Never seen this done before

gab · Jun 9, 2020

This is across the road from me. It's a field of organic oats. Looks to me like he's burning the grass in the waterway. Has a tracked John Deere, lot of iron hanging on the back with a 500gal. LP tank on the front. When he raises it to turn around there's a lot of flames back there.
These guys provide me with some entertainment, last year the field was soybeans and they made a lot of trips over it plus they had a van load Mexicans pulling weeds.

BIG RUH · Jun 9, 2020

this is something that was pretty commonly used around here in the 60's for burning weeds in the corn fields. This was before spraying became popular

gab · Jun 9, 2020

He's got no spraying signs out here and at the top of the hill.

rlp in Co. · Jun 9, 2020

Burning is the only way I can kill cheat grass. I have a couple of little spots that I need to get done before the seeds drop off. That stuff is dangerous; it burns like gasoline when it's dry! I wonder if a cow can even live on that stuff?

jal-SD · Jun 9, 2020

Called them flame cultivators in our part of the world back in the day. They were used on corn after it got so tall, but before the pigeon grass got too tall. Worked good if you know how to set it and go at right speed for the weeds to get hot enough to fry em.

K Effective · Jun 9, 2020

They use a partial set near us for "adjusting" the male rows of seed corn to match maturity of the female rows usually planted later. Stunt the growth, but not kill.

Local organic guy has a weed exterminator- big PTO driven generator and copper bar in front, electrocutes the weeds. I guess it is a sight to see him use it!

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