You know, I have used LIGHT doses of glyphosate across my clover plots and they didn't budge. The weeds died slower than a usual gly burn down, but they died. I don't recommend anyone to go spraying gly though , but clovers are very toughFor the sheer folly and entertainment. Today, I sprayed a perpetual (correct) clover patch with IMOX 12.1% concentrate (ammonium salt of imazamox). I mixed one once of concentrate, 2 oz of crop oil in about 150 oz of water to spray a tenth of an acre of clover. The patch is quit weedy, but I can live with everything in it but the smartweed. See the pictures. Left alone it will choke the clover from the patch. Mowing just encourages it to grow flat across the ground. It's late. I get it, but the risk is worth the reward. There was an imminent threat of thunderstorms. But it didn't. The temperatures was 82-degrees. The relative humidity was 68% and the winds were 8 -10 mph. More News next week....
I was going to spray some clover with Imox, but was wondering if I should just wait until spring as late as it already is?
For the sheer folly and entertainment. Today, I sprayed a perpetual (correct) clover patch with IMOX 12.1% concentrate (ammonium salt of imazamox). I mixed one once of concentrate, 2 oz of crop oil in about 150 oz of water to spray a tenth of an acre of clover. The patch is quit weedy, but I can live with everything in it but the smartweed. See the pictures. Left alone it will choke the clover from the patch. Mowing just encourages it to grow flat across the ground. It's late. I get it, but the risk is worth the reward. There was an imminent threat of thunderstorms. But it didn't. The temperatures was 82-degrees. The relative humidity was 68% and the winds were 8 -10 mph. More News next week....
Are they really dead? Some weeds like Canada Thistle, top-kill fairly easy. We hit them with a variety of herbicides that are not really getting down and deep for a good root kill and they just root sprout. I've lived that with CA for years. I thought I was killing it, but util you completely kill the deepest of the roots, the stuff is still alive and lurking.You know, I have used LIGHT doses of glyphosate across my clover plots and they didn't budge. The weeds died slower than a usual gly burn down, but they died. I don't recommend anyone to go spraying gly though , but clovers are very tough
I'm pleased! In review, on July 23rd I spray IMOX on a clover kill plot seeded last fall with on a hail Mary and a prayer. This patch and a couple others in the same two fields frequently get flooded. The ten acres on the backside of the farm are food plots rather than crop fields for this reason. It's a gamble. The biggest weed problem is smartweed. If you've never had to deal with it consider your self lucky. It got me again this year. With the acquisition price of IMOX reasonable I decided to give it a try this late. If it doesn't work the clover is toast.
It's hard to use pictures to compare, but I think you can get the idea. Details in in a couple of posts above. It's still not pretty, but I think we're in a position, now, out-compete the remaining weeds.
I don't know how to move this pictures around...
Picture August 6, 2018. I didn't spray around the camera post on July 23rd just to have a "control" to compare.
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August 6, 2018. Lower there's a picture of "before..." Not exactly this spot, but you'll get the idea.
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This is fairly typical of what the clover plot looked like on July 23rd - before being sprayed.
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August 6, 2018 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>July 23, 2018
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For the sheer folly and entertainment. Today, I sprayed a perpetual (correct) clover patch with IMOX 12.1% concentrate (ammonium salt of imazamox). I mixed one once of concentrate, 2 oz of crop oil in about 150 oz of water to spray a tenth of an acre of clover. The patch is quit weedy, but I can live with everything in it but the smartweed. See the pictures. Left alone it will choke the clover from the patch. Mowing just encourages it to grow flat across the ground. It's late. I get it, but the risk is worth the reward. There was an imminent threat of thunderstorms. But it didn't. The temperatures was 82-degrees. The relative humidity was 68% and the winds were 8 -10 mph. More News next week....