A lot of that will be dependant on the condition of last year�s fall crop. IF you had a really thick stand of say rye, clover, vetch�.then it would likely still be shading out the understory and suppressing weeds. However, if your fall mix is thin and allowing sunlight to the ground then its highly likely that you already have abundant weeds establishing themselves and growing. To be safe I would probably expect to see weeds coming in after this rain.

You�ve got a couple options��Peas will grow in amongst other plants. Most people plant other plant species along with them anyways in order to give them something to vine on. If your weed encroachment is minimal then you could just go with it as is and allow your �weeds� to be those other plants. Its not going to look like a traditional clean planting but it will most likely still be just as effective. Just keep in mind that in the end our main goal is to grow forage in an opening for goats�.not to put pictures on the cover of Farmer�s Digest.

The other option would be to throw, mow, and then spray. Most people are going to say not to mow and spray�.and I agree its not optimal�..but it will still get a pretty good kill anyways. Most of the time between the cut stalk and the remaining bits of foliage�enough poison is absorbed to get a kill on most things.

If your planting peas then try to be sure you have enough thatch to mow down that�s its going to give you a good covering over the soil. Play around with your mowing height and RPM speed so that you get a nice even coverage and not wind rows in your tire tracks.