I honestly don't see the problem?
You could move to S Cali.
They don't seem to be having any troubles with that down there...
Be glad that you live in an area that has water!
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Ox
Ox is it really that bad for you guys ? Ive read stuff about it but want to hear it from you. What are you dealing with water wise ?
Ron
I'm afraid you dialed a wrong number.
It's not been "that bad" here since '88.
..and if you're asking about the floods, we aint got those _ yet... but I doo have a dark sky beatin' a path to my door right now. I think we may have a power blip scheduled for the next half hour sometime.
DIY:
You could try some atrazine.
Round-up is a contact spray and kills via the leaves. It kills most anything that it touches, but it does nothing for plants not yet seen.
Atrazine stays in the ground all year and kills weeds via the root system. It is one of the herbicides that is known to "carry-over" to the next season.
If we used a high dose of these types one year to kill off some trouble weeds (5#/acre) we would hafta plant corn aggin the next season as well.
Atrazine kills quack grass and thistles MUCH better'n Round-up.
I am sure that it will kill via the leaves as well as this is known as a "pre-emerge" herbicide and would at least stunt corn if it was already popping through.
I just noticed last week when I was searching to see if Atrazine was still available for some thistles that I have (I have not used it in 30 yrs) and found that it is still in very high use throughout the corn belt, and is apparently even available in a liquid / spray bottle configuration these days.
Would I want it draining down my well pipe? Prolly not. But it will kill most everything but corn. And it works well in wet soils. I have noticed it "working" right after a rain before. That was interesting to see.
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Ox