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Post by jf on Aug 8, 2022 22:31:56 GMT -6
Has anyone tried or had success with using lime in Alfalfa-brome grass hay to control foxtail barley patches? Would like to spray but these areas are too small and I would like to not take out the hay crop as it is still a good stand. Thanks
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Post by Beerwiser on Aug 9, 2022 9:41:48 GMT -6
I haven't and I am interested in this too, foxtail barley is bad this year.
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Post by snapper22 on Aug 9, 2022 13:23:28 GMT -6
Never heard of it neither. Did a google search and it’s about balancing your nutrients to give the crop an edge over foxtail. Funny my most calcareous soils have no foxtail so maybe some truth to it.
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Post by OptimallyDismal on Aug 9, 2022 21:06:45 GMT -6
So would this work for kochia too?
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Post by SWMan on Aug 11, 2022 22:19:47 GMT -6
Has anyone tried or had success with using lime in Alfalfa-brome grass hay to control foxtail barley patches? Would like to spray but these areas are too small and I would like to not take out the hay crop as it is still a good stand. Thanks Are you trying to correct pH by doing this(usually lime is used to raise pH)? Would it even matter if a guy had soil that was alkaline? Here I don't think the sour patches that produce foxtail and kochia are acidic or would respond to lime, but I have only tried once on a grain field and noticed no improvement. |
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Post by snapper22 on Aug 11, 2022 23:55:00 GMT -6
Has anyone tried or had success with using lime in Alfalfa-brome grass hay to control foxtail barley patches? Would like to spray but these areas are too small and I would like to not take out the hay crop as it is still a good stand. Thanks Are you trying to correct pH by doing this(usually lime is used to raise pH)? Would it even matter if a guy had soil that was alkaline? Here I don't think the sour patches that produce foxtail and kochia are acidic or would respond to lime, but I have only tried once on a grain field and noticed no improvement. Money better spent on herbicide and drainage than lime. Most of my land below 6” has a ph of 8 or more. Foxtail is a real problem everywhere except grass breaking oats and canola crops. Worst is poorly drained spots. |
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Post by torriem on Aug 13, 2022 16:44:56 GMT -6
My soils are pH about 8.0, and foxtail grows great here. So I don't think pH will completely solve the problem.
On a related note, my agronomist has been doing some research and there's some evidence that boosting calcium levels in the soil will make life a bit harder for wild oats. Something I might have to look into soon here.
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Post by meskie on Aug 13, 2022 17:40:24 GMT -6
We have high calcium soils and wild oats grow great here
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Post by kevlar on Aug 13, 2022 19:12:42 GMT -6
Unfortunately there is no simple solution to any kind of weed. About the best I have been able to do to get rid of one kind of weed, is let a different kind of weed get so thick it chokes out the other.🤷♂️
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Post by snapper22 on Aug 14, 2022 16:43:33 GMT -6
My soils are pH about 8.0, and foxtail grows great here. So I don't think pH will completely solve the problem. On a related note, my agronomist has been doing some research and there's some evidence that boosting calcium levels in the soil will make life a bit harder for wild oats. Something I might have to look into soon here. We have been the wild oat capitol of nw Sask for 80+ years and the calcareous soils grow the wild ones as good as the regular neutral fields. |
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