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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2007-06-14

Observation Date 2004-04-15

Comment:
Sprayed the winter wheat on the main site treatment 1 all replications (reps 6, 3, 2, 4, 5, & 1) 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: Sunny with air temperature ranging from 67-72 degrees F. Relative Humidity was ranging from 25%-35%. Wind was out of the west at 0-8 mph's averaging 4 mph's. Time of application was between 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Equipment Used: JD 5220 tractor traveling 5.5 mph (gear C1, 1700 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. 30 psi was used. Water applied at 20 gals/A, (187L/ha), was used as the carrier. Sprayed postemergence. Weeds prevalent: Shepherd's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), ranging in height from cotyledon - 3 inches tall, average height 1.5 inches, common chickweed (Stellaria media), ranging in height from cotyledon - 5 inches long, average length 2 inches, henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), ranging in height from cotyledon - 3 inches tall, average height 1 inches.

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T1

Observation Type:
Herbicide Application

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