Category Archives: Weeds
Late Season Burndown Options for Cotton
Late Season Burndown Options for Cotton. The call of the last week has been what should my burndown strategy be with planting time upon us? Continue reading
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Giant Ragweed Management
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The emergence pattern of giant ragweed varies every spring. This spring giant ragweed started emerging in mid-March and continues to this day. The book says that giant ragweed mostly emerges in the early spring. A few years ago we collected giant ragweed seed from plants in a fence row here at the station. We also collected some giant ragweed seed from a soybean field in Lake County. We planted them in a field at the station in November. Continue reading
Early Burndown Report
In general, horseweed (marestail) populations are much lighter than usual. The only reason I can see for this is the very dry fall curtailed germination. This was not the case for henbit which is much more prevalent and more of a problem than usual. Continue reading
Henbit Burndown
There have been a number of calls from folks dismayed by the poor burndown of henbit. Indeed I have seen it in research as well. In general, burndowns of dicamba + glyphosate or Verdict + glyphosate have not been very effective on henbit. Continue reading
Ryegrass Burndown and Control in Crop
Ryegrass control this time of year can be very challenging. Ryegrass is most easily controlled with glyphosate when it is very small or when it is headed out. Glyphosate will typically provide inconsistent control of ryegrass between these two stages. Some kind of two pass approach has provided the best ryegrass control in our research. Continue reading
Burndown of Bermuda Grass and Switchgrass Before Cotton Planting
It appears that $1.00 cotton may be chasing a few cows out of the pasture! There have been a number of calls coming in about planting cotton in old bermuda grass or switchgrass pasture. Continue reading
Corn Weed Control
With respect to burndown before corn planting it is getting late early! There has been very little burndown applied to date and this week looks to be a wash. The likelihood of getting more than just a handful of days to apply burndown before the end of the month is not good. Fortunately, we can apply Continue reading