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off to a good start.
“Small seedlings at the two-leaf
stage have only a primary root sys
tem so early season nutrient uptake
is limited,” he said. “Therefore,
it’s important to keep the fertilizer
and other nutrients closer to the
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chance of having a healthier of a parti
seedling ” B - ular arca - he said. If diseases
Schwartz adds that growers 116 a problem..choose hybrids that
should select hybrids that germi- reS ’ St lh “ e m y , OUr area ' lf c ° ld or
nate quickly to avoid any early {fVn * fif 3 prob,em>
plant or insect dilemmas selcct a hybnd Wlth a ver y stro "g
“When you select hybrids, R rgenc ® a " d v ‘f r ’’
sleet ones that will be able to T ° ward off secd rot ’ decay and
insects such as seed com beetles,
seed com maggots and wireworms
before plant emergence, Schwartz
recommends using planter-box
seed treatments. He said most root-
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Siberian Ag Leaders Tour Area
LES . jiting agribusiness leadei ;om southern Siberia
in the Soviet Union discuss their recent three-week study program here at Delaware
Valley College. Left to right are Dr. Nataliya Afsowina, translator; Dr. Sergei
Dobronevsky, dean of business at Novosibirsk State University; Dr. John Mertz, pro
vost of Delaware Valley College; and Innokenty Tengerekov, assistant general direc
tor for state universities of the Altai region. The college hosted the classroom/field trip
program to acquaint the Soviet visitors with the latest U.S. agricultural, scientific, and
economic developments.
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Lancaster Farming Saturday, May 4,1991-03
it
worm insecticides protect against
these seed-attackers.
Schwartz advises examining
each field for plant population
after emergence.
“Counts should be made to
determine total emergence as well
as uniformity,” he said. “It is nor
mal for 10 to 15 percent of the
planted seed to fail to germinate,
nut if that rate exceeds 15 percent,
reasons should be determined.”
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