My neighbor has a zero turn that won't mow this

[sdk1968]

yeah id bushhog it down as low as possible...

then hit it with my Hustler at about the 1" mark...

 

[troverman]

Roundup "may" be a carcinogen, or it may not. Lawyer firms will happily sue them. It's a chemical, be careful, try not to get too much on you or breathe it in too much. Common sense.

 

[SidecarFlip]

I know is some states johnson grass is fertilized, baled and sold. So I looked up buying seed.

I need to plant a few acres down below the barn where nobody can see, harvest the seed and sell it, feed the leaves to the cattle. 50# sells for $160.

https://mbsseed.com/johnsongrass-50-lb-bag.html

Cattle love it and it bales nicely in rounds. Unlike alfalfa, no worry about shatter if it's real dry (under 10% RM). Have one field that is 90% Johnson grass. I cut it early fall and then chop it and let the plant matter fertilize it for the next spring. I do an interem fertilizer app with 46 after the first cut, just a light application. Johnson grass is also really conducive to a foliar application of liquid nitrogen sprayed on in the evening. I don't spray all that often but when it's right (wind wise) I do.

Don't have to drill it in, a surface application of the seed followed by a drag mat will do it.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Roundup "may" be a carcinogen, or it may not. Lawyer firms will happily sue them. It's a chemical, be careful, try not to get too much on you or breathe it in too much. Common sense.

Problem is, today, people lack common sense. The other issue is, Roundup is sold in box stores and people buy it and never read the label and health warnings.

I tend to use 2-4-D mostly because it's a selective herbicide where as Roundup isn't.

 

[ipz2222]

Roundup is not poisinous. My wife has been drinking it for a year and no problems yet. (lol)

 

[Russell King]

I know here in Texas Johnson grass is not the favorite hay stock. If it freezes (not often here) it supposedly creates some poison (arsenic?) and cattle’s four stomachs can get enough of it out that it is bad/deadly to them.

I just hate the way it looks.


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[SidecarFlip]

I know here in Texas Johnson grass is not the favorite hay stock. If it freezes (not often here) it supposedly creates some poison (arsenic?) and cattle***8217;s four stomachs can get enough of it out that it is bad/deadly to them.

I just hate the way it looks.


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I hate the way anything green and grassy looks until it's rolled up and on the trailers leaving......

I've never cut it after a frost. I have alfalfa and timothy however.