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NC Kansas | After reading the post below about problems with neighbors who won't take care of volunteer, it got me to thinking about my own success with wheat-on-wheat no-till.
My program is to burn down right after harvest (catches broadleaf annuals after the spring treatment wears off), again a month or so later (catches the lion's share of volunteer and late germinating broadleaves), and once more a week before planting (last few spears of volunteer and germinating annual grasses, bindweed, and winter annual broadleaves). Planting date is around October 1, give or take a week.
Would I be wasting money to drop 4 oz. of Pilot (Lorsban generic, $3/a.) in the last mix? Last spray always catches just a little volunteer. I haven't had big problems with foliar disease in the past, but there's always a little, and not just around the edges. Will the Pilot take care of curling mites? Is there something else in addition to fungicide that I should be applying?
This is an attempt to even out my yields. Last year, the no-till continuous wheat ranged from mid 60's to mid 40's. Planted in the same few day period, same fertility, same place in the rotation, same soil groups, same rainfall. It's a beans-wheat-wheat-milo rotation, so there's really no time to build up soil diseases.
Any help would be appreciated!
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wheat-on-wheat no-till and volunteer
