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Mowed once, sprayed once
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Clover's looking good
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Looks great! I have couple really thick plots like that. I sprayed some plots with Clethoderm worked great this year. Have mowed them at least once some twice. Just hope we get some rain before long.
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so you spray to kill off anything that isn't clover, right? how would I be able to tell if the seed I bought is roundup ready or not? I didn't even think to look when I did it.
guess I could spray a small patch and see what happens.
guess I could spray a small patch and see what happens.
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Are you talking about Roundup Ready clover?
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To the best of my knowledge there are NO seed distributors offering ANY variety of round up ready clover although most clover varieties are "tolerant" of light sprayings of round up but doing so leads to the development of round up resistant weeds over time.
I believe when these guys are referring to spraying they are using clethodim or similar when targeting grasses and butyrac or similar when targeting broadleafs........not round up.
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I used the Clethoderm in clover to kill the grass, will not hurt clover. My clover is all Ladino.
Haven't heard of Roundup ready clover.
Haven't heard of Roundup ready clover.
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I used I think it was called Volunteer I picked up at local ag store. It has Clethodim, like Triple Creek said it kills grass not clover. Expensive though
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mixing Clethodim at 1% volume and nonionic surfactant at 1% volume in a backpack sprayer
I figured it out. You'd think one of these manufactures would offer a premixed surfactant and herbicide.
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@CuivreDog2 is right. The answer to your question is easy, there is no roundup ready clover.
People are touting lowered rates of glyphosate to control annual grasses in clover stands but you are setting yourelf up for resistance doig that, not to mention it isnt on the label.
And yes, you need surfactant with clethodim. That combination will cause compatibility issues if you pre-mix it which is why there are no premixes. In fact, I tell people to mix and spray everything they need when they are doing graminicide applications and not save the leftover spray. Clethodim will hydrolyze in the presence of water when you store spray solution.
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I picked up some Clethodim and it's sky high like everything else. Was $100/gallon.
If you don't have crop oil, you can use dish soap as surfactant. Works well.
You can use 2,4 DB to kill broadleaf weeds in clover. Be careful not to use 2,4 D. It will kill your clover and not the grass.
If you don't have crop oil, you can use dish soap as surfactant. Works well.
You can use 2,4 DB to kill broadleaf weeds in clover. Be careful not to use 2,4 D. It will kill your clover and not the grass.
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2,4-DB wont control grasses either and if you are not careful to apply the correct rate, DB can set your broadleaf crop back also.
If you have grasses, clethodim or sethoxydim are you best bets, in that order.
Dish soap wILL work in a pinch but I’m not skipping a quality methylated seed oil or crop oil concentrate on any of my grass herbicides.
If you have grasses, clethodim or sethoxydim are you best bets, in that order.
Dish soap wILL work in a pinch but I’m not skipping a quality methylated seed oil or crop oil concentrate on any of my grass herbicides.
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I'm not saying to use 2,4 DB for grass. I'm saying it can be used to control the inevitable broadleaf weeds. Just throwing options out. My clover looks great, but as the years go on, the broadleaf weeds find a home in there with the grass.
I'd agree, use a proper surfactant but soap will suffice and is definitely better than nothing.
I'd agree, use a proper surfactant but soap will suffice and is definitely better than nothing.
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I didn't use lot of Clethoderm but used crop oil with it. Think I used around 8-9 ozs for 15 gals of Cleth plus crop oil. Got a good grass kill this year. As someone said Clethoderm is very expensive as is Glyphosate products. I lowed my ozs per gal still got a good kill.
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Crop oil concentrate is cheaper than dish soap anyway, and more effective.
This gallon will make 100 gallons of spray solution and costs only $0.20 per gallon of spray solution. They sell it or similar right where you pick up your clethodim
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