Bunch of odds and ends
Reminders about some recent videos we made, etc. First, corn replanting is in full swing in areas due to the effect of previous cold and wet weather on stands. It’s important to kill the first stand of corn to make…
There’s some big marestail out there
The warm winter and early spring resulted in some awesome weed growth in no-till fields, and larger than normal marestail for this time of the year. And the current spell of wet, windy weather is preventing field operations. This can…
Marestail – it’s everywhere
The photos of marestail here were taken in front of my house, along the intersection of the driveway and front walkway. I have to suspect, given the proximity of these plants to where I exit the car every day,…
Marestail control in wheat stubble – applicable OSU research
As promised in the C.O.R.N. newsletter, we have added a link on the marestail page (or click here) to access some of our research results on control in wheat stubble and a couple other tough situations. The first page shows…
Can you burn down big marestail this late?
There are still some tough burndown situations in the state due to weeks of less than ideal weather conditions. Controlling large marestail is probably the biggest challenge, especially when there’s not much time between herbicide application and soybean planting. This…
It’s official – marestail is public enemy #1 in soybeans
Results of a national survey of weed scientists and practitioners conducted by the national and regional weed science societies are in. Probably no surprise to all of us here in Ohio that marestail was identified as the most troublesome weed…
Considerations for managing marestail in a wet spring
In-field video of Dr. Mark Loux explaining late-spring options for control of overwintered marestail. A follow up to the recent C.O.R.N. article on this subject.
The “Then/Again” Marestail Spraying Cycle*
1. FIRST STEP – Spray no fall Herbicide -AGAIN 2. Then wait for spring to burndown and fail – AGAIN 3. Then respray burndown & miss Marestail -AGAIN 4. Then wonder “What do I do now?” – AGAIN 5. Then…
