Help, Goldenrod take over!

allischalmers6 · Sep 24, 2013

I have about 40 acres of hayfields. The adjoining neighbor has not mowed his field in about 4 years and his field has been overcome with goldenrod. Well I am late getting to brush hogging it this year and all of a sudden the field has become goldenrod! I assume it has come from the neighbors field. Will the goldenrod be a reoccurring problem even with 2x a year brush hogging? Should I approach my neighbor and if I should how should I do it? I hate seeing our family fields being over run.

Dieselrider · Sep 24, 2013

Sounds like you need lime on your ground (time for soil samples) and you will need to mow more than once a year.

2badlybent · Sep 24, 2013

Goldenrod is very prolific and can appear anywhere. As far as your neighbor goes I am sure he did not plant the stuff on his fields and he is not reqired to worry about your hay land.
The best cure is to plow and plant a new hay crop evey few years. I believe that if you don't do that you are not a farmer but a miner. One who takes something from the land and does not put anything back fits the description of a miner/

ChasK · Sep 24, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:44:55 09/24/13) I have about 40 acres of hayfields.....Well I am late getting to brush hogging it this year .

I suggest you bale your 40 acres on a regular haying schedule. I don't know where you're at, but in east IA that means cutting late May and every 30 days after that. Golden rod won't hold up to that. And the lime/fertilizer that was mentioned, as it prefers poor soils.

Rick Kr · Sep 24, 2013

What reaction are you looking for when you tell your neighbor you don't like the goldenrod growing in HIS field??

Brushhog more often or hay it regularly.

Reminds me of my neighbor who told me his wife didn't like where my trees were planted as it blocked her view. Politely told him he should have bought the property the he could have done what he pleased.
Rick

RodinNS · Sep 24, 2013

Don't worry, you had the goldenrod before too. It's just that you cut it earlier before...
Either keep it cut sooner or plow it up and get something more productive growing.
Goldenrod can do pretty damn good on good land too. What it doesn't stand up to is MCPA Amine 500.

Rod

Mike (WA) · Sep 24, 2013

Might be time to approach the neighbor about renting his ground. You could cure the problem without making an enemy.

Ken Macfarlane · Sep 24, 2013

Got some growing in our lime pile quite healthy. I'd get busy mowing multiple times a year.

Greg K · Sep 24, 2013

I looked at wikipedia and found it has medicinal benefits as well as natural occurring rubber. you could be sitting on a gold mine! Just kidding. Mowing or a couple times a year should keep it under control.

allischalmers6 · Sep 25, 2013

No I dont hay it and no local farmer wants to hay it. So with it in mind how hard a long ago farmer worked to clear the land and my grandpa to keep it a nice hayfield I hate to see a goldenrod take over. Oh and my location is southern tier of new york state

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