D@#n Scrub Oak!

[Liquidsilver]

A couple of years ago I sprayed this pasture (and others) to the tune of about $1700 in Dow Remedy... and they looked great, until this year. Should I have to spray this field every two years?

I just bush hogged over it and it looks better now, but what do I have to do to get rid of this stuff. Rocky Ozark fields.

 

[workinonit]

Will 2,4,D kill that stuff?

 

[MoKelly]

To be very effective and longer lasting, you need to spray (20% glycol mix) very fast after cutting the sprouts. The spray can then get inside the plant via the cuts.

I’ve heard scrub brush cuts heal in 15 minutes (cuts close up) making spraying less effective longer term. Now you need the spray to get into the root systems thru absorption in the ground.

It’s not easy. You sort of need a mower guy followed by a sprayer guy.

You may have to spray every couple years until the plants are damaged long term and don’t come back.

Good luck.

MoKelly

 

[ponytug]

Cows? Ours are practically imitating giraffes to get at oak leaves.

On the big ranches around here scrub gets cleared by controlled burns or by dragging heavy ship anchor chain between two bulldozers.

All the best,

Peter

 

[drssg]

Personally, I would just keep it bush hogged. It's just mother nature doing what it does. If you ignored the field for a few years, it would all be woods in no time.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I feel your pain. We have the same problem with Himalaya blackberries. Killing off the roots is really difficult, and requires mowing and spraying for multiple years. Then the birds poop seeds and the whole nuisance starts over again.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I've got millions? I spray them with crossbow. roundup does nothing to the weedy trees.

 

[Liquidsilver]

I've got millions? I spray them with crossbow. roundup does nothing to the weedy trees.

They told me to use Remedy while the leaves were intact and do not mow for three weeks. It made them turn fall colors in one week and then I mowed. Field looked great last year, just grass. This year they look like they're back to 100%.

Do you spray the Crossbow to the leaves, or after the mowing?

Thanks in advance.

I'd love to run some cows over there but the fencing would be a big challenge. I have no experience with 2,4,D.

 

[ponytug]

FWIW: You might want to consider foam application; it would concentrate the herbicide application to the scrub oaks.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Crossbow is most effective during the late spring leaf flush, while the plant is growing rapidly. Glyphosate is most effective in early autumn, when it will be carried to the roots as part of the dormancy process. It is not as effective as Crossbow. Other herbicides, like Escort, are very effective, but not as popular because of expense.