Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982
LANCASTER - Alfalfa
management, from seeding to
harvest and even beyond, was
covered at a meeting for growers
hosted by the Organic Plant Food
Co., Lancaster, at the Leola
Family Restaurant on Thursday,
Speakers included John Yocum,
Penn State agronomist and
manager of the Southeast
Research Farm, Landisvdle, who
outlined fertilization and other
field management practices; and
representatives of chemical
companies, who explained the
latest in herbicide and insecticide
recommendations.
“Fertility is the most important
management practice to keep a
long stand," Yocum said.
The Penn State agronomist first
recommended a soil test so that
growers know where they stand.
If soils are in the medium fer
tility range, he recommended 700
lbs. of 0-10-30 at plowdown, a 20-60-
20 analysis at seeding and a repeat
maintenance application of the
plowdown formulation with borax
added.
Yocum recommended band
seeding as the best way to
establish a stand. The main
tenance application can be made
at any time if P and K are at the
medium level, he said.
Concerning varieties, Yocum
recommended the use of any seed
with resistance to wilt and an
thracnose if a stand of more than
three years is desired.
Yocum said he preferred spring
seeding and if using a herbicide,
make certain that the soil is warm
enough that it works adequately.
He also stressed firm seedbed
preparation and checks during
planting to determine if the proper
depth of a quarter inch is being
achieved.
Straight seeding of altalafa was
recommended if protein is the
chief product desired. It an in
crease in overall tonnage is
wanted, then a nurse crop can be
utilized.
Yocum cautioned that the ap
plication of Furadan granules at
seeding is only good for the first
cutting.
“You better come back with a
leaf hopper spray on the second
cutting if it’s needed,” he said.
Yocum also outlined the latest in
harvesting recommendations.
For new seedmgs, cutting should
take place at least at early bloom,
not the bud stage.
For established stands, the tirst
cutting of alfalfa is now related to
the last cutting. If the first cutting
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is done at lull bud or early bloom,
then four weeks are needed trom
the last cutting to the first frost.
Each succeeding cutting should
be done at 35 to 40-day intervals.
it the first cutting is done at full
bloom, then the last cutting can be
made up to Oct. 15 but not later.
Touching on clover, Yocum
stressed the importance of not
letting the plants go to lull bloom in
the first year. They should be
clipped or cut at quarter to halt
bloom.
"It allowed to go to lull bloom,
the plant's life cycle is finished,"
he explained.
The use ot Furadan was outlined
by Steve Fisher, ot FMC, who tirsl
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representative check condition of tall fescue-red clover
winter pasture in year-around grazing experiment being
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He explained that the use ot
Furadan 10 granules in the seedmg
acts as a foliar systemic and soil
contact to combat the potato leat
hopper in the first cutting. This
practice was originated in Penn
sylvania field tests.
Schuylkill winter vegetable meeting Feb. 15
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The
Schuylkill County Winter
Vegetable meeting will be held on
Monday, Feb. 15, 1982 from 9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rmgtown
Banquet Hall, Hingtown.
Speakers for the meeting will be
Pete Ferretb, Extension vegetable
specialist; Larry Yager, Ex
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He also showed examples ot no
till alfalfa practices and the use ot
Furadan.
Wayne Marz, ot Staulter,
outlined the use ot Eptam against
grasses, annual broadleaves and
nutsedge, along with the in
secticides Imidan and Tritluon.
The new tormulation ot Prmcep
tension marketing specialist and
Alan Mac Nab, Extension plant
pathologist The topics to be
discussed will include: new
varieties available for 1982
plantings and variety com
parisons, plant diseases and
disease control, plus pricing of
vegetables on the retail and
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sponsored by the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Holstein steers nearby are thriving on the pasture without
any supplemental feeding. Pasture-checkers are; left to right,
A. Morris Decker, who is conducting the research; Richard S.
Witmer of Middletown, Md., regional sales representative for
the Chevron Chemical Co., and Lester R. Vough. Extension
forage crops specialist at the University of Maryland.
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explained as a control ot tali and
winter annuals.
The use ot Paraquat in no-tili
altalta and the new registration tor
its use for weed control between
cuttings was explained by Dave
Cote, ot Chevron.—DA
wholesale markets.
All vegetable growers are in
vited to attend this meeting
sponsored by the Schuylkill County
Cooperative £xtensipn Service.
For additional information contact
George P. Perry, Jr., County
Agent - Horticulture, P.O. Box 250,
Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972,
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