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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: SharpSpur]
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07/24/17 04:57 PM
07/24/17 04:57 PM
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Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Sharpspur, I noticed that the grass in one plot has turned a sickly yellow 15 days after being sprayed with Clethodim. I think it took so long because we've had good rain and the grass was tall and healthy. I've never kept a record, but I think that was unusually long. Still, looks like it's gonna die after one spraying.
My plots on upland fields have a chance to make really well this year. The best bottom land that I have is still too wet to plant, so I am just gonna forget it this year. I've made some good looking corn and Milo. Yes sir, same here, the grass in mine are pretty sickly themselves and I'm about 13 days in on my spraying. I may not spray again but my plot is not 100% weed free (probably 85% or so). Do you have advice for a spot spray mix or how about a straight gly/water or a straight clethodim with a wand for spot spraying? I may not have Turkeys this fall or spring but I feel pretty good about having a WHOLE LOT of chufas! I think the main thing I've been missing on my place has been food and since last February's burn and this chufa I have increased it about 200% and I'm adding 2 acres of Durana beside the chufa patch in the fall to that. The goal is to have one huntable gobbler on the 150 or so acres behind my house. I can hunt more elsewhere but I want to hang one up on my back porch after never cranking a vehicle. I'm anxious to see the attract and hold ability of the chufa as the turkeys are around but they migrate through. And aside from the price tags on the Chufa and Herbicides this has been a whole lot of fun to grow! Sounds to me like you have a good plan. I've never grown a field 100% free of weeds. Its possible to damage chufas with too much herbicide of most anything. I think I would just live with those weeds remaining unless you really think you need an entire second spraying.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: Turkeymaster]
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07/25/17 01:10 AM
07/25/17 01:10 AM
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South of 20/North of 10
North40R
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As much rain as we've had in South Alabama, guys I hunt with are thinking it's just too wet to plant right now, as in the ground is so wet, we think the seeds will just rot before they germinate. Agree? Wait for drier weather?? You still have time, so I'd wait. But chufas handle wet ground better than some crops. Mine all look good, except they desperately need spraying. Thank you, sir. My place is in Washington county and it's like a very wet sponge right now. What part of Wash. Co. are you in? My place is between Chatom and Tibbie and I planted on the 15th. Everything looks good right now. I've planted in August several times and made bumper crops of chufas. do you remember when the first frost those years were? ( roughly). latest I've ever planted them was this year on the 15th. latest before that was the 4th of july and it made the best out of any i've had I don't! I've planted them 3 or 4 years in August and have had good luck each time. Less weed competition and the chufas seem to put on tubers faster. PCP and I have had several discussions about it possibly having something to do with photosynthesis. The actual plants don't seem to get as big but seem to go into overdrive producing tubers as the days get shorter. I had pictures on photobucket but..... PCP can vouch for them if he remembers. I know I had chufas the size of nickels and quarters at less than 60 days in the soil the first year, and had 4 longbeards and over a dozen hens use the patch daily from January through May. I could have just been extremely lucky! Who knows!
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: N2TRKYS]
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07/25/17 06:25 AM
07/25/17 06:25 AM
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Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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If y'all would just wait and plant it the front part of March, you won't have to worry about all that spraying.  I had one of the nwtf bags delivered in early March one year, and it was the year after the meal moth fiasco so I couldn't store them in the house. I decided WTH, I'll just plant them. I put them in the ground March 12. I knew they not come up until the ground warmed up, but I figured they would be there ready to come up when it did. Wrong. Turkeys scratched up the whole patch I had to replant. No comment on what happened to the turkeys.  North40, I sure do remember that late crop you made and have seen that effect too. I have no doubt it's real.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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07/25/17 08:47 AM
07/25/17 08:47 AM
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Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
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If y'all would just wait and plant it the front part of March, you won't have to worry about all that spraying. I had one of the nwtf bags delivered in early March one year, and it was the year after the meal moth fiasco so I couldn't store them in the house. I decided WTH, I'll just plant them. I put them in the ground March 12. I knew they not come up until the ground warmed up, but I figured they would be there ready to come up when it did. Wrong. Turkeys scratched up the whole patch I had to replant. No comment on what happened to the turkeys. North40, I sure do remember that late crop you made and have seen that effect too. I have no doubt it's real. Having turkeys in the Spring is the whole point. Doing it that way is a lot less to worry about.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: N2TRKYS]
#2175850
07/25/17 09:20 AM
07/25/17 09:20 AM
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Posts: 7,978
South of 20/North of 10
North40R
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Having turkeys in the Spring is the whole point. Doing it that way is a lot less to worry about.
That is the ultimate goal but chufas provide a great food source for the turkeys through the winter months also. If the only point was to have turkeys in the spring you can buy enough feed to pull them in and keep them on your property through the spring way cheaper than you can plant chufas!
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: Another Chufa newbie (same questions, move along if easily annoyed)
[Re: North40R]
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07/25/17 09:30 AM
07/25/17 09:30 AM
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Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
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Having turkeys in the Spring is the whole point. Doing it that way is a lot less to worry about.
That is the ultimate goal but chufas provide a great food source for the turkeys through the winter months also. If the only point was to have turkeys in the spring you can buy enough feed to pull them in and keep them on your property through the spring way cheaper than you can plant chufas! No doubt.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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