Posted by Ken Macfarlane on May 09, 2008 at 09:21:05 from (156.34.142.102):
A few years ago milkweed made it into our area. One fellow with a lot of fields over a long distance seems to have spread it widely from chaff on his haybine.
Short of it is, we now have milkweed in some of our fields. I have been just cutting it and letting it lay however some of it manages to get to seed very quickly between cuttings and it is starting to get a good hold.
I'm going to spot spray with round up when the plant is young and growing but I understand this method is a multi year approach and isn't very effective.
I'm trying not to use any herbicide with residuals but all the ones that are really effective on milkweed are pretty nasty. We live above a recreational lake so I wouldn't want to be responsible for any leaching.
I've read plowing can actually help invigorate them by breaking the roots, if you kept the area plowed for a couple of years would that be long enough to get the upper hand?
Don't know what to do, my horse clients can't have milkweed in their hay.
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