When to spray your sunflowers.

[BrownDog]

I thought I would share this with y’all. I have planted Legend Seeds for years and they put out good videos. Here is one to help you know when it is time to spray your flowers before dove season.

[2thDoc]

gramaxone

what do you think the differences are between farming for sunflowers and a dove field? I mean, i get what he is saying, but i am not afraid to be ahead of him bc my seeds will indeed stay longer in the field to dry. i dont need them that dry when I burn the field down.....

or do I?

[Palmetto Bug]

Thanks for posting that.

Judging by our frequent afternoon showers, it sounds like Roundup is the way to go.

I have corn directly adjacent to my sunflowers. It has produced ears that are mature and drying but the plants are still mostly green. Can I spray them with glyphosate at the same time? I've got plenty of weeds in the corn and would love to clean it up before dove season.

[Palmetto Bug]

How long does it take for paraquat/gramaxone to do its thing? How long of a rain free window do I need to use it?

[Sportin' Woodies]

24 hours

[SaltMuck]

24 hours

More like 1 hour. It'll be turning black by the time you load up the 2nd tank.

The rules for paraquat are changing next year. It'll require a training comparable to what dicamba requires.

[CUduckreeper]

How long does it take for paraquat/gramaxone to do its thing? How long of a rain free window do I need to use it?

like Sportin' said, paraquat/ gramaxone kills fast. Please be careful if you use this chemical as it is very dangerous. You have to have a pesticide license to buy it and there is a reason that paraquat is labeled Danger Poison with the Scull and Cross bones versus roundup is just labeled with Caution.

[Palmetto Bug]

I just read the precautions label and it's a bit scary. I think I might just stick to glyphosate this year.

[Southernduck]

If you spray gramoxone from an open station tractor you are a dumbass.

[CUduckreeper]

If you spray gramoxone from an open station tractor you are a dumbass.

And this

[CUduckreeper]

I just read the precautions label and it's a bit scary. I think I might just stick to glyphosate this year.

I use it and it works great especially for roundup resistant pigweed but I treat it with respect.

[SaltMuck]

If you spray gramoxone from an open station tractor you are a dumbass.

They ought to put this on the label.

[Glenn]

Dubs is serious business.

If you are willing to get cancer for a barrel burner inside the box limit then you need to stay at the house making tea with the ladies.

[wskinner]

The rules for paraquat are changing next year. It'll require a training comparable to what dicamba requires.

Meaning the extension agent practices his car commercial disclaimer voice during the presentation and then gives everyone the answers aloud to the test while you nod your head up and down or side to side and you're of there faster than Jimmy Johns takes to deliver a sub.

Gramoxone is scarier than an angry beaver that smells like week-old sea creatures.

[Southernduck]

Dubs is serious business.

If you are willing to get cancer for a barrel burner inside the box limit then you need to stay at the house making tea with the ladies.

Shit with gramoxone you wont have time to get cancer, it will burn your guts up for about 2 weeks while you lay there in the bed, then you will enter the after-life

[Glenn]

Shit with gramoxone you wont have time to get cancer, it will burn your guts up for about 2 weeks while you lay there in the bed, then you will enter the after-life

Small price to pay for spending $5k to get less than a half pound of meat. Cowboy up or go make sammiches.

[BrownDog]

Did not post this because I wanted to have a chemical debate. What you spray is up to you. I posted this because I can’t count the number of clean sunflower fields I have seen go to pot during August because people are not sure when they should spray.

[Timberman22]

Pro tip - Gramoxzone will kill the shit out of natural pine in your site prep mix. As stated above don't spray from an open tractor and it will be turning black within 2 hours of application.

[Southernduck]

Did not post this because I wanted to have a chemical debate. What you spray is up to you. I posted this because I can’t count the number of clean sunflower fields I have seen go to pot during August because people are not sure when they should spray.

I also include a residual in my burn down. My I also have been spending 30min a day with a hoe in my hand. 411CFE72-CFFD-4E1A-8DA1-F81217810B51.jpg

[Highstrung]

We do also.. well the same thing as Southernduck, as pertaining to the residual.. I have not pulled, hoed, backpack sprayed or anything this year.

Clean Fields look pretty, they're perfect if you're hunting with silly people, but doves dont care. I'll argue that doves dont care about pigweed. No pigweed near the corn, but they like clean disced near them during late season hunts.