What has taken over my food plot?

[Gencountyzeek]

Any idea what all this is? Under my plants are growing ok, but would obviously be better without this covering it.

[t_barb]

interested to find as well, as I have the same ting growing at my place....

[Zag]

What did you plant and when?

[Gencountyzeek]

Evolved harvest 7 card stud, and memorial day weekend.

[SplitG2]

maybe nut sedge

[Gencountyzeek]

Is that some kinda weed?

[SplitG2]

yes its a weed.

[dbHunterNY]

feel like I've seen it before but no idea.  I've had someone point out nutsedge before but it was wooded, shady, and green.  maybe this has just gone to seed.

Edited September 12, 2016 by dbHunterNY

[b3h]

It's got a funny name, not coming to me but it's a pia to get rid of


Ol dog on a stray

[Gencountyzeek]

O well, hopefully my 12 acre corn field gets harvested sometime in Oct so I have a good food source.

[b3h]

My first thought was bindweed but was way off. Might be fall panicum or witchgrass?


Ol dog on a stray

[kpkot]

I had it in my plot last year. not sure but turkey would just lay in it all the time. im assuming they were finding insects in them. 

[Gencountyzeek]

I looked up witchgrass, that looks like it. I'm assuming it was my fault, I disced after my last spraying. Assuming I turned up these seeds. More learning I guess, only my 2nd shot at a plot. Try try again.

[LET EM GROW]

Not sure but that def stinks, maybe mow it real high to promote sunlight and growth to your plants

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[LET EM GROW]

I looked up witchgrass, that looks like it. I'm assuming it was my fault, I disced after my last spraying. Assuming I turned up these seeds. More learning I guess, only my 2nd shot at a plot. Try try again.

Possibly, I spray then disc all the time. If there is time before seeding and weeds are emerging I'll spray again. But that usually never happens. Maybe you didn't kill everything off as well as hoped

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[Gencountyzeek]

I'm goin to mow it today, I'll have to get the brush hog up about a foot. We will see how this turns out.

[LET EM GROW]

Friend of mine did this with Buckwheat he thought he had killed off, After planting Double Beam he had to mow it down to keep the buckwheat from shading out the Brassicas.. They took right off afterwards(with decent rains)

[b3h]

If that stuff went to seed brush hoggin will spread the seeds everywhere


Ol dog on a stray

[bugsNbows]

The weed seeds were likely in the soil. As soon as it's opened up to light, moisture, etc. they germinate. Mowing before new seed matures will help. If not, the seed will mature, fall to the soil and germinate again (probably for next year's crop). It becomes a tough cycle. Post emergent, foliar contact herbicides applied after weed seed germination but before planting / germination of the intended crop may help but, obviously, timing is critical. Grassy weeds and sedges can be very difficult to manage.

[Gencountyzeek]

Well I mowed it short, like 6". Plenty of green showing now hopefully it can stay that way for a while.

[Gencountyzeek]

Thought I'd update this since it's been a month. U can see alot of the chicory coming in also there's a good amount of the clover along with radishes and turnips. Where that grass was real thick it's still choking it but happy it came in this good after what it was.

[growalot]

I have the same thing and in a field worked for years, it was never here until this year...I believe it was in the seed I bought.

[Gencountyzeek]

I have a smaller plot separated from this plot by 30 yards of brush. The smaller field just had corn in it, not a drop of the seeds from the other field. But it also has this grass in it. Just something that came up this year I guess 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Witch grass and broom grass look similar. Broom grass is used by farmers for forage. The seed is very small and light and is difficult to separate out using sieves and air. It is sold in the seed you buy from these outfits.

[chas0218]

If it is considered a weed you can mow multiple times a year to keep it knocked down. We have about 40 acres of hay fields we mow each year around July before the weeds go to seed. We have lots of wild clover in these fields that seems to do very well after we mow it it usually takes off the beginning of August. Unfortunately the food plots we have made in the past are just passed by into the 30 acres of Ag fields (corn and soybean). The farmer usually doesn't take the corn off until after gun season when he plans to use it for his cows. He doesn't store it in a silo just cuts it when he needs it.