Palmer amaranth started emerging last week.
Remember it is imperative that as you start planting
cotton next week that any existing Palmer amaranth
must be removed.
20
Apr
2011
Category Archives: Weeds
15
Apr
2011
Late Season Burndown Options for Cotton
15
Apr
2011
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
05
Apr
2011
Giant Ragweed Management
05
Apr
2011
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
29
Mar
2011
Early Burndown Report
29
Mar
2011
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
23
Mar
2011
Henbit Burndown
23
Mar
2011
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
17
Mar
2011
Ryegrass Burndown and Control in Crop
17
Mar
2011
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
16
Mar
2011
Burndown of Bermuda Grass and Switchgrass Before Cotton Planting
16
Mar
2011
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
08
Mar
2011
Corn Weed Control
08
Mar
2011
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