Annual Weed Control in Vineyards

The program for the control of annual weeds in the vineyard should consider the weed free strip under the trellis and the sod middles between the rows separately. The “Weed Control Season” starts in late fall, after harvest.  The program implemented in the spring depends on what herbicides were applied the previous fall.  If herbicides […]

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Lettuce Weed Control

Work continues to progress toward reinstating the Kerb label for leaf lettuce, but has not been completed and is not expected to be completed in time for use in this year.

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Goes to Show You Don’t Ever Know

Last week, we saw photographs of cherrylaurel that got pummeled by the winter. Of course, I proved my plant ignorance in the blog post by calling the photos of cherrylaurel, Prunus laurocerasus, mountain laurel, which is Kalmia latifolia. No doubt mountain laurel got hurt in the winter just the same as cherrylaurel did and no doubt […]

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Veg ICM Twilight Meeting Apr 22, 2014

Vegetable Integrated Crop Management Twilight Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: East Vineland Fire Hall, Landis Ave. across from the Savoy Restaurant (park behind the building and enter conference room door in rear) The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents of Atlantic, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties invite you to the […]

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Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Small Grains

Herbicide-resistant weeds are an ever increasing problem. When most people hear herbicide-resistant weeds these days they think of glyphosate resistance. However, I think Group 2 resistance (or ALS-resistance) is just as bad, if not worse, for our area. Small grains is a crop that relies heavily on ALS herbicides for weed control, and over the […]

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Weed Control in Onions

Weed control in onions can be difficult.  Effective preemergence herbicides do not provide acceptable annual broadleaf control.  Postemergence herbicides cannot be applied until the crop has 2 or 3 true leaves plus the flag leaf.

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