Ques for you hay farmers

[TinkerTanker]

Only cure for Johnson Grass is Roundup for a season then shoot the neighbors and spray roundup on their plots too. Then maybe, just maybe you'll be able to raise up that bermuda. I wish you all the luck. I fought that stuff off and on when I was wee lad on my grandfather's place. We'd pull it up by the truckloads and burn it.

 

[Two Gun Warrior]

I do not know if you can still get it but there was a product called Fusilade, that I have used to kill out Johnsongrass.

 

[Rustytigwire]

Pastora

 

[Okie4570]

There's two or three Johnson grass specific herbicides out there, or you can let it get tall enough to try and wick it with glyphosate. Trouble with Johnson grass is the root system and the fact that the seeds can lie dormant for 20y. I'd forget the clover aspect of it and concentrate on your Bermuda.

 

[edl]

Talk to your extension agent to get a good long term plan. They are generally very knowledgeable and helpful.

 

[cowadle]

for johnsongrass.....instead of spending a bundle of money trying to eradicate it let the johnsongrass pay you. it can't stand grazing pressure so just turn the cattle in on it for a season and let the cattle graze it out. develop a rotation for control.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Johnson grass is the bulk of our pasture. Cows and goats don't care...they love it. My neighbor cuts, rakes and bales it and keeps half and buys the rest, 2 or 3 times a year. I keep a couple of bales for my goats.

But, we're not in the business and it's a small acreage.