Spraying the 2013 crop!

[cottonpicken]

Whats everyones opinion on morning dew?do you
just say screw it and go or wait a bit?

[boarderbloke]

IMO using more than 360g delays maturity, not sure about yield loss from appling more than that level, though. I think if your your fields are that dirty or you didn't burn-off, is where the yield loss comes in. Even when canola plants are small and you'd think there is lots of room in your field for both weeds and canola is when you can lose a surprising amount of yield, plus fertilizer you've applied(hurting yield later) I always burn-off now so those smaller plants have Zero competition. I also know time & weather don't always cooperate.
Also I always talk about glyphosate in terms of grams per acre. I hate when retails want to quote glyphosate in "old litres".

[boarderbloke]

I don't like spraying with dew but, I suppose it depends on the forecast, and whether your behind or caught up, water volume, direction of breeze/neighbouring crops. I guess I will go if enough factors were pushing me.

[Klause]

According to the label you can do 2 x 0.5L/ac or 1 1L/ac quiv. applications.

We've done two x 1L... 5 weeks apart, didn't hurt the crop at all... depends on the year, weather, etc.


Spraying in dew is fine... we've done it quite a bit and get good kills, but we use SprayAir shearguard nozzles.


BTW... a little O/T Everyone complains about drift with the SprayAir wind booms... I sprayed gly on pre-emerge, wind blowing from east at 35k/hr, wheat field emerged west of mine. Not a single bit of drift.... only time you have drift from shear guards is when it's calm!

[cottonpicken]

Thanks for those opinions.

[HappyFarmer]

We have had good luck with all herbicides when
spraying in dew, execpt for the like of liberty. It
works terrible in a heavy dew

[HappyFarmer]

We have had good luck with all herbicides when
spraying in dew, execpt for the like of liberty. It
works terrible in a heavy dew

[SASKFARMER3]

Finished peas, started liberty then blew a hyd
hose. But got two done!

[fjlip]

All sprayed once, another calm perfect spray day!
Two in one season wow!

[Partners]

Spraying in the dew is OK because the crop and weeds are drying compared to late night spraying when everything is getting wetter and shutting down for the cooler nights.