The Millet Crop

Clumps of millet are scattered throughout the field where it was planted this spring. What remains of it covers approximately 25% of the fenced area. The drought seems to have had a negative impact in that the seed heads were very small and did not mature to the point of falling over.
The chemist at the feed store said buffalobur is opportunistic and that normally millet gets high enough to shade the buffalobur helping to control its spread. That did not happen in this case and the buffalobur took over nearly the entire field in less than two weeks time during mid-August.

Currently, the field consists of buffalobur, coastal bermuda, a burgeoning crop of silver leaf nightshade (with tiny tomato-like fruit), the remaining millet, and a few scattered thistle poppy. Mourning Doves and Whitetail deer forage in the millet field daily.
Buffalobur photo from yesterday - check out those wicked burs it is now producing!