{"id":2643,"date":"2026-09-28T09:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:32:47","slug":"cotton-defoliation-9-28-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/2026\/09\/cotton-defoliation-9-28-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton Defoliation 9\/28\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve got cotton ready to defoliate, this is a week I\u2019d try to get after it. We\u2019re looking at highs in the upper 80s across the state and lows in the 60s to low 70s, so conditions should be pretty good for defoliation. Once those cooler temperatures arrive, we\u2019ll probably need to adjust rates and\/or products accordingly. The biggest thing I\u2019m watching is the weather headed into the weekend. We could see some spotty rain beforehand, with better rain chances Saturday and Sunday. If I were trying to defoliate this week, I\u2019d want to be wrapped up by Thursday to make sure I had enough rain-free time. I\u2019d also take advantage of these warmer temperatures while they\u2019re here. It looks like we\u2019re going to cool off for a while after the weekend rain. We definitely need that moisture, especially for getting dryland peanuts out of the ground, but the cooler weather is going to make cotton defoliation a little more complicated. If I had cotton that was 60% open or more, I\u2019d be doing everything I could to defoliate it this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this week, I\u2019d be around:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3\u20134 oz\/acre thidiazuron (Dropp\/Freefall\/Klean-Pik\/etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6\u201310 oz\/acre tribufos (Folex\/Def\/etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32\u201342 oz\/acre ethephon (Prep\/Super Boll\/Setup\/etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the tribufos, I\u2019d stay toward the lower rate on hotter days or where there isn\u2019t as much foliage to remove. As we get closer to the weekend and the rain\/cooldown, I\u2019d lean toward the higher end.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And one reminder on morning glories: if you\u2019re adding a PPO, take the tribufos out<strong>.<\/strong> I would not put ETX or Aim into the standard three-way mix. That combination is asking for trouble, in my opinion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve got cotton ready to defoliate, this is a week I\u2019d try to get after it. We\u2019re looking at highs in the upper 80s across the state and lows in the 60s to low 70s, so conditions should be pretty good for defoliation. Once those cooler temperatures arrive, we\u2019ll probably need to adjust rates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}