tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post5309089217983312170..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.525-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: The trials and tribulations of herbicide driftEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-28243009228214349092021-08-13T08:21:02.005-04:002021-08-13T08:21:02.005-04:00My 3 acres used to be part of a family farm. They...My 3 acres used to be part of a family farm. They treated it like they still owned it. Now that a Corporate Farmer owns the land I deal with spray drift every year. With thousands of acres to farm they are on a schedule. Too windy that day is just too bad.Dorsal Spinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718444102610693917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-8912644245298493892021-08-12T20:50:17.440-04:002021-08-12T20:50:17.440-04:00This has been an extraordinarily windy year, with ...This has been an extraordinarily windy year, with erratic rain, in much of the country. It has been a tough year for farmers. Maybe I'm just making excuses for the guy but I expect that he just got the spraying done when he could and hoped for the best. Maybe next year will be more normal and he will be able to do a better job. ---kencoyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-28401502343832914652021-08-12T18:33:03.288-04:002021-08-12T18:33:03.288-04:00Chapter 14 page 203
" The hybrid poplars surr...Chapter 14 page 203<br />" The hybrid poplars surrounding New Forest Farm, planted purposefully as sacrificial trees....." He goes on to state they have taken several hits and only loss was leaves which quickly regrew.Billybobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558463823920253704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-12818215648920314232021-08-12T16:49:38.474-04:002021-08-12T16:49:38.474-04:00Doug fir is not too sensitive, but not immune.Doug fir is not too sensitive, but not immune.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014015126260703306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-81201594468151859802021-08-12T16:25:26.621-04:002021-08-12T16:25:26.621-04:00I remember Mark Shepard in "Restoration Agric...I remember Mark Shepard in "Restoration Agriculture" mentioned his property was surrounded by bean fields and his first two rows of trees were something along the line of hybrid poplars. The thinking that if it didn't kill them they would releaf quickly.<br />I will have to check my copy later.Billybobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558463823920253704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-13112598079066861872021-08-12T16:15:41.812-04:002021-08-12T16:15:41.812-04:00Labels? Who reads 'em... You got work to do, g...Labels? Who reads 'em... You got work to do, get on the tractor and go spray those fields... Grrrr<br />Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-91757318388309671632021-08-12T15:59:04.729-04:002021-08-12T15:59:04.729-04:00It is illegal to apply any herbicide off-label.
E...It is illegal to apply any herbicide off-label.<br /><br />Enforcement is tough.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-69912218894937838302021-08-12T15:58:32.873-04:002021-08-12T15:58:32.873-04:00I am hoping somebody will pipe up "The yabba-...I am hoping somebody will pipe up "The yabba-dabba-doo tree is relatively resistant to glyphosate". Among the weeds, clover and Canadian thistle are relatively resistant.<br /><br />Maybe I should be looking at trees which have leaves or needles where water beads on the surface.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-35209155435469165522021-08-12T15:10:04.007-04:002021-08-12T15:10:04.007-04:00It should be illegal. Too destructive AND carcinog...It should be illegal. Too destructive AND carcinogenic.dughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407677068531799686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-4856240135823673922021-08-12T13:17:01.018-04:002021-08-12T13:17:01.018-04:00Spray drift is a HUGE problem with modern pesticid...Spray drift is a HUGE problem with modern pesticides tailored to kill everything but one crop.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.com