Tag: Larry Steckel
Tennessee: Weed Management Report Card for 2022 Oct 3, 2022
Every fall we travel around the state and observe the overall success or failure of weed control in our row crops. From the Palmer amaranth standpoint a few too many […]
Tennessee: Dicamba-Resistant Waterhemp Becoming a Real Issue Aug 22, 2022
For the past several weeks we are getting reports of waterhemp escaping dicamba application/s from retailers and consultants scouting fields in Montgomery and Macon counties. As one retailer so aptly […]
Tennessee: New Data on Controlling Volunteer XtendFlex Soybean in XtendFlex Cotton Aug 7, 2022
What are some options to control volunteer XtendFlex soybeans in XtendFlex cotton fields? As mentioned in an earlier blog both Envoke and Staple look to be potential answers to this […]
Tennessee Corn: Weed Management For Early Harvested Fields To Be Planted to Wheat Jul 24, 2022
The long hot and mostly dry June and July have driven a good bit of our corn crop to premature maturity. Similar to the drought of 2012 when the corn […]
Tennessee: Auxin Herbicide Stewardship Jul 16, 2022
This long, hot and mostly dry spell has made this growing season a real challenge. Hopefully, we will catch a break this week and can get some much-needed general rain […]
Tennessee: Management of Volunteer Xtendflex Soybeans in Xtendflex Cotton Jun 27, 2022
What are some options to control volunteer XtendFlex soybeans in XtendFlex cotton fields? This issue is something that we need to do research on as there is no data. As […]
Tennessee Cotton: Post-Direct and Hooded Application Options Jun 27, 2022
Some of the earlier planted cotton fields will soon be entering the true “laying it by” application timing. Given that some are clearly not successful spraying Palmer amaranth, goosegrass or […]
Tennessee: Auxin Herbicide Resistant Palmer Pigweed Management Jun 20, 2022
Getting reports from several consultants frustrated with the lack of Palmer amaranth control after applications of either Dicamba or Enlist One in cotton and soybean. Indeed, in our second year […]
Tennessee Cotton, Soybeans: Managing Palmer Amaranth Jun 9, 2022
Judging by our research plots as well as walking some cotton and soybean fields most Pre applied herbicides are playing out about 7 to 10 days quicker than last spring. […]
Tennessee Cotton: Weed Control in Struggling Crops Jun 8, 2022
The main question is do I further stress struggling cotton with a Dual Magnum, Outlook or Warrant application? The answer to this question the first few days of June was […]