What strength do you use? And how much? Apply to the leaves or around it to get the roots?
I use cleaning vinegar because I don't like herbicides near the well. Always looking for alternatives to try.
What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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I use cleaning vinegar because I don't like herbicides near the well. Always looking for alternatives to try.
fried1765
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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.
I use straight 5% bleach, applied to the leaves, but growth is very early/small, so probably some gets to roots as well.
Glyphosate is probably a bit better, and I usually use it.
I am 200+ ft. from well, so don't consider either product to be a problem.
She thanked me for helping get her out. I think she realized it all ended well. Could have been real bad. After I had the horse out of the mud and on the bank I had to toss the rope to my wife and tug on it to get her out of the mud. I think she realized if I had not been home things could have gotten catastrophic.
Fred...it's not highly constrated with bleach when he disinfects the fresh water tank.
I also disinfect our RV fresh water tank with 1 cup of bleach for the 40 gallon tank. No issues with it killing the grass.
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Agreed. Bleach beyond a certain concentration will kill grass/flowers. Properly diluted....it is not an issue at all. So quite possible for two folks to have two different experiences with it.
Here is another one I have, this is my primary hunting blind. It's mounted on an old boat trailer(portable) because in its previous use of hunting at leases and family farm land. Parked permanently on my own place now, no more family drama of hunting at the family farm or at the leases to deal with.
I have different rules at my place, lol, like prohibited from talking bad about Jesus or Merle Haggard, cause we all need Jesus in our lives, but talking bad about Merle...well, that will get you kicked off.
I have a lot of work to do this Fall, doubt I will be able to document all my activities, but here are some things I did last year.
5 Fall food plots for Nachos.
Not sure on that one. The spring scale I had at the time only went to 300 lbs. I have since gotten a digital scale that goes up to 600 lbs. We have some pretty healthy hogs in Deep East Texas. I've killed quite a few well over 300 lbs. but never anything that would get to 400...
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fried1765
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Oh.... I did not understand that the bleach was water diluted.
In the past I have dumped 2 or 3 gals. of straight 5% bleach in my 200' well, opened all faucets until smell is obvious, go to bed for the night, then in AM turn on outside spigots until bleach smell was gone.
Worked well to clean up iron for up to 6 mos. at a time.
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In this neck of the woods, you might need 10 times that amount of bleach to get rid of the iron in the water and it would only last but a few months. At my old house, I had filters on the water line, and after 3 months they were so clogged with iron bacteria that it was like chocolate pudding. Luckily even though the old house and the new one are only about 1/4 mile apart, the new house well doesn't have the same iron problems that the old one did. Whenever we were going to be gone for a couple of weeks, I would put 2 or 3 cups of swimming pool chlorine powder down the well and recirculate it through the garden hose back into the well. When we came back, I would open the hose bibs and let it run for a few hours until the water didn't smell like Clorox. We used bottled water until all the chlorine was out of the water. For this house, it only took one treatment like the above to clean and disinfect the well when it was drilled. The house sat empty for a year during construction, so the well had plenty of time to clean itself of the chlorine. What most people don't realize is that the water in the drilled well is constantly flowing through the fissures in the rock. The chlorine oxidizes the iron in the water inside the well casing.
Very nice. Where is the new property? I was up there last week and the drive between Alabaster and Columbiana had a lot of great looking land.
This morning, I'm just sitting in the SVL and enjoying some beer, enjoying the AC, charging the battery, listening to the weather radio
Not a whole of rain or wind to speak of as so far.
Safer than being in a POS mobile home!!
Not a whole of rain or wind to speak of as so far.
Safer than being in a POS mobile home!!
I sitting here thinking, why didn't I put the damn forestry door on this yet.
I would like to seen the video or pictures of that!
Sounds like something that could happen here but all we have is 3 rescue dogs. The oldest is going blind but he still knows where the pond is and if it sunny he can see the sticks we throw to retrieve them. Yesterday we went out that way for a dog walk and he ran down and swam across for a quick dip.
It is all good and makes us smile.
Bill
Just south of Clanton. Prattville is closer than Alabaster, but not by much, and still have to back-track a bit to go south. Going for the home inspection tomorrow to see if there's any deal breakers. As long as there's no termites or crazy electrical problems inside the house, I don't see a problem. I'd like for the seller to at least clean the pool up, but I'm not going to let that be the end of the sale. Just gotta find out how hard he wants to play ball. He came 30 off list, but IMO it needed to be a little more. A lot of cleaning could have been done for that asking price, and yet NONE was done. FIRST thing that's gotta happen is cutting the grass. It's VERY thick and tall already, and I don't want it to get away from me. Gonna have to get a finish mower behind the LX ASAP.
I did manage to mow a couple acres, until the damn lighting stated around 7pm.
All the rain is South of me, been like that for hours.
All the rain is South of me, been like that for hours.
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B2650 BH77, U27-4R2, BX23TLBM, box blade, rear blade, flail mower, Stump Grinder
Congrats Paint. Look forward to reading some more of your endeavors at the new place. Enjoy it.
Finally got 1" rain yesterday in Utopia from the tropical depression. First rain in 30 days, grass doesn't go crunch when walked on. That will change by noon today.
So you're only about 30 miles from me now.
Just from my experience..... I started with a finish mower and ended up selling it. Here's why. My Bush Hog will cut as low as +/- two inches. You just have to set the angles right. I really could not see a noticeable difference between the BH and the FM--especially when you are cutting field grasses. The problem with the finish mower is when you get around the house you have to be very careful. I can't tell you how many times I nearly damaged the house with the bucket. So I sold the FM about two years ago.
What has worked best for me is a zero turn for around the house (about 1 acre) and a bush hog for the other 9 acres.
I am sure you know this but long grass means.... TICKS, mice, rats, snakes! When we bought our house the grass was about a foot high around the house and 3 feet everywhere else. Even on the tractor I had ticks on my legs. Check yourself after the inspection. Heck, take the tractor and a bush hog to the inspection and tell them you want to see how the property cleans up!
fried1765
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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.
A zero turn is THE BEST by far for mowing near the house and tight spaces.
I had a JD lawn tractor for years, and finally wised up to get a SCAG ZT.
Best mowing machine I have ever had!
Personally, I like goats. They keep everything trimmed to just the right height, and no ticks, spiders, or snakes to deal with. When they are done, I send them to the neighbor's home and he pays me for their services.