This stuff is choking out my clover... Anyone know what it is?
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Native Hunter
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Ragweed.
Fish
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X 2000........
Chipdasqrrl
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Mennoniteman
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You will need Slay, Pursuit, or Thunder herbicide to kill ragweed in clover. This stuff is expensive. Thunder is the cheapest, I buy it at an ag supply store, it's $235 for a gallon but you only need 4-6 oz. per acre.
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Heart shot
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Deer love ragweed
Turkey Creek
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So do quail if you have any around. Just trying to stay optimistic ..... that is a dang nice stand of ragweed!
Robertesq1
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If ragweed is decent browse for deer and quail, and, I assume turkey, any reason not to leave it alone?
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Chipdasqrrl
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In my opinion killing/mowing the ragweed to help the clover would probably be best. I've had ragweed in my plots and it didn't look like deer were eating it, but I could be wrong
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Native Hunter
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It isn't that attractive to deer at all locations like it is at some locations. My deer barely touch it when it's young and tender and definitely not once it starts maturing. If you leave it alone, it will keep getting bigger and shade out your clover as well as competing for water and nutrients. It will also seed, and provide you another crop of it for next year. By deer season, it will be tall and unpalatable. Yet, at that time clover is usually a big draw for deer.
And, chances are that there is plenty of it around at other places nearby just in case your deer do want some this summer.
Personally, I think it's fine in a field, but I don't want it in my clover plots.
But, it also depends on other factors. Like George said, it can provide a nurse crop for the clover as long as it's not too thick and aggressive. If I had that in my clover plot I would clip it off above the clover. But to each his own.....
Mennoniteman
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I've never seen deer browsing ragweed. An infestation of ragweed is something to sneeze about. I'd get rid of it asap before it goes to seed. The stuff propagates like mice and rabbits.
j-bird
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yep - common ragweed. It can get big. I have seen it 4 to 6 feet tall on my place before so it can shade your clover if not controlled in some manner. I have it in my NWSG planting and just leave it be in there. In my clover plots I tend to simply control with mowing. A weak shot of gly will work to, but only do that if it's a perennial clover and well established as the gly can set it back some, but well established perennial clover will bounce back.
Turkey Creek
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Same with the wild "ditch weed" here!
dogghr
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Listen to what your soil and plants are telling you. Ragweed seldom likes soils high in N,K, P. What is the soil ph? Mow before seed to control. Is one of the shortest lived weed seeds in soil surviving not much more than a yr. Aggravate it with mowing and soil improvements. Overseeding grains is a great control. And yes deer eat ragweed at specific times of the yr. But over abundance in a clover plot not a good thing. Look at the cause of any plant then decide why it's there.
Chipdasqrrl
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Makes me wonder why deer have different food preferences in different areas. Maybe from mothers teaching their fawns what to eat over several generations.
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Native Hunter
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Some of it has to do with deer density and food availability. We humans are no different. There are lots of things I don't care for much and will hardly ever eat, but if I'm hungry and nothing else is available, I get much less picky.
