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Jon Blue

04-25-2002 07:14:35




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To all the corn farmers out there.I have got a bad problem with nut grass and wire grass.It is getting worse every year.It use to be in just one spot, now it is covering a 20 ac field.I have never sprayed the field to try and kill it.I plow the field with a bottom plow every year.I wait untill the corn is about 5" high and run my cultivator through it.Then in about two weeks I run the cultivator through it again.This is just not working anymore.Is there anything I can spray over the corn that will kill the grass but not the corn?Thanks for any info that you can give to help me with this .
Jon

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Chuck

04-26-2002 20:25:48




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Several years ago I had a problem with quack grass. I had the corn sprayed with Accent herbicide and that took care of it. If this nut grass you are talking about is yellow nutsedge then you can kill that with Basagran. Both of these chemicals are sprayed after the corn is up.



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paul

04-26-2002 07:52:53




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Sounds like you are in a mono-culture. Can you rotate to any other crop? Soybeans or oats or wheat? Would help for many things - insects, fertility, weeds, ...

There are several good grass herbicides, I am not familiar with your weeds but check at the local coop, they will know what works.

Before we used chemicals, you had to hit the fields every 7 days. If you actually saw green weeds it was too late! Plant, harrow (or rotory hoe) as the corn emerges, cultivate every week - at least 3 times.

--->Paul

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JMS/MN

04-25-2002 20:35:46




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Before herbicides were available it was typical to cultivate corn up to five times between emergence and layby. Layby was when the corn got too high to cultivate. Usually a weekly job. Some even 'blind cultivated'- following the planter tracks before the corn emerged. Checked corn was cultivated cross-ways maybe the third time through the field. Two cultivations with no herbicide is simply not enough to control weeds. Start earlier, go slow enough to not cover the plants (need row shields), and do it more often. If you use chemicals, there are many available, including Round-up. Talk to your fertilizer plant manager for options for various combinations to kill various weeds. They are very specific in what they can kill, and according to your soil type and location.

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chuck

04-25-2002 15:45:16




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
my own experience with round- up and nut grass is not good. there are nuts "seeds" enough for many more years. Manage is a home garden product that works much better. Crop rotation will help. Check with your entension agent on what will help in yoor area. No GMO's for me too much a problem in the market place.



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What is round-up ready corn???

04-25-2002 11:52:35




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Someone help me here, I am interested, and have same problem with wire grass.



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AGEN

04-25-2002 11:57:47




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 Re: Re: Corn Farmers in reply to What is round-up ready corn???, 04-25-2002 11:52:35  
RoundUp-ready corn is corn that is genetically altered so that it will not die if sprayed with RoundUp plant killer. There are other varieties of RoundUp ready plants also...cotton is popular around here. Instead of plowing your corn field to cultivate it (kill the grass between rows) you just spray the entire field with Roundup. Everything dies except the corn. Around here they just fly over RoundUp-ready cotton fields with crop dusters and spray Roundup. Its a great way to kill evarything but the desired crop. Saves a lot of time and money. Seed costs a bit more...but its worth it.

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paul

04-26-2002 07:46:40




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 Re: Re: Re: Corn Farmers in reply to AGEN, 04-25-2002 11:57:47  
Love the concept. Hate the licence agreement. Read the whole thing before signing it - you give up a lot of rights for many years with that thing. They continue to own the seed, you only rent it, but you accept all kinds of responsibility & liability for the privlage of renting their seed.

--->Paul



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What is round-up ready corn???

04-25-2002 11:51:32




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Someone help me here, I am interested, and have same problem with wire grass.



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Steven@nd

04-25-2002 11:33:19




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
Use Roundup-ready corn. Best thing we ever did with our crop rotation.

Steven



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Phil

04-25-2002 07:22:45




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 Re: Corn Farmers in reply to Jon Blue, 04-25-2002 07:14:35  
If you plant roundup-ready corn you can use roundup.



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