Event Details
Date
June 21, 2018
Time
5:30 PM dinner, 6:00 - 8:30 PM program and tours
Location
Mortellaro's Red Shop, 5955 Transit Rd will get you to the farm lane
(red shop is at the end of the farm lane)
Elba, NY 14058
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureChristy Hoepting
585-721-6953
email Christy Hoepting
2018 Annual Elba Muck Onion Twilight Meeting Featuring Herbicide Trial Tours
June 21, 2018
All onion growers are invited to this event which will feature trial tours and demonstrations of pre- and post-emergent weed control in direct seeded onions. 2.0 DEC recertification credits (categories 1a, 10 and 23) will be offered for those that attend the entire meeting. CCA credits will be available as well.
We will start with dinner at 5:30 PM at Mortellaro's Red Shop and then the educational program and tours will be held from 6:00 - 8:30 PM.
Topics include:
- Pre- and post-emergent control
- Weeds: pigweed, ragweed, lamb's quarters, nightshade, annual mustards, yellow nutsedge, etc.
- PRE-emergent herbicides: Prowl EC, Prowl H2O, Outlook, Buctril, Chateau, bicyclopyrone, Reflex
- POST-emergent herbicides: Goal 2XL, Goaltender, Chateau, Buctril, Stinger, Reflex, bicyclopyrone
- Timing to weeds, tank mixes, strategies, programs, crop safety
