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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4310273" data-attributes="member: 5412">I have a place on the Salt Fork that floods occasionally. It was left fallow for a couple of years  and became completely overgrown with Johnson grass. Spraying was an option but came by an old implement that was used to bring peanuts to the surface. Burned the field, then started with the peanut sweeps to pop the roots out of the soil and lay on the surface to dry out for a couple weeks in the hot sun. It looked like snow on the dirt on the first pass. Two weeks later, dropped it down another 4-5” and popped up more roots. Eventually got down to a foot deep and just kept working the field every two weeks all summer and fall. The following spring patches of Johnson grass started coming up again from the latent seeds and roots. Worked it hard again during the summer, planting winter wheat that fall. The next year and for years after, there was little to no grass showing up. Just tiny patches. They were never allowed to go to seed. Planted that field for many years before retiring. Three years later, it’s back to 100% Johnson grass. It’s a never ending fight. Now, I just mow and till up a patch in front of the stand, plant winter wheat and use it for a fall kill plot.</blockquote>