The key strategy of fall fertilization is to store nitrogen over the winter in the ammonium form – which is held on clay and organic matter – and is referred……
October 7, 2015 - Issue 28
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1. Assess the disease situation. 2. Consider disease severity when choosing varieties. 3. Recognize which issues were agronomic versus environmental. 4. Evaluate variety performance. 5. Manage residue with the combine. 6. Identify weeds before making fall weed control decisions. 7. Manage volunteer canola. (Key is to prevent losses in the first place.) 8. Count stems after harvest. 9. Do a…
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The onset of lower temperatures and shortened days in the fall trigger perennials such as Canada thistle, dandelion and quack grass to start moving sugars to below-ground tissues. Winter annuals and biennial are also doing this, but they don’t need a temperature trigger. Spraying these weeds in fall takes advantage of this downward flow into the below ground buds on…