Posted by jackinok on October 14, 2012 at 06:07:55 from (68.235.153.189):
In Reply to: Boomless Sprayer posted by 60 Acre Hillside on October 12, 2012 at 18:15:56:
i use a homemade boomless and really like it.just a few thoughts though,you say this is pasture land,and not a hay meadow.You may be surprised to learn that a lot of those weeds will have more protien content year round,than the best grass,and most animals readily seek them out. Plain old common ragweed for instance has a protien content near alfalfa,and even in the heat of summer is two or three times that of most native grasses. Better way overall in just a plain pasture is to figure out what weeds you have,try to find a way to get rid of the ones you dont want and leave the good ones. Spraying actual pastures is generaly the last thing you want to try. Even if your cutting hay,some weeds will lots of times make the hay better than worse,even though it looks bad,simply because the hay has a higher protien content.BEST WAY,graze your pasture down good ,whats left that cows wont eat are the "bad" weeds,the rest they do eat are "good". If you spray you can actually hurt the overall protien content of your range because spray doesnt descriminate between the two. ALSO,youll never really control weeds if you dont id them first. Some have to be sprayed in fall,some in spring,some need a long lasting residue to kill or your just wasting money. Just a few things to think about that i hope helps. Just randomly spraying for weeds seldom gets the results you want,and if you dont really target they specific weed you dont want,youll often make it worse simply because you kill off others you make more bare ground and moisture available to the one your trying to control. Not saying never to spray,just saying to know your weeds so you can do it most effectively. i personally dont spray a lot,except spot spraying,most weeds you can control by mowing at the right time,but if you have to spray youll have to do it properly or youll not get the desired result. If your goal is a 100% weed free monoculture of a certain type,kill everything and start over. In MY OPINION youll save money and more importantly MAKE money in the long run. If your after just a better pasture,over half the plants found in a normal field has more protien than the grass and are readily sought out by livestock. At the end of the year that protien has to be replaced by supplemental feeding which is money straight out of your bank account if you remove them. Of course it looks better to have a weed free pasture,but a bad year for grass, where those benificial weeds can draw moisture from deeper under ground, can save your herd. # one cause of pasture failure is a monoculture. think about it before you spray,it should be the last choice.
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