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cdv 10-21-2012 06:56:31 68.36.165.156 Report to Moderator	i am new to the hay farming planted my 1st orchard grass mix feild 4 weeks ogo and its coming up nice but i have these weeds coming up i know they what i call moon flowers ,,i got them in my garden before big green plant with white flowers and little sticker balls ,,is there any weed controll i sould be spraying now or later i dont know thanks cdv in NJ [Reply]   [No Email]
cd1 10-24-2012 07:55:19 67.234.196.64 Report to Moderator	Re: weeds in my new orchard grass feild in reply to cdv, 10-21-2012 06:56:31   probably touch it with 2,4-d in the spring if it was me. [Reply]  [No Email]
hayray 10-23-2012 05:17:52 107.50.30.225 Report to Moderator	Re: weeds in my new orchard grass feild in reply to cdv, 10-21-2012 06:56:31   Paul is right, most likely you have a bunch of winter annuals. I would not worry as long as your crop you planted is emerging. It is common that anytime you disturb the soil that all sorts of plants are going to come up from the seed bank and try to grow. At the end of next growing season you should have a pretty clean field as your grasses will gradually out compete the annuals. First year hay can be pretty weedy. [Reply]  [No Email]
paul 10-21-2012 12:18:33 76.77.196.231 Report to Moderator	Re: weeds in my new orchard grass feild in reply to cdv, 10-21-2012 06:56:31   It wil;l help to know your location, 'here' we are deep into freezing mode so grass wouldn't a come up 4 weeks ago, and spray won't work if you are going into a long freeze period. Igf I assume you are in a warmer area then there are different options. In general if the weeds will freeze off before they go to seed you don't have to worry about them. A broadleaf as I think you are describing is pretty easy to kill in fall with a cheap 2,4-D or some such, but will also kill any clover or alfalfa if you have those seeded. You don't want to spray too soon after the grasses come up, can be a little hard on them when they are very young - so again, depends on where you are, for what stage you are in. --->Paul [Reply]  [No Email]