Maize 2022 Please find enclosed the maize varieties that we will be running with for the 2022 season, along with some information on growing maize, and considerations to be taken into account before selecting a variety. We feel that we have a variety to suit each and every customers’ site and growing conditions, as well as end uses. 2021 season review Cold dry spring, followed by cold and wet before the warmer more typical spring temperatures. Drilling was occurring right up until the end of May. For most places soil temperatures didn’t reach the optimum 8 degrees until the end of April. Later weeds flushed through as the warmer weather with moisture in the ground. Maize Agronomy Herbicides Pre-emergence Broad leaved weeds and grass weeds – PDM (Anthem) Increased range of broadleaved weeds including Charlock & Black Bindweed. – PDM + Dimethenamid -p (Wing P) Post-emergence (before buttress roots develop) Broad leaved weeds – mesotrione (Temsa) or pyridate (Diva) Thistles – clopyralid (Dow Shield) Docks and volunteer potatoes – fluroxypyr (Hurler) Grass weeds – nicosulfuron (Fornet) Fungicides Eyespot – Azoxystrobin (Tazer)
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