
Key Benefits
Cold Tolerant
Breaks Up Soil Compaction
Protects From Erosion
Bayou kale is a mid-maturing forage brassica with good winter hardiness, a smooth leaf, and a nutty flavor that is sweet to human taste. This kale variety has a smaller stem but grows to a height of 8 feet when taken for seed production. Bayou has excellent regrowth when rotationally grazed, and the stems are more palatable than forage rapes for cattle and sheep. Used in food plots for deer as well as upland game birds, animals will eat the Bayou first when planted beside Dwarf Essex rapeseed. When planted in late summer or early fall, it is considerably more winter-hardy than radishes and helps control erosion. The spring green-up of Bayou kale is similar to forage rapes, while its seed size and crop management are similar to other brassicas, like turnips. Seed should be planted at 5-6 lbs/ac when planted as a single specie and 1-2 lbs/ac when mixed with other crops. Planting of Bayou kale should occur July-September for the Midwest and September-October for the south.
Technical Information
Erosion Control | |
Forage Quality | |
Nutrient Scavenging | |
Quick Growth | |
Soil Building | |
Weed Suppression | |
Winter Hardiness | |
Nitrogen Produced | – |
Seeding Rate LBS/A | Drilled: 5 – 6 |
Broadcast: 6 – 8 | |
Aerial: 8 – 10 | |
Seeding Depth | ¼ – ½” |
Minimum Germination Temperature | 43° F |
Interseed | Early & Late |
Seeds/LB | 175,000 |
Corn Plantings
Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
2,4-D 4S | 2,4-D | 1-2pt | 7 | Wait 30 days |
Accent 75DF/Steadfast75DF | nicosulfuron/nicosulfuron + rimsulfuron | 0.66 oz/0.75 oz | 21 | |
Armezon/Impact 2.8SC | topramezone | 0.75 fl oz | 14 | |
Atrazine 4L | atrazine | 1-2 qt | 15-90 | |
Balance Pro 4L/Balance Flexx 2L | isoxaflutole | 3 fl oz/6 fl oz | 50 – 120 | |
Callisto 4L (includes Acuron, Acuron Flexi, Hales GT, Harness Max, Instigate, Lexar, Lumax, Resicore, Revulin, Solstice, Zemax, etc.) | mesotrione | 3-6 fl oz | 10 – 50 | Sequential applications increase the potential for injury |
Capreno 3.45SC | tembotrione + thiencarbazone | 3 fl oz | 15 | |
Clarity/Banvel 4S (DiFlexx, Distinct, Engenia, Status, XtendiMax/FeXapan) | dicamba | 16-24 fl oz | 5-14 | Wait 120 days |
Corvus 2.63SC | isoxaflutole + thiencarbazone | 5.6 fl oz | 50-120 | |
Harmony 50WDG | thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
Laudis 3.5SC (DiFlexx Due) | tembotrione | 3 fl oz | 14 | Field bioassay recommended |
Metribuzin 75DF (Sencor) | metribuzin | 0.33 lb ai | 14-60 | |
Peak 57WG (and Spirit) | prosulfuron | 1 oz | 9-152 | |
Permit/Sandea 75DF | halosulfuron | ⅔ oz | 9-27 | |
Python 80WDG (Hornet and SureStart | flumetsulam | 1 oz | 14-120 | |
Simazine 4L (Princep) | simazine | 1-2 qt | 60 |
Technical Information
Erosion Control | |
Forage Quality | |
Nutrient Scavenging | |
Quick Growth | |
Soil Building | |
Weed Suppression | |
Winter Hardiness | |
Nitrogen Produced | – |
Seeding Rate
LBS/A |
Drilled: 5 – 6 |
Broadcast: 6 – 8 | |
Aerial: 8 – 10 | |
Seeding Depth | ¼” – ½” |
Min. Germ. F° | 43° F |
Interseed | Early & Late |
Seeds/LB | 175,000 |
Corn Plantings
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Trade Name | Common Name | Standard Rate/AC | Half-Life (days) | Notes |
2,4-D 4S | 2,4-D | 1-2pt | 7 | Wait 30 days |
Accent 75DF/Steadfast75DF | nicosulfuron/nicosulfuron + rimsulfuron | 0.66 oz/0.75 oz | 21 | |
Armezon/Impact 2.8SC | topramezone | 0.75 fl oz | 14 | |
Atrazine 4L | atrazine | 1-2 qt | 15-90 | |
Balance Pro 4L/Balance Flexx 2L | isoxaflutole | 3 fl oz/6 fl oz | 50 – 120 | |
Callisto 4L (includes Acuron, Acuron Flexi, Hales GT, Harness Max, Instigate, Lexar, Lumax, Resicore, Revulin, Solstice, Zemax, etc.) | mesotrione | 3-6 fl oz | 10 – 50 | Sequential applications increase the potential for injury |
Capreno 3.45SC | tembotrione + thiencarbazone | 3 fl oz | 15 | |
Clarity/Banvel 4S (DiFlexx, Distinct, Engenia, Status, XtendiMax/FeXapan) | dicamba | 16-24 fl oz | 5-14 | Wait 120 days |
Corvus 2.63SC | isoxaflutole + thiencarbazone | 5.6 fl oz | 50-120 | |
Harmony 50WDG | thifensulfuron | ⅛ oz | 12 | Wait 45 days |
Laudis 3.5SC (DiFlexx Due) | tembotrione | 3 fl oz | 14 | Field bioassay recommended |
Metribuzin 75DF (Sencor) | metribuzin | 0.33 lb ai | 14-60 | |
Peak 57WG (and Spirit) | prosulfuron | 1 oz | 9-152 | |
Permit/Sandea 75DF | halosulfuron | ⅔ oz | 9-27 | |
Python 80WDG (Hornet and SureStart | flumetsulam | 1 oz | 14-120 | |
Simazine 4L (Princep) | simazine | 1-2 qt | 60 |