Armyworms

[Complete Turf Care]

Thanks for the warning. I take care of a lot of football fields, and I've seen them eat a field in a couple days. I'll text all my coaches and tell them to be watching for birds on their fields.

 

[Bigfoot62]

Thanks for the warning. I take care of a lot of football fields, and I've seen them eat a field in a couple days. I'll text all my coaches and tell them to be watching for birds on their fields.

You bet.

And, good luck.

 

[Bigfoot62]

Well, I beat the worms to it. Got it rolled this evening. 19 4x5's from 12 acres. Not bad for 29 days growth, with only a couple rains.
My cousin baled 19 5x5 rolls on what was left of his approx. 14 acres of Coastal today as well. He has one more patch of only about 4 or 5 acres. It was still green today. Maybe we can bale it tomorrow or Saturday.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Been dealing with some personal stuff with my father so my plate has been pretty full, went over to my coastal field yesterday and you guessed it , wiped out, $5k worth of hay, this has been the worst year for army worms around here that I can remember in a long time.

 

[foreman Etexas]

I have heard only one person local tell me he has army worms for me to watch out. His place and mine are 40miles apart. I have thou been dealing with the grasshoppers, they are by the hundreds at one lease place,so after baled hay meadow and shred where keep heifers, I sprayed a pint of Grazon P+D and added 3oz an acre of Silencer.

 

[Bigfoot62]

Lineman,
Sorry to hear. Did you spray, or just give up on it?
If you didn't spray, when it grows back, you will need to cut before another batch of worms hatches out.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Lineman,
Sorry to hear. Did you spray, or just give up on it?
If you didn't spray, when it grows back, you will need to cut before another batch of worms hatches out.

We have got so much rain that I couldn't get in the field ( still can't ) and I have had to stand-by and watch them wipe it out, everyone around here in North Fl is battling them, they usually don't get to us until a week or two before cutting ( about knee high grass ) this year they have invaded when grass is as little as 6" high, as soon as it dries up enough we will get in the field and spray if they are still there, if not we will re-fertilize and I will watch for them every day. There is a soybean field right next to my hay field and they have layed into it as well.

 

[merlynr]

I know this is older thread but my neighbor just got his Alfalfa ruined with army worms. Sez it's the first time in years and now has only stems. He's wondering if he should cut them down and wait for regrowth or just wait on stems?

 

[gardenmadman]

Any information on army worm activity in Lee County, TX would be greatly appreciated. I called the county extension office in Giddings and the receptionist could only tell me that some spraying was being done around Dime Box. Agent out until Thur. I have been lurking for sometime on the forum and the information I received has helped me get a start on what looks like my new career in cattle and hay production. Thanks to all!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

They are back in action here in North Fl, we had to spray today with Intrepid, hopefully this will be it, this is definately the worst year for us that I can ever remember, normally by September they are long gone.