- Be careful… Loose clothing near PTO shafts, electricity and pivots (get a contactless voltmeter), driving on the roads (watch the others around you, you on a tractor and truck behind you at 60 mph… Will be a bad situation)
- This deserves its own bullet point- do NOT I repeat DO NOT climb under a piece of equipment being held up only by hydraulics. One bust of an old hydraulic hose and your body is being pulled out from under that peice of equipment hours/days later. Just BE CAREFUL
Lesion Nematodes occasionally can cause issues in peanuts, given certain circumstances. According to Dr. Kemerait, Lesion nematodes could be a problem in a corn-peanut situation where the lesion nematodes weaken the peg strength to the point that you lose peanuts at digging. Nematode resistant varieties are resistant to peanut root knot and NOT lesion nematodes. Lesion are more of a risk to you as a grower following corn or Bahia grass. If you are not sampling for nematodes after harvest, this is the year to start. If you believe you have had losses due to lesion nematodes, an application of Propulse around 50-60 days after plant could help manage lesion nematodes, white mold and leafspot among other issues.
Remember- No corn varieties have nematode resistance, no cotton varieties have Sting or Columbia Lance Nematode Resistance. The best root-knot resistance in soybeans is likely in the MG VII varieties.
From Dr. Kemerait- once you close the furrow, the following issues are something you can no longer control…. Seedling diseases of all crops (soil conditions at planting, seed treatments, in-furrow fungicides)
2. Tomato spotted wilt of peanut (everything about Peanut Rx that affects risk to tomato spotted wilt except use of Classic herbicide is decided at planting)
3. Parasitic nematodes all crops- rotation in the field (previous crop), use of resistant cultivar/variety (if available), choice and rate of nematicide
4. Bacterial blight of cotton (variety)
5. CLRDV-induced bronze wilt (variety and planting date)
6. CBR on peanuts (in-furrow fungicide)
7. Fusarium wilt on cotton (nematode resistant variety or nematicide)
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