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Easy methods to maintain potato crops free from weeds this spring

A great chunk of potato seed needs to be neatly tucked up in beds, so ideas flip to weed management earlier than crops emerge.

Farmers Weekly will get some regional strategic recommendation from the Affiliation of Unbiased Potato Consultants (AIPC).

See additionally: How a trickle method can minimize potato irrigation vitality prices

Martyn Cox,

Blackthorn Arable, East Anglia

The very first thing to think about is the contact associate for the pre-emergence residual combine, as there are variations in broad-leaved weed management between PPO-inhibitors Shark (carfentrazone-ethyl) and Gozai (pyraflufen-ethyl).

Right here, we see that Gozai has the sting, significantly on groundsel, chickweed and mayweed, which could be main complications.

An inexpensive proportion of our crops are grown on sandy soils and Praxim (metobromuron) is a pleasant and secure residual possibility, because it has no soil sort restrictions or varietal restrictions.

Producer Certis Belchim recommends a fee between 2.5 and three litres/ha for greatest outcomes. We have a tendency to use 2.5 litres/ha and associate it with prosulfocarb.

Amaranthus weeds like fats hen could be a ache and I'd say that prosulfocarb provides lots right here.

Blackgrass could be a drawback throughout the East and the place it's current, including Emerger (aclonifen) into the combination has made a giant distinction.

I've seen excellent outcomes on blackgrass at one-leaf stage utilizing Emerger + metribuzin + Shark.

 

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Uploaded on April 17, 2023