A Welcome Sight when you are headed to plant chufa!

[lakngolf]

I had plots all ready to plant chufa to help population of turkeys. On the way to the fields saturday I had to stop and let this group cross the road! Maybe they will make a comeback

I was able to get seed and fertilizer in the ground ahead of hopefully some memorial weekend rains

 

[Native Hunter]

Looks great Lak. A nice sight to see with those young birds, and hope you get the rain you need soon.

 

[horntagger]

I planted Chufa years ago on the first farm biggest deal I had was keeping the turkeys out so it would grow, they basically wipe it out before it could grow.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Looks great Lak!

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[SURGICAL GRADE]

I had plots all ready to plant chufa to help population of turkeys. On the way to the fields saturday I had to stop and let this group cross the road! Maybe they will make a comeback

I was able to get seed and fertilizer in the ground ahead of hopefully some memorial weekend rains

I just planted some for the first time about 2 hours west of you last weekend. We have had good hatches two years in a row and numbers for the rest of the state (outside of patches in the north) seem to be stable or growing, so that's good news.

Did you use a pre-emergent, plan on spraying as you go, or just going to see how it goes?

 

[lakngolf]

I just planted some for the first time about 2 hours west of you last weekend. We have had good hatches two years in a row and numbers for the rest of the state (outside of patches in the north) seem to be stable or growing, so that's good news.

Did you use a pre-emergent, plan on spraying as you go, or just going to see how it goes?

Where are you located? I did not use pre emergent. What will work for spraying?

 

[SURGICAL GRADE]

Where are you located? I did not use pre emergent. What will work for spraying?

Our land is in Sumter Co. No worries re: not applying a pre emergent. They don't love competition, but are often good to go for the first year or two in a new spot. After that, weeds become much more problematic. If you do get a lot of competition, clethodim will take care of the grass and 2,4 db is used for broadleaf control.

They should have a great head start with the amount of rain we have been getting over the last 3 weeks or so!

 

[Weasel]

Looks like a great seed bed.

 

[Longleaf]

Looks great. I put 3 plots in this weekend as well and am anxiously watching the rain. Trifluralin (Treflan) is the pre-emergent I have used in the past with good results. It has to be incorporated immediately but it works pretty well.

 

[lakngolf]

Looks like a great seed bed.

Thanks
We got some scattered showers, spaced out over a few days, so the chufa sprouted well and is ready to go

 

[SURGICAL GRADE]

Looks great!

 

[Fish]

Thats exciting. Nothing more fulfilling for me than the wildlife showing that youre doing something right.

 

[David]

Thats exciting. Nothing more fulfilling for me than the wildlife showing that youre doing something right.

I agree.

 

[lakngolf]

Still getting some timely rains and the chufa might just make it!!

And I have a "control patch" in my garden so I can know what the fields should look like.

 

[cutman]

Top dress it with urea before the next big rain. The chufa will appreciate it.

 

[SURGICAL GRADE]

Still getting some timely rains and the chufa might just make it!!

And I have a "control patch" in my garden so I can know what the fields should look like.

Ha, I did the same thing in mine

 

[farmhunter]

Is Chufa just yellow nutsedge?

 

[THE LLC]

I was gonna say, crap makes me think too much of nutsedge.

 

[cutman]

Is Chufa just yellow nutsedge?

No. Same family, but not the same thing. Chufa has a much bigger nutlet.

 

[THE LLC]

I know wild hogs love that stuff---and nutsedge too.