Water stress can make canola more susceptible to herbicide damage. Damage can be enough to kill plants under extreme stress. Resist the temptation to increase herbicide rates if the crop is under stress…
Weeds
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Cereal crops in rotation provide canola growers will another opportunity to control cleavers, volunteer canola and other tough weeds to reduce the threat to next year’s canola. Volunteer canola control also reduces build up of clubroot and blackleg inoculum…
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Cleaning out the sprayer protects a sensitive crop, it protects people working with the sprayer, and it protects the sprayer and its components. The following article by AAFC's Tom Wolf provides some handy tips…
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For weeds that do not "wet" easily avoid using very coarse droplets, and use high water volumes…
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A water rinse is not usually enough to remove herbicide residue from the sprayer system. Herbicides can bind to the tanks and hoses, and most need water plus a cleaning solution to remove them. If not, you never know when the bound herbicide molecules will be released…
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When canola is at multiple stages within one field and when weeds are at multiple stages, it can be a challenge to choose the right spray timing. The key is to assess the stage that represents the majority of canola plants…
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Please visit the Canola Encyclopedia for more information on herbicide carryover risk factors and symptoms…
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