Perennial Cover Crops & Solar Corridor🌾🌽

[@willbass2869]

Before I get accused of talking out my backend..... no, i am NOT a corn farmer.🤪 Just a couple of ²observations. That Bayer variety with narrow (lesser?) leaf but greater root mass just doesn't make sense to my little brain. Seems to me that there is a natural ratio of leaf to root. I don't see how you can lower that ratio without interfering with stalk, ear and pollen production. The first two seem obvious so I'll just put out my 'no experience' idea and say that pollen, being very high in protein and complex compounds, requires a lot of physiological "effort". That effort requires a lot of photosynthesis, right? I mean that leaf is not only growing/ sustaining the root mass but also the stalk and the developing ear. I dont see how the plant can do more with less, in this instance. Just sounds like fast talking seed salesman talk. Please comment. On planting into clover....why the need to spray in order "clear out" the furrow for planting corn? Can't you block off an appropriate number of drop tubes when planting clover so as to that strip is devoid of clover? Of course, you would have to match the blocked clover tubes to correspond to the opener on the corn planter, right? Last, rather than trying to calculate correct dosage of herbicide to just "set back", but not kill clover couldn't you use a propane flame weeder or spray ag vinegar? Seems like it would be mighty hard to overdo either one to the point of outright killing the clover. I'd appreciate any INFORMATIVE comments. Thanks