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By:
ScottG
Date:17-Feb-17
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My new low land plot is on the edge of a swamp and there is thick white grass that I need to take of. Here are the options I came up with. Option 1 Brusshog Option 2 burn Option 3 round up and disc it in. I feel that the grass is so thick round up may have a hard time killing the new growth underneath. Any thoughts or ideas?
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By:
ScottG
Date:17-Feb-17
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This is what I have. First time trying to submit a photo hope it works.
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Date:17-Feb-17
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Just from what I see, burn, disc, gly after temps warm and you have growth, repeat last two steps as necessary.
Good luck!
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By:
r-man
Date:17-Feb-17
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just so you under stand , it looks like a swamp , maybe you can get rice to grow there . So don't use any of your options . you wou9ld need to drain it , ditch around it or through it first . Sorry but its the truth
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By:
flyingbrass
Date:17-Feb-17
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you are wasting your time unless you plant for ducks, then I recommend japanese millet
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By:
ScottG
Date:19-Feb-17
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This area is only under water once every 5 or 6 years. Last fall before freeze up we had an exceptional amount of rain. Most years it is dry enough to work it. My only spot I can plant. It's only 20 acres, most of it is swamp. Wish I had higher ground to use but I don't.
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By:
drycreek
Date:19-Feb-17
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If a tractor, or whatever you use, will stand up, I would do what Habitat said. Disc the edges, burn it, see what comes up, then gly, and possibly gly again before planting. But first, let it thaw out ! :)
It's amazing to me, the temperature differences in the USA right now. I tried to hunt javelina this weekend, and it was 86* in S Texas !
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Date:19-Feb-17
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If you burn, wait for a rain to wash the ash away. It will clog a tractor's air filter very quickly.
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By:
joe buck
Date:02-Mar-17
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I've got 50 acres of land in Central Wisconsin that looks similar. I've got 3 different food plots on hat I consider the highest ground.
I repeatedly used round up to kill the marsh grass. I originally tried an ATV disk, but it would not cut through the thick grass.
I had soil samples taken and my PH was low (lime). I've had okay success with Alsike clover and winter rye.
Last year was really wet and 2 of my foot plots were very poor.
