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BobReeves

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Last year I plowed under an acre, leveled it and planted sun flowers. Had allot of grass grow between the sun flowers but didn't get a chence to do much with it last fall except mow it.

Several weeks ago I tilled it up and let it sit, now I have quite a bit of grass starting to sprout. I sprayed the whole thing yesterday with round up and now it's ready to level and plant.

How soon can I get on it to level it after the roundup spray? Do I need to wait till the grass starts dying or will it go ahead and die if it's covered up or disturbed?

Suppose to rain this weekend and am hoping I can get it leveled and planted before it rains. If not I will have to wait almost a week for it to dry out before I can get back on it with a tractor.
 
You need to let the plants die completely, I do not know exactly how long to let sit, but would assume 2-4 weeks before planting.
 
(quoted from post at 08:34:35 05/09/18) I've always gone with three days. It gives time for the roundup to get thru out the plant so if it's disturbed it will keep dying. I think I read that on the roundup label at some time.
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You are in agreement with the Roundup official site at 3 to 4 days.

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Thanks for the replies, looks like I may get lucky. Weather underground is saying we shouldn't get rain before Monday and then it's only a 20% chance. However one never knows in Oklahoma :)

Was looking for some real world feedback, sometimes what the package says isn't exactly what happens in the real world. I'm already a day ahead, I sprayed it on Monday not yesterday. Getting old and miss a day once in a while.

If the rain holds off I should have 5 or 6 days from when I sprayed before I level and plant it. With any luck that may be long enough. Am also hoping the Killdeers will have hatched. Momma put a nest right in the middle of my sun flower plot.
 
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