then waiting at least a week, then spraying Slay (for broadleaf control) to control my weed growth in my clover. I'm following the manufacturer's directions exactly.

My question: Any of you guys had success in mixing your Poast and Slay and applying at the same time? This would save me a couple steps in my weed control program.

[Hoss5355]

I'm not real sure about your question...but just a little forewarning perhaps, or just a little puff of smoke and an opinion, so take it for what its worth.

Be careful when spraying just the broad leaf killers and the grass killers in your plots. What you are doing in the long run, is going to make the weeds/grasses find a way to survive, therefore making them immune to the sprays. This will work for some time killing your target species, but when the weeds change so that the sprays don't effect them, you are going to have a heck of time getting the weeds to die.

That's how we have engineered Round Up ready corn, and beans. We plant varieties that have become immune to the Round Up.

Just something to think about. I know we all want to have those beautiful looking plots without any weeds, but now my mowing keeps me plenty of clover without spraying specifically for grass and such.

If I were to use some of these weed/grass killers, I wouldn't use them more than once a year and then take a couple years off after spraying. That's if I had more grass than clover.

Like I said, just something to think about. I can say that one of my plots is pretty much a wash due to having a weed I couldnt get rid of. It started a few years ago, and has got worse every year. Now I can't kill it without digging it up, and that is finally starting to keep the 1/2 acre clean. These things were tough, and I have no idea how they got there. Only place on 80 acres that had it, so it makes me wonder if it was something i brought in from a bag of seed somewhere.

But, anywho, just something to think about in the back of your mind. Good luck on the plots!!

Kevin