Yellow rust is causing concern for John Mulhare. In this installment of CROPS WATCH, the TerraChem agronomist describes how plans for his winter wheat are changing as a result.
He intends to get this yellow rust under control early and will apply a T0 at GS31 with the plant growth regulator.
That T0 will be Fielder at 1.6L/ha and Corbel at 0.5L/ha. Corbel will contribute to yellow rust control, while it and Fielder – which also contains Talius – will look after any mildew in the crop.
Growth regulator will also be applied at this time. This will consist of CeCeCe at 1L/ha and Moddus at 0.2L/ha.
- Fielder – 1.6L/ha;
- Corbel – 0.5L/ha;
- CeCeCe – 1L/ha;
- Moddus – 0.2L/ha.
Background to the crop
The crop of Bennington winter wheat was planted on October 26. This was the day after John harvested his beet crop – which we followed on last season’s CROPS WATCH.
The beet tops were disced twice and the winter wheat was sown with a Horsch disc drill at a rate of 400 seeds/m². The seeding rate is high as John declared he has a market for straw.
The crop received its herbicide in February, along with growth regulator and a mix of trace elements.
- Cameo Max SX – 30g/ha;
- Broadway Star – 265g/ha;
- K2 – 1.8L/ha;
- Uplift – 3L/ha;
- Boron 150 – 1L/ha;
- Cereal Aloy – 1L/ha.