What weed is this? Does it serve any good purpose?

[Dale Moser]

That looks similar to the "dove weed" we get around here...but more vertical and different colored...could be the same just in better growing conditions. If it is, it needs to mature and dry out before dove really get on it. But once they do, it will hold them a lot longer than sunflowers and stuff.


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[RMW]

I call it goat weed. All you need is a heavy dose of 2-4-d or grazon p+D it'll be dead in less than a week with this heat.

[Nova]

You have a lot of goat weed but the one with yellow flowers is likely partridge pea which deer will browse, birds will eat the seeds, and as already stated it is good for pollinators such as butterflies and bees.

https://www.qdma.com/know-deer-plants-partridge-pea/

[Hawkpuppy 1]

Croton and the yellow flower plant looks to be partridge pea. Both good wildlife plants....

[muzzlebrake]

Don't know what the yellow stuff is but this is Croton or Dove Weed that I always knew of. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...EwHg..i&w=1600

[buxNdux]

I see wooly croton and cowpen daiseys, but hard to tell for sure

[Dusty Britches]

Well being that this is 20 acres behind my dads that has never had anything done to it its to late. None of the property around here as has been taken care of like some would do. The acreage next to use was just clear cut, north of us is the national forrest , and across the road is my dads cow pasture. I see this yellow plant all over where I set my feeder up. Maybe next time I go I'll just walk around spraying with my back pack sprayer. I just need to get the Glysophate on the leaves correct?

Goat weed / dove weed / wooly croton / etc. grows especially well when the soil is disturbed by disking. If you wait until August - Sept. it will be ideal for shredding. The birds will eat the seeds and it will knock back really well for next year - as long as you don't disc again. Then come back in late May - early June with 2, 4-D or Cimarron Max or a slew of other herbicides. You will need an applicators license for 2, 4-D.

My personal observation on it - when I shred in September, the Bermuda grass is still growing and will cover those spots. I have 80% less goat weed this year just from shredding alone, but this is also a grazing pasture and may not apply to your goals.

[SPUD]

looks like a chigger farm

[meltingfeather]

that ain't nuthin but dove weed.


and this

looks like a chigger farm

lol

[Bumpy]

You have a lot of goat weed but the one with yellow flowers is likely partridge pea which deer will browse, birds will eat the seeds, and as already stated it is good for pollinators such as butterflies and bees.

https://www.qdma.com/know-deer-plants-partridge-pea/

Croton and the yellow flower plant looks to be partridge pea. Both good wildlife plants....

I need to throw a camera out there to see what is going through there. When I hand corned this area the does were hitting it daily.

[Bumpy]

To the food plotters do you guys think that is enough space for the Tecomate Lab Lab Plus ? About 50 long and was like 20-30 wide. I have another lane on the other side I can plant too. Actually going tomorrow to survey how it is. I’m sure the frost killed all that off. Also plan on using the chainsaw on the fence line to help draw deer in easier.

[Aggiebush]

A small plot like that will not hold up, the deer will eat it all before it has a chance to get established. A lot of this will depend on the deer density, but you want to plant about 1 acre per 10 acres of land for maximum benefit.

[Cajun shooter]

A small plot like that will not hold up, the deer will eat it all before it has a chance to get established. A lot of this will depend on the deer density, but you want to plant about 1 acre per 10 acres of land for maximum benefit.

I can second that. I have killed myself over the last 3 years planting plots. I even tried fencing one off this year and they still got in there and ate it to the ground before it got over an inch high.

I’m still trying to figure something out but, the deer always eat it down before it has a chance to mature and that’s long before the season ever starts. So I’m beginning to wonder if there’s any point at all.


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[Outdoor Man]

I had a food plot that deer were hitting too early. I went to some barber shops and collected several bags of hair. I spread the hair around the boarder of the plot and it keep the deer off of it for 6 weeks.

[Bumpy]

A small plot like that will not hold up, the deer will eat it all before it has a chance to get established. A lot of this will depend on the deer density, but you want to plant about 1 acre per 10 acres of land for maximum benefit.

Maybe I should just stick to a feeder. Where this plot is is throwing distance to the National Forrest that doesn't get hunted much. A bunch of deer with not a lot of hunters. I guess they would mow it down pretty quickly. I guess I should just stick to a fall kill plot. I can plant more acreage but would need to screen it in.