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Converting weeds to brome

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Doug

03-27-2001 14:18:58




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I have an old CPR field that is mostly tall woody type weeds now. I want to plant it in brome next year. I tried to burn all the vegetation off recently but didn't do much good. A little of the grassy stuff burned but not the tall weeds. I was hoping to be able to disc this land next year to plant but there is way too much junk in there I think. Would it make sense to just go through there with a bush hog and keep it mowed until ready to plant. I really don't want to plow it all under because I'm afraid by breaking the ground up that much, my pond will fill up with the dirt from run off. Any other ideas out there?Do you drill bome seed or just broadcast it? As you might guess, I'm pretty new to this.

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JK-NY

03-30-2001 06:16:09




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 Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Doug, 03-27-2001 14:18:58  

If you just want a grass cover on the field , and it is fairly smooth I'd take the suggestion of mowing it occasionally with you brush hog. This will kill off brush and you will eventually get a fair stand of grass that comes in on its own although alot of it may be quackgrass and some perennial weeds. I have seen this happen on some fieldsI have mowedfor hire for neighbors. If the ground is too rough or you want a good quality stand of grass for a hay crop, in this part of the world we still seed hay with a nurse crop of oats. You can harvest the oats or cut themm off for hay while green. The oats come upalot faster than grass or legumes clear seede and aid in erosion and weed control. This method would of course involve plowing and fitting up the land.

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jerry Gerthofer

03-28-2001 18:35:39




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 Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Doug, 03-27-2001 14:18:58  
No it must be plowed up .Disced good. Draged.then seeded down with a drill



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dave(ne)

03-28-2001 12:48:31




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 Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Doug, 03-27-2001 14:18:58  
I had a field similiar to what you describe. I bush hoged it and baled it just to get the crap out of the field. The first year I continued to bush hog and bale. This is the start of the 2nd year and the grass and came back and continues to come back better than I ever thought it would.



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Ray,IN

03-27-2001 18:38:58




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 Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Doug, 03-27-2001 14:18:58  
You understandably do not want to bare the soil, so I would suggest mowing closely and often, as you would your front yard. This should keep the weeds from gaining growth and shading the grasses. You then can broadcast the brome and harrow it in. This should leave enough grass to slow erosion and protect the brome shoots emerging. I'm no expert by any means, it's just my idea of protecting a valuable resource like a pond.

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Charlie

03-27-2001 16:21:32




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 Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Doug, 03-27-2001 14:18:58  
I'd suggest spraying the area with Roundup. It will kill all the vegetation. If you have a brushy type of growth you need to spray when the growth in young and actively growing. I think if you want to get a good brome crop you should plow it at least once. You could plow in the spring, plant a cover crop like buckwheat and disk it under when its time to plant the grass seed in the fall.



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TomH

03-28-2001 16:41:10




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 Re: Re: Converting weeds to brome in reply to Charlie, 03-27-2001 16:21:32  
At least one crop of something like buckwheat is a good idea, or plan on spraying with a broadleaf weedkiller like 2-4-D after the grass comes up, because if there were weeds, there are zillions of weed seeds in the soil.



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