When I planted my trees I mowed for a few years until they got a good start. One heck of a job mowing around 5 1/2 acres trees. Then the time finally come when I wanted to quit mowing but keep weeds down. My farmer said to plant alsike clover, I did but that didn't begin to stop the weeds. Then I planted Bison grass and that helped but I ended up spot spraying every year, usually three times a year. I have started spraying already this year. Canadian thistles are a pest but a spraying usually knocks them down for the year but the hard one to control for me is wild carrots. I use Amine 400 2,4-D weed killer that doesn't hurt the grasses. It is cheap at $18 a gal. at the farm stores. I fill a Mott’s applesauce bottle 1/2 full for 15 gallons of water.
Last edited by John Monroe; 05/11/12 04:49 AM.
