Can anybody help me out in identifying the weed below? Property is in Washington County and it's everywhere. The cows won't touch it. The land is mine but the cows are not. They are doing fine, but this stuff is annoying. Thanks for the help.
Correct answer here. Croton capitatus is the scientific name of this one.Quote:
Woolly croton.
Na Zdrav 87 said:
Doveweed
Just shredded a bunch of it in my pastures these past few days.
I had quite thoroughly purged the pasture by a nearby 10 y/o stock tank of goatweed, but during the 2011 drought, was amazed that the area now exposed (where water used to be) had thick goatweed. I would have thought that impossible...CenterHillAg said:
You'll never get rid of it completely, the seed can be in the ground for years and still be viable. My Grandpa used to say you could dig a pond 20 ft deep and have goatweed growing in the bottom before it's filled with water.
Ever see the piney woods after a forest fire or controlled burn? Goatweed will be everywhere before anything else even germinates.
Because there are billions of seeds in the ground. When a area is disturbed it creates an environment for,them to grow. Over grazing can do,the same thingJokkerZ said:Quote:
I had quite thoroughly purged the pasture by a nearby 10 y/o stock tank of goatweed, but during the 2011 drought, was amazed that the area now exposed (where water used to be) had thick goatweed. I would have thought that impossible...
And as others have noted: an area under development, where it's been scraped and/or cleared....goatweed pops up.
It's been always like that.
thann07 said:
2-4D kills it, sure, but the rest of the seeds just start growing a month later. We've got it bad (years of heavy fertilizer followed by overgrazing). As much as I don't want to put out the herbicides, I feel like I've got to.
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I'd be curious to know what your strategy will be. If you put some P+D down, will the 'D' kill it now, and the 'P' give you the residual control?
you can mow now, but it doesn't really do anything, once they go to seed then there really isn't much else you can do unless you just don't like the stalks. Yes spray in the spring.5C said:
Found this thread and wanted to bring it back to the surface. We bought a ranch and the pastures are overrun with goat weed. Bermuda grazing pastures and I want to get the Bermuda thick and try to control the goat weed. Dormant (or dead, I don't really know) stalks are everywhere and my thought was to mow them down and spray 2,4-D when they start growing in the spring. Any ideas?
Also should I overseed with more Bermuda after I spray in the spring?
Thanks!
Edit to add: we have cows in the pastures currently and they are all the Bermuda down so right now the only thing taller than a few inches is the goat weed.
BQ_90 said:you can mow now, but it doesn't really do anything, once they go to seed then there really isn't much else you can do unless you just don't like the stalks. Yes spray in the spring.5C said:
Found this thread and wanted to bring it back to the surface. We bought a ranch and the pastures are overrun with goat weed. Bermuda grazing pastures and I want to get the Bermuda thick and try to control the goat weed. Dormant (or dead, I don't really know) stalks are everywhere and my thought was to mow them down and spray 2,4-D when they start growing in the spring. Any ideas?
Also should I overseed with more Bermuda after I spray in the spring?
Thanks!
Edit to add: we have cows in the pastures currently and they are all the Bermuda down so right now the only thing taller than a few inches is the goat weed.
Also you probable should soil test. Normally weeds are signs of overgrazing and/or nutrient deficiencies.