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General Situation
* Cotton Harvest Aids
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Just a Reminder
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Cotton
Situation
Insect pests
have run their course for the year. Weed pests continue to be with
us. We still have about three weeks for controlling perennial weeds.
Whiteweed (silverleaf nightshade), Texas blueweed, and Lakeweed
(Woollyleaf bursage) can be effectively managed during this period
of their growth stage. Also, make mental or written notes of weeds
present in your fields. Those weeds that are present now were obviously
not controlled this season and should be back next year. Making
a few notes will help in modifying your herbicide and tillage program
for next season.
Another pest which you would benefit from monitoring now is the
cotton root-knot nematode. Taking soil samples now and having them
analyzed
for nematodes is the best method for determining if nematodes are
present, and at what level. This information will then determine
if a nematicide is needed and at what rate.
Peanuts are
being dug, some grain sorghum has been cut, and even a few acres
of cotton have been stripped. Therefore, this will be the last newsletter
for the season. Hope harvest goes well.
Cotton
Harvest Aids
In the issues 14 and 15 of this newsletter I included information
about the use of harvest aids on hail damaged cotton and the Cotton
Harvest Aid Guide. In this issue I want to provide you with some
results to-date from this years trials which I have out. I have
sprayed
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various
treatments at Whiteface Farms ( Rex Carr) sprayed on Sept. 12th,
Bruce Lawrence Farm sprayed Sept. 19th, and Levelland Delinting/All
- Tex Seed Farm sprayed Sept. 24th. The best impact is to actually
go by and see these plots. Rex was getting ready to strip his
plots so you might not get to see them. Bruce's plots are at the
northeast corner of Hwy 84 and FM 168 going north out of Anton.
The All-Tex plots are right on FM 300 (south side) just west of
Hwy 385.
Tables containing ratings of the various treatments applied at
the Whiteface and Lawrence Farms are shown on the next page. More
sites are anticipated to be sprayed with more information resulting,
so give a call for the latest.
Just
a Reminder
As in every year a portion of all pesticide applicators certificates
or licenses expire. It is very important to note when your license
expires and if the address on there are correct. With all of the
address changes due to emergency 911, many addressed are incorrect.
If the Texas Department of Agriculture does not have your correct
address you will not receive a renewal form. Call them at 1-800-TELL-TDA
and have them update your information. If your license expires
this year you will need to have a total of 15 CEU's ( 2CEU's in
Laws & Regs, 2 CEU's in IPM, and the remaining CEU's in any
category). There will be more opportunities to receive CEU's between
now and Feb. 28, 2002. You can get CEU's on the internet at www.tipmf.org
or there are other sites as well by visiting the TDA website.
A "Last Minute CEU" opportunity will be on Saturday,
February 23, 2002 at the Whiteface Community
Bldg. Call if you have any license or CEU questions.
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