DS-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, May 3,1986
Wj] | Brockett’s A g Advice
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Com planting is underway in the
southern parts of the state and is
just around the comer in the
central area. Sometimes farmers
get in too much of a hurry to get
that com seed into the ground. TTiis
hurry often causes lost time, lost
dollars, and frustrations. The best
advice on com planting is to follow
the book.
1. Get a soil test - you need pH to
determine the potential success of
the material you use for weed
control.
2. Apply lime if it is called for or
even if it not called for, if the
ground has been in a no-till
program for several years. Apply
at least a half of a ton per acre.
Proper pH is essential if you ex
pect weed control material to
work.
3. Calibrate or at least know how
your planter is dropping the seeds.
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4. Make sure the soil tem
perature is up to com planting
level.
5. Get the herbicide on at the
proper time. Do not plant com
without provisions for weed con
trol. Personally 1 would prefer
getting the herbicide on prior to
planting unless I was using a
specific post planting material. If I
have it on prior to planting, rainy
weather does not cause the com
and weeds to sprout before weed
control is applied. Weed control is
a must if you want a decent crop.
6. Check the planter before
planting to make sure that one or
more of the tubes is not blocked
and that is all chains are loose and
working. It would not hurt to check
it a few times while planting
either. Make sure that all parts are
working as they are supposed to. It
is frustrating to find at a later time
The satisfaction that comes
from doing a good job
of fanning
Liming is one of the most important
factors in keeping your soil in the highest
productive range By raising the pH from
a level below 6 oto 6 5 or higher you can
expect to harvest as much as 5 more
bushels of corn per acre, with similar
increases for all other forage and cash
crops
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that one row was not being planted
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Lime is Important
Lime may be the most important
ingredient in crop production for
farmers in much of Pennsylvania.
It furnishes soil nutrients
(calcium, magnesium). It also
neutralizes soil acids (pH). A near
neutral pH is necessary for proper
action of many weed control
materials. Acid soils result in
necessary plant food nutrients
being tied up by other elements
such as aluminum. Thus you could
consider lime as being a fertilizer,
a neutralizer, and a soil con
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