Horseweeds ??
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Topic: Horseweeds ??
Posted By: steve(ill)
Subject: Horseweeds ??
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 4:37pm
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WE have a lot of this STUFF ( at least it looks SOMETHING like the one on the far right-- a foot tall, skinny with short branches/ leaves growing on it) --growing in the barn lot and driveway this year. Dont remember seeing it before. Normally i spray Roundup every couple months to keep down the grass and weeds... This stuff seems to THRIVE on Roundup !!! Today i tried a mixture of antifreeze / 24D / Roundup with 70% water... Will see how that does !  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
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Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 5:49pm
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You have Marestail weed. Yes it is tolerant to glyphosate(Roundup). Here’s a Purdue University weblink about which herbicides kill it. IMO, a mower works the best to kill it. If it’s in your field, then consider growing a winter cover crop such as rye, wheat, etc., as their roots contain a natural toxin to it, plus this toxin limits germination of a few more nasties(waterhemp, etc). https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/purdueweedscience/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marestail-fact-2014-latest.pdf" rel="nofollow - https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/purdueweedscience/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/marestail-fact-2014-latest.pdf |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 9:08pm
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Sounds like the 24D is the best choice.. Then they add roundup or/and dicamba to the mix.. Thats basically what i did. I normally only use the 24d+dicamba in the grassy field / lawn to control weeds and the glyphosate along the fence and driveway.. This time i got the 24D+dicamba on the driveway for a "TEST"... sounds like that might be the ticket. Dont remember this kind of weed around here in the past.. Specifically more that 2-3 years ago.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 9:38pm
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How about ‘Ground Clear’ will wipeout everything. Of course the old standby; gasoline & diesel fuel mixture, 75% gasoline 25% diesel fuel. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: PTOman
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:25pm
| the garden sprayer and gasoline always works for me and it's a heck of a lot cheaper |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 5:17am
| Yes Marestail is resistant to roundup. Farmers in Michigan have had problems with it in soybeans for years and had to change their Herbicide program by incorporating Dicamba or switching to Liberty Link Soybeans to keep the Marestail under control. For control around the farm buildings, I use Roundup and 2-4-D and sometimes Brush Killer. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 7:20am
| A foot tall? lol, just wait a day or two! I’ve got it bad this year. Crazy thing it came into a hay field that’s already been cut last year. It really got away from me in my beans because my sprayer was broken down. I’ve got it now but was probably 4 feet tall. I used enlist, which is 2 4D, also spot sprayed with liberty 10 days later on bad spots. |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 8:04am
| Lots of mare's tail here in central Ohio. Seems to have appeared in the last 8 - 10 years. Will grow anywhere and like you all say, difficult to kill. I don't think our winters kill it either. 2,4-D works pretty well but the stuff just keeps coming back. Wonder if it came from overseas somewhere. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:58pm
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I have been using Preen and it helps to kill the grmaination of the weeds, |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 6:27pm
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Yep...Mare's Tail. One of those weed that was never around before No-Till as it like nearly anything else isn't resistant to plowshares. It became a problem in fields that were no-tilled and in the corners , were no one farms anymore, it has now become a prevalent weed in any untended area. In small area they are an easy weed to just pull of in soft ground. Not letting them go to seed it extremely important. A 100 of them this year will be 10,000 next year. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2024 at 9:03pm
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PaulB wrote:Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2024 at 7:18pm
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Once it's in an area and not controlled it will be around forever. Like Multiflora rose, that never used to be around here, but after WWII it was brought over here to by the soil conservation service we will never get rid of it. Same goes for Johnsongrass, here in the eastern states no one ever knew anything of it before a bunch of hay was shipped east during a few drought years in the 40s, now WV has it like it's the state crop, and many yuppies have it around their homes as an ornamental plantings. Control is the best that can be hoped for and constant diligence is required, if your neighbor doesn't care, you will always have that problem . ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |