Ferns

[rachunter]

In the beginning of spring I cleared out a little patch on my property and limed it put a bag of throw n grow out it was coming in great last month now the ferns took over. Is there away to get rid of them without killing the plot?

[Chef]

Yes pull the ferns out one by one at the base


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[land 1]

ferns it appears may be a headache for me to,,,,let me know if u find a soultion

[rachunter]

They took over the plot. I pulled a few but I'm not here enough to keep up with them. 

[bigpaul]

Is the area getting enough sun light?

[rachunter]

Yes I opened the area last year. It's not full sunlight but at least 6-7 hours. It took off last month when there was no ferns. Now there taking over. 

[sailinghudson25]

Spot spray them, but spot seed with clover or a ceteal grain hen you do.

Buy red clover, it grow faster than white.  But white lasts longer.  I almost always plant both together.

[rachunter]

These are the two plots the thicker one has clover or radishes coming up. The top one looks like a loss. 

[land 1]

not to late to start over with a fall plot, if u do i would get it sprayed down do it it a couple times then turn it over and hold off on planting and wait and spot spray the weeds/ferns that pop up and then plant....

[sailinghudson25]

Did you test the oH? Most good garden places will test your ph for free if you bring a sample.

Ph might be lower than you think.  Some soils take 2 tons per acre to raise the pH 1 point.

[growalot]

When they are up above your plot plans take a 1 ft deep by how ever wide is comfortable for you rag, staple to a rod and wet,not dripping with round up. Then brush it onver the tops of ferns.

[corydd7]

Add me to the list of fern problems. Has anyone tried spraying arrest max or slay? Controlled burn? I had about 30% percent success of what I was hoping for. Plot was an annual so I will be replanting in September. Looking for best advice how to dispatch of ferns but not by hand.

[BizCT]

What's wrong with ferns?


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[Chef]

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They over take a food plot and offer no nutritional value I'm having similar issues


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[Chef]

Apple clover plot doing great with ferns closing in from the outside, I haven't been to camp in over a month to clear ferns due to wife being 8.5 months pregnant, Pics taken by my cousin


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[BizCT]

They over take a food plot and offer no nutritional value I'm having similar issues

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Oh ok, I plant on my land where There are NO ferns so don't have that issue I guess.

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[Five Seasons]

throw and grow what? i noticed my first plot of clover only really took off when i mowed it. killed off the taller broadleaf weeds and let the clover come in nice and thick.and if you can't mow, maybe weed wack? again this was for clover though.

[rachunter]

8 hours ago, Belo said:

throw and grow what? i noticed my first plot of clover only really took off when i mowed it. killed off the taller broadleaf weeds and let the clover come in nice and thick.and if you can't mow, maybe weed wack? again this was for clover though.

i mixed a bag of there evolved harvest original with extreme radish.It had a bunch of clover growing in it.heading up in a few weeks to see how it looks.

[rachunter]

On 6/24/2017 at 6:28 AM, growalot said:

When they are up above your plot plans take a 1 ft deep by how ever wide is comfortable for you rag, staple to a rod and wet,not dripping with round up. Then brush it onver the tops of ferns.

missed this i'm going to try it on the one plot and reseed.

[sailinghudson25]

Fens are pernennials.  They grow slower than annuals. 

Sounds like your a weekender.   Spray Friday night, then sunday morning scratch or till and seed.

Annuals choke out perennials due to faster growth.

I'd go for a cereal grain and maybe add turnips and or red clover.  If looking to make a clover plot for a few years, buy roughly 4lbs of extra clover per acre to frost seed.

If spraying roundup, consider adding 2,4D amine.  The combination of the two general kills anything it touches

metsulfuron is the best chemical according to cornell....

 

Kill, till, then annual chokes it out............

 

since the ferns are doing good, I would imagine you do not till that area.  A poor mans drag is a bunch of bolts through the bottom of an tire.  An established clover plot of regular mowing and spraying would also fix that.  Clover is a faster growing penennial that gets hit by glyphosphate (roundup) but doesn't kill the roots.

[Five Seasons]

19 hours ago, rachunter said:

missed this i'm going to try it on the one plot and reseed.

they sell a gel now too that accomplish the same thing if you're more comfortable with that.

[corydd7]

On 7/11/2017 at 4:31 AM, sailinghudson25 said:

Fens are pernennials.  They grow slower than annuals. 

Sounds like your a weekender.   Spray Friday night, then sunday morning scratch or till and seed.

Annuals choke out perennials due to faster growth.

I'd go for a cereal grain and maybe add turnips and or red clover.  If looking to make a clover plot for a few years, buy roughly 4lbs of extra clover per acre to frost seed.

If spraying roundup, consider adding 2,4D amine.  The combination of the two general kills anything it touches

metsulfuron is the best chemical according to cornell....

 

Kill, till, then annual chokes it out............

 

since the ferns are doing good, I would imagine you do not till that area.  A poor mans drag is a bunch of bolts through the bottom of an tire.  An established clover plot of regular mowing and spraying would also fix that.  Clover is a faster growing penennial that gets hit by glyphosphate (roundup) but doesn't kill the roots.

Roundup is the only answer I have had. Spray and replant two weeks later. 

[TACC]

They seem to be a never ending problem. I noticed the one post about the amount of sunlight, am I to understand that more sun light means less ferns?

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[corydd7]

Round up did the job. Just hope they don't comeback.