Johnsongrass
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r traordinary seedling capacity
each panicle can produce 350 seeds
which can germinate and remain
viable in the soil up to 25 years
and farmers are faced with one
tough weed control challenge.
But, the problem is not in
surmountable. Farmers have
traditionally relied on tillage,
cultural practices and pre-plant
incorporated and postemergence
herbicide treatments. Today,
agronomists and weed specialists
agree that while any one of these
methods alone won’t do the job, a
combination of two or more can
bring Johnsongrass under control.
“Farmers have more John
songrass control options available
to them today than ever before,”
says Sheldon Blank, weed control
specialist at Monsanto, “including
crop rotation, grazing livestock,
cultivation and chemicals.
However, most weed scientists
iagree that utilizing just jine
'technique will meet with only
limited success in controlling
Johnsongrass. Selecting several
complementary techniques
designed to get both rhizomes and
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- seedlings is probably _th& best
approach.”
“Some farmers have found
rotating out of soybeans and cotton
and into a solid-seeded crop such
as winter wheat is a good first step
in a Johnsongrass control
program,” continues Blank. “The
land is then left fallow after wheat
harvest. This allows ample tune
for regrowth of the Johnsongrass
to the boot to head stage before
applying Roundup herbicide at the
2-2 quart per acre rate for control
of emerged vegetation and un
derground rhizomes.
“The next step the following
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herbicide for seedling control. The
final step in the program is an in
season, selective application of
Roundup herbicide to John
songrass escapes by means of a
rope wick or some -other wiper
applicator.”
Hartwig of Penn State recom
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rotation into small gram crops
followed by spot treatment with
Roundup “probably toe best
herbicide we have at toe moment'
to wipe out established John
songrass.”
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