When should I use herbicide or mow my clover food plot?
Filed under: Food Plots
I just wanted to start off by saying I really love your show and love even more the fact you give thanks to God after each episode! That’s really awesome to see especially with the world that we live in today. But to my question, I have planted a 1/2-3/4 acre of clover, chicory and winter wheat. I planted in late August, done all my soil testing and applied the approximate lime and fertilizer and I recently checked my plot and its doing great! But my concern is the maintenance. I understand that I need to apply herbicide and even mow if need be, but I was wondering when I should apply the herbicide in the spring and fall and when should I mow? Thanks and God Bless
John,
Sounds like you’ve done a great job of establishing a food plot!
Usually weeds aren’t much of a problem during the cool season. I doubt you’ll need to control weeds this fall.
Next spring you may need to use a herbicide to control weeds. There aren’t many good options for controlling weeds in clover. Mowing won’t control grasses and most broadleaf weeds. Hopefully the wheat will serve as a good cover crop and shade out most weeds. If that’s the case, I usually use glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) and spot treat any weeds in the clover.
Enjoy creation,
grant
