Ronald,

I have not personally used a weed wiper.  I try to plant crops or blends of crops that allow weed control using a post-emergent herbicide.  A common blend that limits herbicide options is clover and chicory.  I really like chicory as a food plot crop.  However, it limits the choices of herbicides especially when blended with clover as is the normal practice.  Therefore, timely control of weeds in such a blend is very difficult.

Usually by the time weeds are significantly taller than the forage crop and a weed wiper can be used, the weeds have limited the yield of the desired crop by competing for moisture and nutrients.  Therefore it’s not a question of whether a weed wiper will work, but was the forage or blend planted the best option for maximum forage quality and production.

Growing Deer together,

Grant