Sprayed clover today

**treefarmer** · 07-11-2010, 09:59 AM

I got brave and sprayed my clover today. Soil moisture is good for a change (wasn't good last couple months), I mowed them last weekend, and they looked healthy. I used 8 oz glyphosate to 15 gallons of water in my 25 gallon sprayer in the back of my Mule trans4 with a peacock (buterfly) type nozzle.
Has anyone else tried glyphosate in hot weather? I hope it works, but I figure worst case scenario it will resprout when we next get rain, best case soil moisture stays decent and it doesn't topkill, just stunts for a few weeks. I just wanted to go into the fall without a weed problem for a change. This is my second glyphoate treatment this year. Last one was early spring.
Let me know if anyone here has tried it his late.

**dogdoc** · 07-11-2010, 01:12 PM

I know that Ed Spin from QDMA sprays with glyphosate on his clover with good success. I just have never been brave enough to do it. Let us know how it works. Hopefully it will get you nice clean clover plot.

good luck!!!
todd

**toddyboman** · 07-11-2010, 08:50 PM

I have never been brave enough to do it either..... I know some guys locally that do it every year.........They say it kinda stunts the clover for a bit but the clover always comes back and the weeds are gone! Works well for them....

Good luck!

**wtnhunt** · 07-12-2010, 06:48 AM

Welcome to the forums.

Tried it here once and ended up just replanting the plot the next season. Mowing seems to be the biggest key here for clovers. We typically get so much invasive weed growth so early that if you don't keep on top of it it will get out of hand rather quickly.

**AaronS** · 07-12-2010, 08:39 AM

I did this last year. I had good results with it early in the year when the temps were cooler. I sprayed a couple of plots with gly in the heat of July and burned them up. They did come back a little in the fall, and they look great this year (but I frost-seeded some extra seed into them over the winter).

**treefarmer** · 07-14-2010, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by AaronS

I did this last year. I had good results with it early in the year when the temps were cooler. I sprayed a couple of plots with gly in the heat of July and burned them up. They did come back a little in the fall, and they look great this year (but I frost-seeded some extra seed into them over the winter).

This is what I was afraid of when it was drier, but I am hoping the rainfall we had the last couple weeks will be enough to keep from burning them up too bad. I had good results back in spring also, except that on the drier sites it really set them back since we hit a drought in late spring. I have really noticed a difference in spraying quality soils versus poor soils. The healthier plants seem to recover quickly, but the clover on poorer soils struggle. Either way, I needed to know since I am tired of replanting every year due to weed pressure.

**AaronS** · 07-14-2010, 01:07 PM

I sprayed my clover plots in late May and have been very happy with the results. I found a great deal on some Raptor a couple of years ago, which is supposed to kill both grasses and broadleafs, but not harm clover, chicory, or alfalfa. I've never had that good of results with it, but probably need to do a better job of adding ammonium sulfate and surfactant. To the Raptor mix this spring, I also added Select 2EC (clethodim) and crop oil. Clethodim is grass selective. I had one plot that was terrible with grass. The grass was already knee high and shading out my clover. No more! That plot is the cleanest now that it has ever been. After last summer's experience, I'll pay a little more and spray Clethodim and Raptor. After the Raptor is used up, I'll be looking for 2-4-db to take care of the broadleaf problems.

**ousoonerfan22** · 07-14-2010, 02:56 PM

So you can spray clover with 24D and not kill it?

**AaronS** · 07-14-2010, 03:21 PM

Not regular 2-4d....it has to be 2-4d-b.

**treefarmer** · 07-29-2010, 08:27 AM

So Far, no evidence of spraying on the clover, but worked good on annual grasses and weeds. I have one major weed, not sure what it is, that needed a higher rate. I guess I will go back and spray it with a backpack and 1 oz/gallon glyphosate. It is spreading and forming a mat that I am afraid will choke out the clover. Overall the glyphosate worked good. next time I will try a slightly higher rate.

**hunter109** · 07-29-2010, 10:10 AM

yep we used that on our tobbacco it works good in wormer temps it will kill all broad leaf plants that all but tobbacco i mean we used that for years never had a prob with weeds coming up in the patch

**dogdoc** · 07-29-2010, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by treefarmer

So Far, no evidence of spraying on the clover, but worked good on annual grasses and weeds. I have one major weed, not sure what it is, that needed a higher rate. I guess I will go back and spray it with a backpack and 1 oz/gallon glyphosate. It is spreading and forming a mat that I am afraid will choke out the clover. Overall the glyphosate worked good. next time I will try a slightly higher rate.

good deal. that clover is one tough plant.