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| Anyone ever tried this stuff Pod-Stik a company up here in Canada is promoting it as a spray for canola to reduce shattering of the pods. It is supposed to improve straight cutting. We would like to try and straight cut some canola and are wondering if anyone has experience with this product.
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Bow Island, Alberta | I have some Pod Ceal sitting at a dealer. Will be trying some in a few weeks, likely mixed with Reglone. |
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Camrose, Alberta | I posted about this Pod Ceal a while back after reading about it in the Western Producer, here's the link.
As one post said, in the U.S. the product is called Spodnam.
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=56848&posts=7&...
Edited by sakeller 8/15/2008 00:56
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Tain, Scotland | Just finished my Winter Canola yesterday. Sprayed half with Roundup and half with podstick and roundup. I probably didn't get the best out of the pod stik as the stems were barely dead but the forecast said 6 days of rain. What I can say is that the podstik sprayed crop was slightly harder to feed into the combine. As I say I didn't give it a proper trial and I will see in 10 days the effect it had had
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Rolla, ND | So far it's been here try this, then it doesn't really make any appreciable difference, then they seem to do some tweeking and then it come back again with a here try this.
I haven't seen it make enough difference so you can tell.
If the field is good and pretty well down in a mat. It seems to work just fine to straight it with or without the spray.
If the field is poor and the plants move, it again doesn't hold enough to make a differnce that I've seen.
It make me wonder when the basic claim is it keeps the pod moist but let's the seed dry down. They seem to claim a barrier which if that's the case, that doesn't make sense.
Sometimes I wonder if it's more like glycerin works in a cookie to keep it soft and moist.
Anyway, I've actually wondered about spraying the swaths. We could do that with not much product, and unless your swaths are different than ours, there is often some shelling on the exposed plants. Haven't done it.
Marv
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NW Washington | Here is results of some tests using Spodnam on canola, which is another product that is supposed to reduce pod shatter, that was done N. Dakota. Results are not very promising on a quick read.
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/agronomy/Research/ProdMgmt/05... |
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| It appears that Pod StiK is not the same as POD CEAL or SPODNAM. Looking at the labels and MSDS sheets there are quite a few differences as to active ingredient . The water rates also seem to be different. It might be worth checking out the history of this pod-stik product which claims that it is a latex, which might just be paint. |
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Pod-stik for Canola
