Insects and Disease

[farmaholic]

Who is using the insect thresholds and disease risk flow charts to help decide if you should apply pesticides?

I asked a neighbor how much drier it would have to be before he'd decide not to spray?

Dismal past rain.
Thin open canopy.
Crop staging.
Crop potential.
Forecast rain. (Nothing general at this point)

[freewheat]

I am not spraying fungicide. Conditions would say spray, the crop says no though. Not a sign of disease. Considering the wet leaves at night, and into the day, it is surprising.

[Guest]

free not sure if you grow rr canola but it always pays us back big time with fungicide not sure why rr is always wprse ? smaller stock ? dont know...we are spraying everything , even the oats , one quarter dosed up bad already

[farmaholic]

...but, but, but aren't our neighbors spraying?

[tstep]

Anybody spraying fungicides this year, as dry as it is, must have to much money and need to burn it up.

[mustardman]

We've had the three best fungicides going
1. Sun
2 heat
3 wind
4. Small amount of vegetative growth( still see dirt between rows)

[jake550]

Spraying all the wheat with prosaro. The crop doesn't really justify it but the conditions have been ideal for major fusarium problems.
Hard to believe as dry as it is. Seems like this year we can't win. Gotta love farming.

[Guest]

tstep. not dry here. today is the first day the crops have dried enough to not get soaked walking thru them at 3:00 pm another half inch on weekend

[tstep]

👍👍👍

[agstar77]

HRS sprayed with Caramba.