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So I cultivated a spot that get aduquet light and water and planted throw and grow extreme radish after cultivating I raked all the debris out and planted and water the plot well the weeds grow up quicker than the food plot the reed Canaries grass is now 8-10 inches and the food plot is only 1-2 inches I am worried if I spray it I am gonna kill the stuff I want But if I use a push lawn mower and cut the plot so that nock the weeds down enough the allow the food plot to to choke out the weeds. would that work.
 
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Srongchoo said:
The T&G is a blend of seeds to my understanding. The grass you see growing is probably annual ryegrass, which is usually added to "green up" a food plot and make it look more appealing to consumers. It's also a lot cheaper than the other seed and will grow just about anywhere, which is really how the throw and grow works.

Post a picture if you can. If the grass is the only weed and it's ryegrass, it's actually part of the food plot. If there are other grasses in it as well, you can't really kill the weed grasses without also killing the ryegrass.

If you are just wanting to get rid of all of the grasses (including the ryegrass), you need a grass selective herbicide such as Clethodim. Clethodim works great on grasses but won't kill your broadleaf plants like radish, rape, clover, etc.

Killing off the ryegrass may leave too much bare dirt and allow the weed pressure to get even worse. If grasses make up the majority of the plot and you choose to spray with Clethodim, top seed with more broadleaf seeds such as a Clover. That will help cover the ground and keep the weeds at bay.

Sorry for the long response, but I know did plots can be frustrating. Hope that helps

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Sure did help I looking at the pictures of rye grass it is definitely not rye grass a much thicker stem and wider leafs I am gonna try mowing it and fertilizing again and then adding more clover seed thanks for the help
 
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Okay Thanks everyone I am going to spray and kill of everything, re till the plot, and then I am going to plant just a clover blend, Then I cant use and dont have a 4 wheeler so how should go about making sure the seeds have good soil contact just lightly rake the soil or just seed and water it. This spot is on the edge of swamp on a little fesque field I have noticed deer use this as staging area and travel corridor before heading the corn and alfalfa fields is there any specific blend of clover that germinates quick, can handle browse pressure and is annual thanks for the help everyone
 
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