Palmer Amaranth Control With Mixtures Peanut Notes No. 60 2018
Keep in mind that many fields contain Palmer amaranth that is resistant to ALS-inhibiting herbicides. I assume that some …
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Subscription Options emailPeanut Grower Magazine July Column Peanut Notes No. 59 2018
By this time of the year many key inputs have been taken care of for peanut in the Virginia-Carolina …
Peanut-Cotton Infonet VT Peanut Notes No. 58 2018
There is a lot of good information found on the Peanut-Cotton Infonet put out by Research and Extension Specialists …
Peanut Stands and Replanting Peanut Notes No. 57 2018
When the peanut population is above 8 plants per foot of row there is a chance yields will decrease …
Variety Response to Nematodes Peanut Notes No. 56 2018
Among our current Virginia market type varieties we see little difference in response to nematodes. However, we have not …
Use of 2,4-DB Peanut Notes No. 55 2018
While 2,4-DB can be applied safely to peanut early in the year (not with paraquat), my recommendation is to …
Soil pH and Gypsum Peanut Notes No. 54 2018
Low soil pH is often considered the “silent killer” in crop production, especially for peanut and soybean. On page …
Gypsum Rate and Timing Peanut Notes No. 53 2018
Gypsum is needed for Virginia market type peanut. See pages 27-29 in 2018 Peanut Information for detailed comments. There …
Paraquat Application Timing Peanut Notes No. 52 2018
The cutoff date from applying paraquat on peanut is within 28 days after peanut emerge. There is a significant …
Injury From Paraquat and Thrips Peanut Notes No. 51 2018
Avoid applying paraquat if peanut is expressing significant injury from thrips feeding. If terminals are blackened or much of …
Weed Control Peanut Notes No. 50 2018
I generally recommend that farmers apply paraquat plus Basagran plus a group 15 residual herbicide (Metolachlor products, Outlook, Warrant, …
Poor Stands in Some Cases With Wynne Peanut Notes No. 49 2018
We have observed some poor stands with Wynne this year that seem to be related to seed quality and …
V-C Crop Report June 4 Peanut Notes No. 48 2018
Field conditions during the past three weeks have been marginal for field operations in the Virginia-Carolina Region. Soils dried …
Thrips Control With Late Plantings Peanut Notes No. 47 2018
The following is an abstract and summary from a paper Rick and I are trying to get published in …
Planting Peanut in June Peanut Notes No. 46 2018
There are questions about yield response and planting dates. Rainfall has been excessive in many areas of the state …
Flumioxazin Injury on Peanut Peanut Notes No. 45 2018
This time of year you will most likely begin seeing some injury from flumioxazin. The most popular formulation of …
Crop Report Peanut Notes No. 44 2018
Field conditions during the first two weeks of May were good for land preparation and planting. However, in the …
Postemergence Herbicides Peanut Notes No. 43 2018
Several questions have come up this week about weed control programs once peanuts emerge. Peanuts came up quickly and …
Common Ragweed and Burndown Programs Peanut Notes No. 42 2018
Some fields, especially those in conservation tillage, can have emerged summer weeds to contend with. Common ragweed can be …
Peanut Grower Magazine June Column Peanut Notes No. 41 2018
Depending on weather and field conditions in May, there can be a wide range of peanut sizes and ages …