I spoke with Dennis Rak this afternoon and he is going to try and bring his sickle mower towards the end of next week. Colgate will have to get the tractor. Dennis will call me back to confirm date.
April 5, 2010
Talked with Dennis Rak today and he will be out this week to cut willow shoots. He will bring tractor and sickle-bar mower.
April 6, 2010
My suggestion would be to apply Assure II herbicide at a rate of 12 OZ per acre. There is also a surfactant called for on the label. This should be applied when the quack grass is 6-10 inches tall. For Fertilizer I would apply 200 lbs of 46-0-0 per acre in the next few weeks. That should take care of the primary week problem and get the willow growing rapidly so it can overtake any other weed competition.
-Dennis J Rak
www.doubleavineyards.com
www.doubleawillow.com
April 22, 2010I, John Pumilio, called Tom at Carovail, Waterville, with the label for Assure II and they will come to campus early next week to apply the herbicide. I will have to call them again (mid-May) for the fertilizer application.
Based on the weather and schedule we are going to come out and coppice on Friday. Ken Blitz will drive up Thursday night so he can get started early Friday and get the job done. He will also be able to do an assessment of the field at that time and decide if we need to do any tillage or herbicide work. He will be bringing the tractor and sickle bar mower so we will not need anything from you.
The early spring has made us scramble a bit here but we are dealing with it. I am actually going to come along with Ken Blitz and work with him on the coppice and may do a bit of inter planting if necessary. If we coppice a little higher that will not be a problem. Since the plants are growing it is too late for pre-emergence herbicides but we can do some tilliage or post emergence work if necessary. We will also want to fertilize this spring in the next few weeks.
I expect to be at the field by 8am on Friday (April 9).
-Dennis J Rak
April 9, 2010
The field was coppiced!
April 22, 2010The early spring has made us scramble a bit here but we are dealing with it. I am actually going to come along with Ken Blitz and work with him on the coppice and may do a bit of inter planting if necessary. If we coppice a little higher that will not be a problem. Since the plants are growing it is too late for pre-emergence herbicides but we can do some tilliage or post emergence work if necessary. We will also want to fertilize this spring in the next few weeks.
I expect to be at the field by 8am on Friday (April 9).
-Dennis J Rak
April 9, 2010
The field was coppiced!
My suggestion would be to apply Assure II herbicide at a rate of 12 OZ per acre. There is also a surfactant called for on the label. This should be applied when the quack grass is 6-10 inches tall. For Fertilizer I would apply 200 lbs of 46-0-0 per acre in the next few weeks. That should take care of the primary week problem and get the willow growing rapidly so it can overtake any other weed competition.
-Dennis J Rak
www.doubleavineyards.com
www.doubleawillow.com
April 30, 2010
Tom from Carovail applied Assure II herbicide to kill off the quack grass.
May 19, 2010
The willow plants themselves are regrowing and leafing out after the cutting. They range in height from about 3" - 12". I'm going to move ahead with an application of fertilizer.
May 19, 2010
Today, Carovail applied fertilizer (46-0-0) to our willow plot.
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