Remember that all vegetation should be actively growing and capable of intercepting the herbicide spray when you make your burndown application, says Penn State Extension.
Because of the dramatic swings in air temperature that we’ve experienced already this spring, we’ve received a few questions about the effect of air temperatures on our spring burndown applications.
Recent early mornings with temperatures hovering in the upper 40s F and afternoon highs less than 80 F are certainly not synonymous with those we typically experience during these dog days of summer.
Source: By Peter Thomison, Ohio State University C.O.R.N. Newsletter
Crop physiologists believe that high night temperatures, in the 70s or 80s, can result in wasteful respiration and a lower net amount of dry matter accumulation in plants.
The good news is that most of the Midwest's late-planted corn crop escaped serious heat or drought stress during the critical pollination period and, to date, much of the important grain-filling period, says Bob Nielsen.
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