Controlling Volunteer Soybeans in Plots
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
I read your post about planting corn and wondered if you could mix Atrazine with the Gramoxone. The reason is that I have a field that was in beans last year and now some volunteer beans are coming up, but like you said they are competing with my corn seedlings. Do you think this mix would work to kill the worms and kill off the beans?
Thanks!
Aaron
Aaron,
Gramoxone is an herbicide designed to kill all vegetation on contact. It is not designed to kill insects. Gramoxone is a good choice to remove all vegetation before planting a field. However, it is not selective and shouldn’t be used after the desired crop has germinated. Atrazine can control volunteer soybeans in germinated corn crops. A consideration is that if Atrazine is used after mid-June, only corn or grain sorghum should be planted the following year. There may still be some ground activity from the Atrazine that would damage a crop of soybeans. Always check herbicide labels for detailed information.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
