The Importance of Post Wheat Harvest Burndown

[Shaggy98]

The top photo shows 2013 wheat stubble that was fortunate enough to receive some post wheat harvest burndown chemicals.

This is what much of the Central Kansas wheat stubble looks like.  I guess the weeds like the abundance of 6"+ rain over the last 3 weeks as well.

[buckfarmer]

If you would have known you were going to get that much rain. This would have been a good year to try double crop beans. If weeds grow like that I'm pretty sure you could have grown a decent crop even this late in the summer.

[Shaggy98]

Everyone was waiting for the volunteer wheat to emerge before spraying but got caught with their pants down so to speak. We've been burned the last 2 years attempting double crops otherwise I'm sure we'd have several producers that would have given it a go.

[James22]

Never sprayed but mowed the stubble a couple of times to keep the weeds from going to seed.  Initially used an older 9ft sickle bar mower and small tractor.  Saves fuel but ultimately too slow; big rotary is so much faster.  Rotary does takes a lot of power the first pass.  However never had weeds like you show in the second photo.

[Shaggy98]

Luckily that second pick isn't mine or even across the fence from me. I'm still getting a little control with some residual herbicide I applied earlier, but with all the rain it is wearing off fast.

[smokeyjay]

Shaggy, in our area, the double cropped beans are turning yellow due to excess moisture. Regular beans are beginning to yellow as well but not to that extent. The jury is out to whether the dc route pays off this year.

[Whitesand_Farms]

 Hey Shaggy does anyone in that part of the country do a prehavest burn down? Up in my area of Western Canada I have to burn down every acre.

[Shaggy98]

I've never heard of a preharvest burndown in this part of the country.

[nutlug]

Shaggy you went and posted pics of my pineapple corn and now its pics of my out of control pigweeds. What's next, my three legged cow and crooked row milo ?

[Shaggy98]

Ha HA Nutlug, how's the wheat stubble looking in your area?

Any more rain? We've received an additional .65" over the last couple days. Nothing severe, just nice gentle rain.