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Final Bush Hog Of The Season

Posted on 8/4/24 at 9:00 am
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6249 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 9:00 am
What's the earliest I can bush hog before getting ready to plant food plots? There may be several weeks in between (waiting on rain, etc) and camp is several hours away. When is the earliest I can bush hog and not worry about the grass growing too much before it dies off for the season? Greenwood, MS area.
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
18198 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 9:15 am to
Gonna depend entirely on rainfall and temps. We usually clip and spray on labor day weekend and sometimes it’s still dead when we go back in late sept, sometimes it looks like we never touched it. I sprayed fields about six weeks ago to control Johnson grass and they’re tall again with all this rain.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6516 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:07 pm to
I bushhog plots in June , August , and then again around Labor Day. I’ll spray after the last cutting and disk once it’s dead. I usually disk it twice after spraying. Then I’ll disk it a day or 2 of before planting plots.
I’ll usually bushhog the roads one last time in October .
Posted by Dissident Aggressor
Member since Aug 2011
5526 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:06 pm to
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I usually disk it twice after spraying.

I like to burn a month or so after killing it in august
burning kills army worms, ads nutrients and boost the ph a bit..
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10999 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 8:16 pm to
My plan is to cut and spray after the velvet bow weekend mid September. Go back in 2-3 weeks and disc/plant if there is rain in the forecast.
Posted by plazadweller
South Georgia
Member since Jul 2011
12340 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 9:01 pm to
I personally always wait until October to plant because there have been a lot of times in the last 10 years where we didn’t get rain in September or October
Posted by Da Hammer
Folsom
Member since May 2008
5979 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 9:11 pm to
We normally don’t cut before Labor Day to be as safe as we can with fawns in fields. We want them mobile not still in the sit tight no matter what stage. Then we plant first 2-3 weeks in October depending on weather.
Posted by mthorn2
Planet Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
1559 posts
Posted on 8/5/24 at 1:46 pm to
First of October is a good rule of thumb. Issue isn't grass growing as much as army worms destroying the crop you are planting. If you disc then grass shouldn't be an issue.
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