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• • 2012 - Issue 26

  Harvest tips for diseased crop

  August 22, 2012

  • Diseases
  • Diseases other
  • Harvest and Storage
  • Swath timing

  

  If infection rates are high, determine where most of the yield is. If it’s in the healthy plants, then make harvest decisions based on what’s best for the healthy plants. That means swathing at 50% to 60% seed colour change for ideal yield and quality. If most of the yield is in the infected plants, then earlier swathing — at…

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• • 2012 - Issue 23

  Sclerotinia and swath timing

  August 1, 2012

  • Harvest and Storage
  • Sclerotinia stem rot
  • Swath timing

  In fields badly infected with sclerotinia, swath when the healthiest plants are ready. These plants will provide most of the yield. Swathing early will not preserve seeds in badly infected plants — those seeds are unlikely to mature no matter when you swath…

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• • 2012 - Issue 23

  Tips for swathing in heat

  August 1, 2012

  • Harvest & Storage Other
  • Harvest and Storage
  • Swath timing

  

  When crops are maturing rapidly in hot conditions, swathing before 50-60% seed color change on the main stem may not give chlorophyll time to clear from immature seed. Some fields may require additional moisture — rain — in order to re-hydrate the seed so chlorophyll can clear. If growers feel they must swath at less than 50-60% seed color change…

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