Spraying the Hay Meadow

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James Howell

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• Feb 25, 2012

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Been planning on spraying the hay meadow this weekend.

Hooked up the water buggy to "Mac" our 51MT and added about 130 gallons of water.

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Nancy cleaned the sprayer tips on the Continental Belton sprayer on "Old John" her 48A.

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We used <a href="http://www.dowagro.com/range/products/grazonnext.htm">GrazonNext HL herbicide</a> to kill the broadleaf weeds.

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Only <a href="http://youtu.be/9tfBpP3SKMc">used about 80 gallons of water</a> from the water buggy.

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Always use "<a href="http://youtu.be/Y_J2drDYVmk">Old John</a>" Nancy's 48A to spray because of the Behlen power steering.

Should see some results of today's spraying by next weekend.

 

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rick2 in ohio

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• Feb 25, 2012

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i need to that to one of my hayfields,what is the best time of year to do that im in ohio.
RICK

 

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DeltaRed

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• Feb 25, 2012

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I like that trailer sprayer.Did you make it?I need one like that.

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Feb 25, 2012

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I think the trailer is the water buggy- sprayer is 3 point, with the green tank

 

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Wheat Farmer

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• Feb 25, 2012

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120' of boom, $20 per acer to spray Roundup. Killing everything because I have arrowgrass in the hay fields.

 

glennster

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• Feb 25, 2012

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great pics james!!! tell nancy i said hey!!. i was looking over your pics and didnt see a picnic table for me and kruser to sit at and enjoy some home made pie or cake whilst watchin you's work. kinda hopin its in a shady spot. couple of hammocks will work too!!!!!

 

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usetob

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• Feb 25, 2012

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Rick, it'll be quite some time for us, the tempature won't be right untill late april.

 

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GordoSD

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• Feb 25, 2012

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No one told you about metsulfuron? Apply during time when seed stalk appears.
So what do you do next? Drill in cool season grasses?

 

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Jerry/MT

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• Feb 25, 2012

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Where are you located? The view looks as pretty as Montana!

 

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Wheat Farmer

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• Feb 25, 2012

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In Salida,CO. I will plant a mixture of orchard grass and some Alalafa that is good for cool and hot weather. we are at 7190' elev. I will check into this Metsulfurow in case we didn't get a total kill. We will use a no-til drill. tks

 

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James Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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It was originally a trailer sprayer with a very different styled tank.

The old tank was removed and a new 200 gallon tank from TSC was installed.

The tongue was also bent so we replaced it with "box" iron with an easier pin hitch.

It could be made back into a sprayer, but we also used it to haul water to Nancy"s horses during last Summer"s drought.

 

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James Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Check with your local county Ag agent about what plants you want to eliminate.

The Ag agent can also suggest the best weather conditions and temperatures to spray.

The product label is also a good source of information on how the product works best.

Every January Nancy and I attend a multi-county agriculture seminar provided by the county extension office.

A presentation on weed control is often a topic during the all-day seminar.

We usually spray with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_%28herbicide%29">Roundup</a> during February to kill both the broadleaf weeds and winter grass.

Since we have had several days of 70^o weather, the Bermuda grass is active.

Rather than take a chance on "hurting" the Bermuda grass with Roundup, we used GrazonNext which will not harm grasses.

 

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James Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Look closely in the bed of the blue Chevy truck.

You can see the top of one of the two folding lawn chairs we haul around for "break" time.

Not much for shade this time of year except for next to the 120 year old Ragan house across the road.

Sorry no homemade cake or pie; only bananas and granola bars for lunch.

Later yesterday evening Nancy and I did have a good dinner of fried catfish, coleslaw, fries, and homemade hush puppies.

 

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James Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Beautiful photo of the mountains in the background; very nice spray equipment.

Bought 15 gallons of Roundup (MadDog) last Thursday at the local co-op.

Cost $13 per gallon and our application rate here in NE Texas is 1/2 gallon per acre.

Did not use it on this hayfield, but will be able to use it <a href="http://youtu.be/od7eFMfMV38">down in the bottom</a> to kill the winter grass on another field.

 

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JBMac

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Mr Wheat Farmer,

Does that include fuel, labor and depreciation? The reason I ask is that my experience had been that 4 qts to the acre will kill everything, the price of Gyphosate is down to $9 a gallon around here, plus $2 an acre for a good surfactant. Amachine like your probably covers an acre every 15 seconds?

 

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JBMac

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• Feb 26, 2012

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James,

Someone made an great suggestion above on using metsulfuron. It's labeled for bermuda, very low rate per acre, and will kill most broadleaves, and given your area, it will take bahia grass out of bermuda pastures. It also has preemergent abilities. If you use generics, you can spray for around $3.00 an acre. Good luck, looks like you guys have done a great job educating yourself. I cant tell you how many guys come in the store, I help them find a product to fit their needs, and they ask "how much do I put in my tank" my response "how many gpa is your calibrated at?" A blank stare and alot of matmatics ensue.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Like James said, no homemade pie or cake. Sometimes when we are really busy, we don"t even stop for lunch.

I do have a hammock, but was a little cool for that yesterday. 35 degrees in the morning.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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We had planned on using glyphosate (round up), but our ag agent cautioned that the warm weather had caused the coastal to start getting active.

We had checked the field last week end, but checked it again Saturday morning after Kenny's warning. He was right. There was too much coastal turning green to risk using the glyphosate. So the rye will have a 1 yr reprieve.

The GrazonNext won't kill rye or any "grasses", but it is highly effective on vines, briars, broadleafs, and many other undesirable plants.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Like James said, we bought it used, but the tank was so old it was brittle and cracked every time we trailered it. Replaced it with a 200 gal tank from TSC and beefed up the hitch.

Works great! Fills the 60 gal sprayer tank in just a couple of minutes.

Came in real handy last year when the spring dried up because of the drought. It worked very well for filling the horses' water tank.

 

Tx Jim

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Nancy
I talked to a man in Waco the other day that sprigs Bermuda and supervises/bales many acres of Bermuda about grass bur control. He told me to apply 12 ounce's of glyphosate per acre 2-3 days after each cutting of Bermuda. He stated that would control burrs better than any pre-emerge. I'm going to find out if he's correct if I ever get a first cutting

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Check with your ag agent. If I remember correctly there are some new products that will control burs.

By God's grace, we don't have a grass bur problem on our place. About 4 years ago, the rye had pretty much taken over the coastal field. We've been doing a February spraying with glyphosate to kill it and the cool season broadleaf weeds. The rye is now down to maybe 5% of the coastal field.

This "winter" we've had more days over 70 than we've had at or below 32, so the coastal has gotten active. After the heat and drought last year, we didn't want to take a chance on damaging what survived.

 

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James Howell

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• Feb 26, 2012

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Thanks for the information and suggestion.

Will "research" the [b:654c4848f0][i:654c4848f0]<a href="http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/metsulfu.htm">metsulfuron</a>[/i:654c4848f0][/b:654c4848f0] and see if we can use it.