Time is something that we all wish we had more of, and in farming, timing is everything. Everything we deal with in peanut production must be done within a certain time frame to reach maximum yields. As we focus on weed management, one of the most important aspects is timing — whether it be the time frame to apply a herbicide to the crop pre-emergence or post emergence, trying to make the application before the crop emerges, or get the herbicide applied before the crop reaches a certain stage. Timing is also critical not only with the crop but pertaining to the size of the weed we are targeting to kill. Whichever situation, timing is a critical part.
I feel one of the best ways to have more flexibility is to keep some residual herbicides out early to mid-season to help prevent heavy weed pressure that holds back the crop and decreases our yield potential, preventing us from having to apply other herbicides over the top that concentrate on contact kill. The residual-based program gives us more flexibility on timing and decreases the amount of weed pressure, lowering the chances of allowing the weeds to have an advantage over our crop’s maximum potential.
Another quick reminder: it’s time to pull some pegging zone calcium samples to know ahead of time what our levels are before we run out of time and don’t have time to correct a simple problem. ∆
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