I planted about 1/3 acre of sunflowers for doves and turkeys. It came up and looked good and then died. The local MFA guy said if I had sprayed the field in the last year that was the reason. I used 2-4D to kill the weeds before I planted. Looks like another lesson learned for a rookie. Let me know if he is correct. Thanks.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keef</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I planted about 1/3 acre of sunflowers for doves and turkeys. It came up and looked good and then died. The local MFA guy said if I had sprayed the field in the last year that was the reason. I used 2-4D to kill the weeds before I planted. Looks like another lesson learned for a rookie. Let me know if he is correct. Thanks. </div></div>
Seems like the 2-4D would have inhibited germination (or killed it as it emerged) but if the field was sprayed with a strong residual like Atrazine last year then they might emerge and then die.
I have seen crops like oats do that when atrazine was applied the previous year.
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Seems like the 2-4D would have inhibited germination (or killed it as it emerged) but if the field was sprayed with a strong residual like Atrazine last year then they might emerge and then die.
I have seen crops like oats do that when atrazine was applied the previous year.
Live and learn with a lot of these things... /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif