Invasive species....

[DJP]

I'm hand spraying Johnson grass right now. I hope it is the last couple of stalks from the previous two sprayings this summer of a plot that was over taken by johnson grass. It is hell to get rid of.

[Tater]

Can we start with eradicating Bradford Pear? THAT is the worst invasive this state has.

[2thDoc]

I'm hand spraying Johnson grass right now. I hope it is the last couple of stalks from the previous two sprayings this summer of a plot that was over taken by johnson grass. It is hell to get rid of.

not killable.

[Griffin]

Worst invasive species = fucking Yankees!

[GMAC]

I have read that to really nuke Johnsongrass, kill it with Gly, then deep plow the area in the fall to expose the rhizomes to winter temperatures. I keep meaning to try it.

[Johnny Reb]

I have read that to really nuke Johnsongrass, kill it with Gly, then deep plow the area in the fall to expose the rhizomes to winter temperatures. I keep meaning to try it.

My neighbor has been hitting it with gly then tractor tilling it. It has come back worse every time. This is on one of our shared property lines. I keep telling him to quit f***ing with it because you are making it worse. You can’t kill it!


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[Calibogue]

You boys hammering on Johnsongrass need to be using a product with pre-emerge control too....

[E. Taylor]

I had to change my ways, but I have killed off most of the Johnson grass and cuckaburrows in my fields this year. Plowed once in March. Hit it with Gly in April. Put down a preemergent and planted my sunflowers with a no till planter. When they were about 18 to 24 inches, I sprayed them again with Spartan and spread the fertilizer to them. Cleanest field I have ever had.

[DJP]

You boys hammering on Johnsongrass need to be using a product with pre-emerge control too....

good point. I did it with trifluralin this year. It actually held back the johnson grass pretty well. I spot srayed and also did a gly application.

Interesting note is that old millet came up despite the trifluralin application. I don't know why, but it was easy enough to kill with the gly.

[DRDUCK]

I had to change my ways, but I have killed off most of the Johnson grass and cuckaburrows in my fields this year. Plowed once in March. Hit it with Gly in April. Put down a preemergent and planted my sunflowers with a no till planter. When they were about 18 to 24 inches, I sprayed them again with Spartan and spread the fertilizer to them. Cleanest field I have ever had.

I saw the pics and is one of the best fields I have seen, now about them doves.

[SCswampCAT]

DrDuck starting early this year!!

[Palmetto Bug]

good point. I did it with trifluralin this year. It actually held back the johnson grass pretty well. I spot srayed and also did a gly application.

Interesting note is that old millet came up despite the trifluralin application. I don't know why, but it was easy enough to kill with the gly.

I had zero luck on the Johnsongrass with trifluralin on a field I wanted to plant with chufa. The Johnsongrass came up like lawn. I re-disced it and ended up planting it in sunn hemp.

[Carolina Counsel]

Privet sucks. We have it by the acres on my place. However, it doesn't hold a candle to coffeeweed/sesbania. That stuff is the spawn of satan.

[Catdaddy]

Privet sucks. We have it by the acres on my place. However, it doesn't hold a candle to coffeeweed/sesbania. That stuff is the spawn of satan.

Sicklepod and Sesbania have seeds that germinate at different times. Herbacides will usually hold the first round back, but as mid summer comes,....so does round 2.

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[santee11]

I could not agree more. The privet is getting terrible in the states swamps. Invasives are really going to be a huge problem in the coming years. They are totally changing our landscapes and it takes lots of money to deal with them. Every year the list of what we have gets longer. I don’t even like to think about it...

[winyah]

I went to the joint NC and SC Invasive Plants Symposium this year for work (CFE Credits). Lots of good info, research, and education that is going on.

They kept talking up a phone app called EDDMapS, a good way to easily map a "sighting" that can be incorporated into the larger databases.

https://www.eddmaps.org/

[Calibogue]

I could not agree more. The privet is getting terrible in the states swamps. Invasives are really going to be a huge problem in the coming years. They are totally changing our landscapes and it takes lots of money to deal with them. Every year the list of what we have gets longer. I don’t even like to think about it...

Yep....

[Strick9]

Yep ^ x a million. Not getting better and won't likely.

[Hogg]

Friggin' British!!!

[cat III]

Is Hydrilla not a statewide problem. let’s not be selective on our invasive weeds.