FSU_Seminole Posted September 25, 2006 Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Hey guys its the planting season & I've enjoyed your pictures and stuff. I'll be planting REAL soon but I'm a little confused. Wednesday I'm having a farmer disc 1.5 acres of food plot space in a recently cut corn field. It should have been done alot earlier but the corn was just cut Saturday because the farmers combine broke down & it was just fixed. My only day off next week is Monday the 2nd. In the past I've disced then sprayed my plot with round up & waited a week to plant, but I want to get the planting done on Monday the day I'm off. The rut here kicks in the last week of Oct & the first week of Nov so I want to get it done ASAP. I just bought a bottle of round up concentrate & it says on the bottle if a spot is disced then the product applied it will be okay to fertilize & seed just 3 days after spraying. Is 3 days after spraying a disced sight safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! Some will say yes that 3 days will be fine, but I personally prefer to wait a week after spraying before planting. Cannot recall ever planting anything that late in the year myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! The " Roundup " isn't really going to help you much. Roundup is a post emergence herbicide. This means it will kill mainly weeds that are already growing. To be effective the plot should rest a couple weeks until you see the weed growth start. Then after spraying you could plant three days afterward but I like to wait at least a week. If it were me in your situation, I'd fertilize and plant. With luck the planted seed should crowd out the weed competition. This would be especially true if you were planting Brassicas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! Have to agree with Letemgrow. Really dont think I would bother to use roundup this late either. Weed competition now should not be too bad anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! i don't really see an advantage of discing then spraying right away. First all the plants are going to be disced under so you'll just be spraying the majority of your roundup on disced dirt or plant material that has been stripped from the roots. When glyphosate come into contact with the soil it is inactivated pretty quick. It's better to disc then wait a couple weeks for new growth to start showing before spraying. Or spray the plot and then wait your 3 days before discing. That way the plants will have enough time to get the herbicide down to the roots. good luck todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! Hey guys, thanks for clearing this up for me. The plot should be disced about 1 pm tomorrow & after work I'm going to fertilize then plant the brassica part since brassica is fairly easy to plant. I'll plant the other stuff Monday. Again thanks for the input from everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! Good luck to you! Up here we are expecting a killing frost any day now. So, while your brassicas are getting planted ours will be in full maturity. The frost reacts on brassica so the leaves take on a sugar state the deer almost crave. I'm not all that anxious but I know what's coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! [ QUOTE ] Good luck to you! Up here we are expecting a killing frost any day now. So, while your brassicas are getting planted ours will be in full maturity. The frost reacts on brassica so the leaves take on a sugar state the deer almost crave. I'm not all that anxious but I know what's coming! [/ QUOTE ] Weird how the weather is in different places. I just got home about an hour ago. I just planted .5 acre of "shot plot" & I'm very excited about it. We don't get our first really hard frost until the 2nd week of Nov so the plants should be mature right on time. 45 days!!!!!! I'll finish putting down some oats, clover, peas & chicory in a few days. BTW LET, did you also plant shot plot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! We planted Shot-Plot here also. This is the second year. We have been real pleased with the results. We have had some bonus days in the weather and the turnip just keeps growing. By the way. the turnip is delicious. We planted ours July 23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! Good deal............. I'm very very excited about this particular brassica. Last year I planted some Tecomate brassica & the deer loved it hopefully they'll love the shot plot just as well. Looks like my hunting area is going to get some rain tonight, so now its just a matter of time!!! BTW did you refertilize it when it got to be about 10 inches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Re: ? About Round Up Concentrate!?!? Help!! No, I didn't refertilize at all. I am not a big advocate of adding fertilizer after germination unless you have access to manure. I have been afraid of " burning " the plants. This is one of the reasons I advocate so much the importance of soil analysis before planting. Once the seeds are planted I prefer to leave the plants alone. Brassicas at 10" are leafed out to the stage I would not want to run over the plants and possibly damage some of them. We measured our plants at 48 days. They averaged 26" plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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