{"id":663,"date":"2018-05-25T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/?p=663"},"modified":"2018-05-25T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:14:00","slug":"mesquite-control-when-and-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/mesquite-control-when-and-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesquite Control &#8211; When and How?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you know, the window of opportunity is opening up for foliar applications on mesquite.\u00a0 Typically, mesquite can be sprayed starting in the spring once the soil temperature reaches 75 degrees at 12-18 inches deep and the leaves change from a pea green color to dark green.\u00a0 It&#8217;s important that the plants have a full, healthy leaf crop to be able to move enough herbicide into the bud zone.\u00a0 In our part of the state, spraying can continue throughout June and July.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foliar Applications &#8211; The best option is a herbicide called Sendero.\u00a0 Works well on mesquite that is 4-5 foot tall with plenty of foliage.\u00a0 When the plants get much taller, the challenge becomes getting good uniform coverage over the plant.<\/li>\n<li>Basal Applications &#8211; The best option is a mixture of 25% Remedy and 75% Diesel.\u00a0 This approach can be done anytime of the year under good growing conditions.\u00a0 Works well on plants with one or two basal stems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The video below gives a good illustration of the proper techniques associated with foliar and basal applications.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brush Busters 2009 - Mesquite - Spray Technique\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5_Ko2HgRps8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you know, the window of opportunity is opening up for foliar applications on mesquite.\u00a0 Typically, mesquite can be sprayed starting in the spring once the soil temperature&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/mesquite-control-when-and-how\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mesquite Control - When and How? - Ag News and Views<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/agnewsandviews\/2018\/05\/25\/mesquite-control-when-and-how\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mesquite Control - When and How? - Ag News and Views\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As many of you know, the window of opportunity is opening up for foliar applications on mesquite.\u00a0 Typically, mesquite can be sprayed starting in the spring once the soil temperature... 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