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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): J. Hodges
Publication Date: 1998

From the text...'Now faced with the challenge of converting tall fescue to native warm season grasses, it is important that reliable, effective, economical methods of killing tall fescue be made available to landowners faced with the process of making the conversion from fescue to native grasses...The first option is to allow the fescue to grow the season before you want to make the conversion. It is important that there is plenty of residual matter, litter, to carry a good fire. In the spring, after the fescue has greened up, but still dry enough to burn, burn off the area. Allow four to eight inches regrowth, then apply the following chemical mixture: one quart Roundup Ultra, eight to 12 ounces Plateau, one quart methylated seed oil (MSO) and 17 pounds of ammonium sulfate per 100 gallons of water. Use a spray rate of 20 gallons per acre. If you want to complete control, don't short cut on any of the ingredients. The second option uses the same spray mix and rate, but does note use burning. Hay the fescue late in the year the preceding fall. It is important that the haying be done to remove the litter and late enough in the year that there is limited regrowth. The goal is to have no more than eight inches of growth when it is sprayed the following spring.' © 1998 Quail Unlimited, Inc. Abstract reproduced by permission. E-mail: quail1@jetbn.net

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Citation: Hodges, J. 1998. Managing habitat: how to kill tall fescue--the recipe for success. Quail Unlimited, v. 17, no. 1, p. 48-50.

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Keywords:
  • agriculture
  • Andropogon
  • artificial regeneration
  • cover type conversion
  • Festuca arundinacea
  • fuel loading
  • grasses
  • grasslands
  • herbicides
  • litter
  • natural resource legislation
  • plant growth
  • plowing
  • site treatments
  • Sorghastrum
  • water
  • weed control
Tall Timbers Record Number: 11461Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Journals-QAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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