Jesse Knox - Base Camp Country Real Estate - Iowa

08/28/2026

90% of the work is done from the drone application. Now the real work begins: maintenance. Backpack spraying is essential to manage these open stands.

Transline is a great herbicide on Black locust. The label states a list of native trees that it is not effective on which is great for more selective spraying.

In areas we will encounter more invasives such as autumn olive or bush honeysuckle triclopyr + es**rt

There is grass growing in this stand so hopefully we will be able to carry a fire through the entire stand which will make it easier to navigate and hopefully toast any black locust.

08/28/2026

Ive sprayed bush honeysuckle with triclopyr mixed with es**rt or glyphosate... most of the time it dies and then sometimes it resprouts. Literally soaked.

This mature bush honeysuckle is wilting probably from the Es**rt which is weird.... that the durador and triclopyr application in May killed all the multiflora rose but the honeysuckle remained untouched... and the Es**rt is laying the hurt

Who knew?

08/28/2026

Perlee Ag came back for a 2nd application on the black locust. Thanks to Judd McCullum and folks from Van Diest and Allabaugh we chose the correct herbicide. Krenite S at 2.5 gallons per acre and 3 oz of Es**rt per acre.

Currently, the trees are wilting from the Es**rt. We shall see the true results next year since Krenite S is a bud inhibitor.

08/20/2026

This years sunflowers plots...WERE...A....DISASTER
Ill do a whole podcast on it from what my friend Kevin W Andersen and I learned from. We tried. Weather, deer, and ignorance on my part just led to failure.

However I drilled this German foxtail millet an inch deep (as the seed charts state) in early July and by golly we are so close to mature seed

I learned a lot from Thomas Moore on millet and when the time is right we will mow then 🔥 🔥 🔥 . Won't be ready for the opener but it'll be a Great plot for some dove action!!

Thank you God for the opportunity

08/20/2026

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08/20/2026

Perlee Ag strikes again! Thanks to these guys we will be able to seal the deal on this black locust! Im not holding my breath though this invasive tree keeps throwing me for a loop. We are using Krenite S and Es**rt XP thanks to solid advice from Judd McCullum we selected these slow killing herbicides to trick the tree to give it up.

The work is just beginning. As God blesses me with Base Camp Country Real Estate and my beautiful wife Jessica Hickenbottom Knox keeps me busy on her own farm; I'll ll focus my time on my farm to keep these little creepers at bay.

08/12/2026

08/10/2026

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08/10/2026

What bums me out we have sedges and forbs coming back. Some parts have Indian grass growing. So applying Tordon 22K you can just kiss that gone.

However I did find a chemical that is hard on thistles and Locust (also kudzu and mesquite) but not as aggressive to Native species and several deciduous and coniferous species: Transline.

I fully expect more sprouts if we have the opportunity to spray Krenite S/Tordon 22K this fall. Transline would be a good method for future applications via Drone or backpack sprayer.

Some people might want to crucify me for doing what Im doing. Some people are in the same boat and want to stop it from sinking. Ill pay the mistake so you dont have too. If this Krenite S/Tordon 22K combo is successful Ill let you know if its not and causes long term damage Ill eat it and let you know.

There are landowners and managers struggling to free their native eco system from aggressive invasive species whatever it is. Their great research but not for all scenarios. Here's a scenario that you might be in the research papers dont cover.

Ill keep you posted.

08/10/2026

For a late summer up to leaf change herbicide application: Krenite S active ingredient Fosamine is recommended. Apparently this chemical does not show success until next spring. It starves the target by preventing buds from forming.

The Krenite label also suggests mixing with Tordon 22K.... a restrictive herbicide for added control of locust... Im debating on this. The stands are jacked up what Im I out except time and delayed regrowth?

This is the part of habitat management that I really hang my head in shame. Do you sacrifice native ecology to stop the spread of an invasive species or do you take the risk and work on it as you can with less extreme measures but knowing damn well you might be losing a war based on a battle of principles?