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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2007-06-14

Observation Date 2004-04-10

Comment:
Sprayed the winter wheat on the main site treatment 2 all replications (reps 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, & 4) for weeds. Purpose of Application: Control of annual broadleaves. Harmony Extra (thifensulfuron methyl + tribenuron methyl) was applied at 0.5 oz/A, (35 g/ha) and NIS surfactant was applied at 0.25%. A total of 7.5 oz of Harmony Extra and 0.75 gal of surfactant were applied on 14.82 acres (6 hectares). Weather Conditions: Mostly cloudy with air temperature ranging from 48-50 degrees F. Relative Humidity was 45%. Wind was out of the west at 0-8 mph's averaging 3 mph's. Time of application was between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Equipment Used: JD 5220 tractor traveling 5.0 mph (gear C1, 1600 rpm's) with a pull type Top Air sprayer equipped with a hydraulic centrifugal sprayer pump and a Raven 440 automatic carrier control unit. Turbo TeeJet 11003 nozzles were used, spaced 15 inches apart with a total boom length of 30 feet. 25 psi was used. Water applied at 20 gals/A, (187L/ha), was used as the carrier. Sprayed postemergance. Weeds prevalent: Shepherd's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), ranging in height from cotyledon - 4 inches tall, average height 2 inches, common chickweed (Stellaria media), ranging in height from cotyledon - 8 inches long, average length 3 inches, henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), ranging in height from cotyledon - 4 inches tall, average height 2 inches.

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T2

Observation Type:
Herbicide Application

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