Targeted Cover Crop: NemaTill Mix

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EMERGING NEMATILL

45 DAYS AFTER EMERGENCE

30 DAYS AFTER EMERGENCE

A NEW APPROACH TO NEMATODE SUPPRESSION PLAINS CORN GROWERS have focused on yield losses caused by nematodes. Although nematode damage has been documented for decades, until recently it was thought to be limited to relatively small areas of sandy soils. Changes in crop production practices such as no tillage, reduced tillage and less use of soil applied rootworm insecticides has contributed to higher nematode populations, more widespread nematode injury and yield loss. Some of our dealers have asked Sharp Brothers to formulate a brassica

cover crop mix for the purpose of nematode suppression.We are offering NEMATILL MIX for application from mid-summer to early fall with the goal of reducing nematode damage to the next season’s crop. In addition, this mix has the potential to perform aggressive biological tillage and nutrient recycling to the soil surface. NemaTill is a mix of 3 species of brassicas that are known to have exceptionally high levels of glucosinalates which function as biological nematicides.

SUGGESTED APPLICATION RATE

10 pounds per acre.

PLAN this season’s herbicides

TO PLANT NemaTill

CORN at the black layer stage of grain development. Aerial application.

SOYBEANS as the leaves begin to turn yellow. Aerial application.

PLANT INTO maturing summer crops, wheat stubble or summer fallow. Plantings delayed until after summer crops are harvested are less likely to develop effective concentrations of glucosinalates before the plants are terminated by temperatures in the low 20s to high teens. NemaTill will need moisture to germinate; irrigated ground should be watered after planting. Earlier than suggested plantings should be considered for dryland applications to have more opportunities for needed rainfall. Listed are suggested planting times and methods for the NemaTill Mix. SUNFLOWER as the back of the head becomes yellow. Aerial application.

WHEAT stubble or summer fallow. During the month of August. Plant with a drill or aerial application. Keep in mind that ground planting machinery traffic will destroy some preexisiting surface residue

UNIFORM METERING & BROADCASTING

NemaTill has 3 brassica seed components. The two small seeded components in the mix have been enlarged with application of COATING so that they are closer to the size of the third, larger seeded component. By doing so, uniform metering and broadcast distribution of the NemaTill mix seed has been facilitated, especially important in effective AERIAL APPLICATION. Aerial applicators who applied NemaTill in 2014, report that it metered and broadcast well from their planes, the proof being the uniform stands that developed.


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