As soon as the snow is gone, it’s time to evaluate how the fall-seeded crops have fared. For a lot of Ontario, they not solely did properly, they’re already rising like weeds! For some areas of the province, the winter wheat crop is as a lot as 5 days forward of the 10-year common.

That’s the place we begin with this week’s episode of Wheat Pete’s Phrase, and host Peter Johnson additionally has solutions for questions on weed identification, herbicide timing, PGR timing, and planning your summer time holidays.

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Abstract

• Winter wheat, winter canola and rye! Spring has sprung
• It’s go time for southwestern Ontario — alfalfa getting into, manure on
• Winter wheat doesn’t like moist toes
• Be sure that the soil is match earlier than you go (and if it’s match, give ‘er …sh…)
• The photo voltaic eclipse was awe-inspiring, really superior
• Jap Ontario has some nice wanting wheat, however geese has bought a few of it
• Winter kill hasn’t bought to it, it appears
• Winter canola that went in late continues to be wanting good. Even the dangerous spots aren’t too dangerous
• August and September planting of winter canola. Is September too late? Rely how far north you might be
• This may very well be Ontario’s fourth crop in rotation
• It’s good to order seed by mid-June. Name early!
• April 8, winter wheat going reproductive? Oh boy
• Managing wheat higher — we’ve made leaps and bounds
• Simply because the top is current in early April, doesn’t imply harvest will likely be considerably earlier
• Jap Ontario is about 100 GDD forward of 2023, 150 forward of the ten 12 months common!
• 10-12 GDD per day this time of 12 months
• What about PGR timing? Development stage 30, 31 or 32
• Do you want a PGR?
• Is it too chilly for herbicide? In all probability not!
• Whitlowgrass — what the heck? Some years simply favour some bizarre weeds
• Nitrogen losses. Saving N! take a look at The Agronomists right here
• There received’t be an ideal day to do it, however try to time it proper to reduce loss
• Excessive demand for N is at Development stage 31 and onward. So the N must be there
• go by development stage, not the calendar
• Look ahead to stripe rust
• Useless wheat, pH and sand knolls ….wireworm problem?

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