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Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/24/18 02:19 PM
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Anybody know what these plants are?? We have a lot of them on the ranch. Are they utilized by deer as browse?
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/24/18 03:00 PM
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don k
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looks like milk weed. Only thing that likes it is Monark butterflys.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/24/18 03:29 PM
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Some variety of milkweed is likely. As you can tell from their height, nothing has eaten them. Time for roundup or shredder.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/24/18 03:53 PM
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Thanks guys after looking at different varieties of milkweed, I think it might be Broadleaf Milkweed!
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/24/18 04:14 PM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/25/18 09:59 AM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it. If it’s in a decent area and not harming anything then there’s no reason to spray it. I’ve actually purposely planted a few around the yard. It’s not invasive and it’s a host plant to lots of butterflies and other bugs. Most native plants and bugs have more benefits than downsides.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/25/18 02:51 PM
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Yeah I find it in different areas of the ranch primarily around dead mesquites it seems. It might be beneficial to spray it at somepoint since it doesn't seem to benefit the deer at all. But its also not hurting anything so it will be at the bottom of the to-do list aka might never get done lol!
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/26/18 03:45 PM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it. If it’s in a decent area and not harming anything then there’s no reason to spray it. I’ve actually purposely planted a few around the yard. It’s not invasive and it’s a host plant to lots of butterflies and other bugs. Most native plants and bugs have more benefits than downsides. Monarch butterflies need this to reproduce. We actually show pics in our game mngmt. book that we turn into the tax office. Anything that helps wildlife we take pics of. It helps us maintain our wildlife valuation.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/26/18 03:49 PM
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I've seen that on our place and wondered what is. Never thought to check with the THF experts. Think I'll leave some for the butterflies.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/26/18 04:08 PM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it. If it’s in a decent area and not harming anything then there’s no reason to spray it. I’ve actually purposely planted a few around the yard. It’s not invasive and it’s a host plant to lots of butterflies and other bugs. Most native plants and bugs have more benefits than downsides. Right. But if it's where grass takes priority, I'll kill it.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/26/18 07:46 PM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it (and your trees in this hot weather.) FIFY
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/27/18 01:59 PM
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Grazon Next or 2-4-D will smoke it (and your trees in this hot weather.) FIFY If you hit the trunk? I disagree, unless you're talking a foot tall sapling.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/29/18 05:22 AM
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I used to spray at least 200 gallons, sometimes up to 600 gallons, 3-4 days a week, from April-Oct. Srayed medians, fields, HOA properties, residential, commercial, by hand, with tractor. Never killed, or damaged, anything I didn’t intend to. Guess I played with a hell of a lot of fire.
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/29/18 12:54 PM
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So people killed 7 of the 10 trees in Lubbock? Around here, if you let a pasture go, it will become a forrest. If I accidentally kill one of the several thousand hackberry trees on my place, I don't give a crap. Plus, I too have been spraying what I please in 100° weather for years. The only time I have killed a tree was when I meant to, and that was with Remedy and diesel. So, I still disagree with your broad brush statement. How many geographical, and ecological regions are there in Texas?
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/29/18 02:07 PM
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Check out this app, the times I have used it on plants that I knew, it did indeed identify them. Plant Snap
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/30/18 02:31 PM
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Check out this app, the times I have used it on plants that I knew, it did indeed identify them. Plant Snap Looks pretty sweet I'll download it and go try it out this week!
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Re: Plant ID, Deer Browse??
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07/30/18 03:34 PM
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If your smart you will kill them all unless you want them everywhere.
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