Wide tramlines have really helped this grower to blight spray yesterday after the rain and continued high blight pressure. Maintaining a 7 day interval and very little mess made. Drift reduction Sterling from @InteragroUK used as well due to variable wind speed during the day 👌
Hats off to Kings seeds @Kingscrops - Frontier @FrontierAg for their absolutely cracking show of ‘OperationPollinator ‘ mix at the @CerealsEvent …both farms and parks could learn some techniques from them in establishment of this & other fabulous mixtures @SyngentaUK
Setting up with band sprayer today, adapted to apply liquid fert inter-row. Should be more efficient and applied nearer to peak N requirement of maize plant. 🌽
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If you see the odd pollen beetle, don't rush in. OSR can easily compensate so ONLY spray them as a very last resort.
<30 plants/m2 = 25 pollen beetles/plant
30-50 plants/m2 = 18 pollen beetles/plant
50-70 plants/m2 = 11 pollen beetles/plant
>70 plants/m2 = 7 pollen beetles/plant