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Arrest and Slay:
Excellent Tools in Your Weed-Control
Arsenal
Imperial perennial forages are designed to perform for
years with proper planting, Mother Nature’s cooperation
and a little maintenance. Arrest and Slay are herbicide
products offered by the Whitetail Institute to help you
control weed competition in perennial forage stands. In
this article, we’ll look at your entire weed-control
arsenal and how Arrest and Slay fit into it.
WEED CONTROL IN IMPERIAL PERENNIALS— GENERALLY
When we talk about “weeds” we’re referring to any plant
that’s growing where we don’t want it. And again, that’s
any plant — grass, broadleaf weeds, briars, ferns
—anything that’s growing in our food plot that we need
to control to keep it from competing with our forage
plants.
A great way to get a good jump on weed control later is
to do a good job of preparing the seedbed before
planting so that the seedbed is as “stale” (free of
growing weeds and dormant weed seed) as possible. No
matter how good a job we do of preparing our seedbeds,
though, odds are high that after we plant, weeds will
return at some point. Weeds can appear from dormant
seeds in the soil. Some weeds can produce millions of
seeds, and many weed seeds have very thick seed coats,
allowing them to remain dormant on or in the soil for
years. Weed seed is also commonly introduced into our
food plots by wind, animals, and even farming equipment.
In short, weeds almost always return, and we need to
control them if we want our perennials to last as long
as they should.
The good news is that most weeds can be effectively
suppressed or controlled — if the right measures are
taken, and timed correctly. Specifically, weed control
efforts must be matched to (1) the forage we’re trying
to maintain, (2) the specific weeds we’re trying to
control and (3) performed at the optimum time in the
weed’s life cycle.
PRELIMINARIES ABOUT SELECTIVE HERBICIDES
Following, we’ll be looking at some common types of
weeds and methods that work best for controlling them.
In many cases, the Institute’s two herbicide products,
Arrest (a selective grass-control herbicide) and Slay (a
selective broadleaf-weed herbicide) may be the best
option. But that’s not true in all cases. Before using
either, you absolutely must check the herbicide labels
to be sure of three things: (1) that the herbicide will
control the specific weeds you’re facing, (2) that it
will do so without harming your forage plants if mixed
and applied correctly, and (3) how to mix and apply them
correctly.
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Welcome to
the February issue of Whitetail Institute's 'Breaking Ground'.
Breaking
Ground is packed full of information, advice and
great ideas. Here, you'll find articles written by industry
experts that will be of great interest to deer hunters and deer
managers, whether they need basic information to start a
deer-management plan or are ready to make an existing plan even
better. You'll also find useful information on Whitetail
Institute products and how to use them to help your deer be the
best they can be.
Breaking
Ground is just
another way for us to share knowledge with you, and
as always, to say thanks to all our field testers
for their loyalty and support.
Ray Scott -
President of The Whitetail Institute of North America
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This gift certificate can be used towards any
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To enter, all you have to do is click below and
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Breaking Ground's "Buck of the
Month" is selected from the collection of testimonials on Whitetail Institute's main website (click
here). If you would like to submit your buck to the
Testimonials section, send a picture of your buck along with
a testimonial about your use of Whitetail Institute products
to
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Michael Page - Ohio
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This past year I
killed a buck of
a lifetime. It
green scored
182-2/8. He
showed up on
Oct. 1. This is
when I got my
first picture of
him. He loved my
food plots for
both the clover
and for the
does. There were
several times he
was there and I
was at work. It
was heart
breaking until
Nov. 20 when I
was out on an
evening hunt set
up in a ground
blind on my food
plot. .....
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Hunting is a Journey Not a Destination
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In the amber afterglow of a November
setting sun, I trained my sights on the biggest whitetail buck
of my hunting career. There, in the knee-deep snow, he teetered
mortally wounded from my initial volley of shots hours before
and a long distance from whence we began the chase. As the shot
rang out, the buck melted into the white tapestry. As I
approached the downed beast, he blinked once, gasped a final
breath and then was motionless at his final resting spot. The
paradoxical emotions of jubilation and sadness flooded me as I
admired my prize...
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Smart Selections for ATV Implements
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Think you need a tractor and heavy
equipment to plant and maintain food plots? Many tasks that are
required to prepare a seedbed, plant and maintain forages, keep
trails clear and do a host of other jobs on your hunting
property can be done with an ATV and ATV implements. Don’t make
the mistake, though, of looking in your next hunting equipment
catalog and buying every ATV implement you see. You’ll be a lot
happier (and have a lot more money left) if you approach your
ATV equipment selection in an informed way...
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PowerPlant: Timing is Everything!
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If you want the bucks you hunt next
fall to have the opportunity to grow the most impressive antlers
they can, the answer is “Absolutely!” The nutritional path to
maximized antler growth is pretty straightforward: provide your
deer with the required nutritional resources during the spring
and summer, and the most important of these is protein.
PowerPlant is tailor-made to do exactly that — and do it in
spades....
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Additional Articles
Turning Dirt Part 5:
Seeders
Turning Dirt Part 6:
Cultipackers
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also knew that education would be the key to success of the
innovative new products. These were not products that could just
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decided to create a Product Consulting Staff that could advise
customers not only on what to use, but how to use it. In the
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on everything from proper fertilization and soil testing to
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CUTTING EDGE
Helped Kentucky Man's Son Shoot 170-inch
Monster
About five years
ago, I bought a small farm in central
Kentucky to create a place where my son and
I could hunt and have a reasonable chance of
consistently killing trophy bucks. Of
course, the lay of the land and the fact the
land is surrounded on three sides by a
nature sanctuary helps tremendously.
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First, I put
in Imperial Whitetail Clover food plots
on a friend’s recommendation. The deer
loved it. I also experimented with
Alfa-Rack and Chicory Plus and have had
great success. It seems you can’t go
wrong with any Whitetail Institute
products. Another essential part of my
deer management is to provide choice
minerals year-round. For this, I use the
Institute’s Cutting Edge products. I’ve
been providing essential minerals for a
couple of years, and there is a marked
difference in the overall health of the
herd and antler mass of bucks.
Cutting Edge
enhances a deer’s natural diet all year.
Initiate is started in late winter and
is used until things green up. It
contains a combination of protein,
energy, minerals and vitamins. The next
stage is Optimize, which is used in
spring and summer. The final stage uses
Sustain in fall and early winter. It
helps bucks get through the rut and
cold-weather months. It's formulated to
help reduce lost body weight and help
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The unique seed blend
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PowerPlant is a spring
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