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Reminder: Fall Herbicide Treatment for Small Grain Weed Control

November 15, 2024lyndsie

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu This fall has presented an opportune time to treat small grains with a postemergence herbicide, the warm weather has allowed more weed growth than normal.  For small grains planted in September through mid-October, I… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 32:31, herbicide, small grains, weed control

Burcucumber Control

May 12, 2023raharris

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu I have gotten a few questions about burcucumber over the winter. Like many things, weeds seem to be cyclical. They are a problem for a few years, then we get them under control and… Continue Reading →

General 31:7, burcucumber, weed control

Rain and weed control

May 12, 2023raharris

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu A few weeks ago, I wrote about lack of rain to activate herbicides, now I am being asked about how much herbicide is left after the big rains. Many areas of the state received… Continue Reading →

General 31:7, herbicide application, weed control

Winter Annual Weed Identification

September 24, 2021kgyoung

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu and Barbara Scott, Research Associate; bascott@udel.edu As we move into the fall months and transition from summer annual weeds to winter annual weeds, the website below has excellent photos of common winter annual weeds… Continue Reading →

General 29:27, weed control

The Confusion of Herbicide Product Naming

June 25, 2021kgyoung

Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu A common strategy in product marketing to build upon name recognition, and I find this can be very confusing. One example is when someone writes “Oreos” on the shopping list; do they want the… Continue Reading →

General 29:14, herbicide labels, weed control

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