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D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9,1980
Ephrata farmers get update on pesticide
LANDIS VILLE - Com
rootworm, Japanese beetle,
bindweed, and clean
sprayers were among the
topics discussed by Ephrata
Area Young Farmers on
their tour of the Landisville
Research Station Tuesday.
While the purpose of the
trip was to obtain a pesticide
certification update, the
farmers , learned about a
number of health-saving and
money-saving chemical use
tips.
John Yocum, director of
the Penn State Experiment
farm conducted the tour.
’"A* farmer who is willing to
wefit bis com fields, not just
skirt them, can save a good
bit of money on insecticides.
Now is the time to check
com fields for northern com
rootworm.
If there are fewer than
John Yocum, right, told members of the Ephrata Area Young Farmers about
the latest research in pesticide use and safety during their trip to the Penn
State research farm in Landisville.
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three beetles per plant this
year there probably will be
no need to spray for root
worm next season.
At the Research Station a
five year study with
Furadan has not shown any
economic advantage to
application of the material
on conventional corn.
But, Yocum noted, he
would not even think of
planting no-till corn without
an' insecticide. And, he
noted, the agronomists keep
close tabs on the insect
situation.
A tip on rootworm scouting
this summer: don’t mistake
the goosenecking caused by
wind damage for rootworm
damage.
Japanese beetle is one
insect pest that farmers can
do nothing about.
To control the bug it would
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be necessary to spray every
five to seven days for a
month. The spray would
probably have to be flown
on. In short, it’s not an
economical practice.
Several good herbicide
combinations are available
for soybeans, Yocum said.
He told the Ephrata Young
Farmers that Lorox-Lasso
or Sencor-Dugl were good
materials. Prowl does a good
job on grasses and some
deep-seeded broadleaves,
but will miss nutsedge and
some ragweed.
Velvetleaf remains a
problem, best handled in
soybeans with a post
application of Basagran or
Blazer; in com, by going
over the top with Banvel or
2,4-D. ''
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don’t apply the material
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A rope-wick applicator, such as that on the ground, can apply minute amounts
of highly concentrated herbicide to a tali weed safely and economically, as long
as care is taken not to touch the growing crop with the material. The chemical
is contained in the plastic drain pipe. The nylon rope soaks up material like a
wick and dribbles it on weeds.
when temperatures are over
85 degrees as damage may
result. And next year, try to
apply the material before
the corn gets much over a
foot high.
Milkweed m com can be
handled the same way as
velvetieaf. But in soybeans
the best solution is to rotate
to com and knock it back at
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Bindweed and burr
cucumber are similar
problems'both best handled
with a high rate of about 2.5
pounds of tnazine herbicide
per acre.
Burr cucumber is a
climbing vine plant iden
tified by its resemblance to
garden cucumbers.
Bindweed also is a vine
problem. This weed often is
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confused with mormngglory.
Yocum said he never had
seen mormngglory m
Lancaster County.
Bindweed is a creeping
vine which grows up plants
and poles. At this tune of
year it has a white flower. In
general, farmers probably
will recognize the weed as
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