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.ucumber Busts Out In Pa.
.Kmoirws overwinter In addition, the clusters can 1
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"“bottom-ground, we. and
C;.7r S Ss. a Penn soil
State weed specialist continuously wet as this past one. any
According to Dr 8111 Cu ™ , voe of field could fall victim Growers
“l ,n sS.m^ S >o y ss of yields «* good enough to comm, the weed all
p To make matters worse, the weed is „ madc wo rse by the fact
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ssssistsss jja-aiss
" Cufran said the germinates, is very
looks just like a cucumber P'“ l ™ lh reduce yldd on crops
broad. Hive-sided leaves, can branch out ramiKl.uve s qulckly
through fields of com and soybeans for s,^ c “f scangc P tsoinfcs ted with the
grea . distances The of "eld £ cannol * choppc d
com stalks and envelope soybean stands weeo in j
quickly if left untreated f p or (£ m fields that ate past treatment
Worse, the plant produces chiaers of For irom ne lhere „ hope:
seed With 16-20 seeds per cluster 'There and to *, shnw .
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prove Corn Standability
ANDY ANDREWS Beck said that the panner-
Farming SUIT shi P uses a four-year reunion
TIONESTA (Clarion Co.)— com, followed by soybeans or
Despite rainy conditions, oa,s - followed by potatoes or
methods to improve water wf| eal, then back to com The
ataorption and effective use of important thing to remember
stanerfeitijlzer allowed a com "oied Beck, is that the farni
producer here to gamer 145 doesn't follow com with com
bushelVacre of shelled com “ w « also have learned to
Ti , B* *B o"' subsoil the ground to 18 inches
rue partners that compnse deep and keep the soil real
wng Acres Potato Farni know loose to benefit the root svs
what the challenges of the past tem ” “id Beck. Even in a dry
growing season brought: a cool, Tear. he said, subsoilmg is
wet spring followed by a wet " ve 'Y beneficial" for a n..i.h
summer followed by . .well, <er. more productive crop.
despite all that, the com went in The wet weather this year
on A ‘™ e “d did well. was a real challenge. It “held us -
About 350 com growers and ™ck in terms of subsoiling and
agn-indusiry representatives, li| lsge." Beck said,
including a large continent of . Wh * l fanfaers are discover
renn Slate extension staff, were in 8. he indicated, was that the
on hand to show the results of use of * Warier fertilizer in the
“l “ m ' “"I variety trials, and *> w w >>h a lot of urea can have
use of starter and sidedress fer- detrimental effects on a crop
Ulizers at the Crop Field Day The fertilizer can bum the root
held at Long Acres in Septem- ‘f^em.
ber A '“‘ >*"■ What Long Acres has done is
According to one of the part- mak ® uie of a monammoniated
net*, Clarence Beck, who P h ®«phorout (MAP) and
***lpod stage the field day, the *ulphur-ma«n#cJ..~- *
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