Show Notes
In this podcast Mitchell Shirk (Pennsylvania Woodsman Podcast) and Jon Teater (Whitetail Landscapes) discuss herbicide application for food plots. The discussion includes thinking about the actual return on investment of planting a food plot. Corn and Soybean management, related herbicides and how and when to handle certain unwanted weeds.
Mitchell explains if herbicides work. Also, Mitchell explains the proper herbicides for numerous plants to include clover and chicory. Both contributors’ breakdown pre and post emergent herbicides and the related benefits and plant-back periods. Jon details what he has in his backpack sprayer when he’s afield.
Mitchell and Jon discuss more complex food plots. Jon details roller crimping and throw and go regimes he has been applying for years. Mitchell discusses the mechanical controls you might consider, and what winter hardy plants and related biomass concerns he deals with on rotations. Mitchell ends with a great example of how to manage a soybean food plots and what herbicides to use.
