Event Details
Date
March 20, 2018
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location
CY Farms
6465 Transit Rd
Elba, NY 14058
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureChristy Hoepting
585-798-4265 x38
email Christy Hoepting
Pre-Season Onion Weed Management Meeting (Elba Muck)
March 20, 2018
CVP Onion Specialist Christy Hoepting will provide an informal review of the 2017 Cornell onion herbicide research trials followed by a casual roundtable discussion of weed control in 2018, improved control of problem weeds, threshold for crop injury, and identifying questions/treatments for 2018 herbicide trials.
10:00 am to 10:45 am
Review of 2017 Cornell onion herbicide research trial results:
- Pre- and post-emergent control of ragweed, smartweed and marsh yellowcress
- Improved pre-emergence control of yellow nutsedge
- Comparison of Prowl EC to Prowl H2O
- Incorporating Chateau into pre-emergent onion herbicide program
10:45 am to 12:00 noon
Roundtable discussion of:
- Weed control in 2018; successes, failures and needs improvement
- Improved control of problem weeds
- Threshold for crop injury
- Identify research questions/treatments for 2018 herbicide trials
Contact Christy Hoepting with questions.
