Pros And Cons Of Early Planting
Amanda Huber
Southeast
"It would not have been in the discount range, but we also tended to see an increase in short fiber in about 50 percent of the situations," Pettigrew says.
In most years, planting early, and only with the use of irrigation, offers producers the opportunity to increase yields and get the crop picked before harvest conditions deteriorate.
"It's kind of an avoidance strategy, getting the crop set before the onset of stress situations and then getting it out of the field before bad weather begins in mid-to-late October," he says.
Nematodes, Seedling Disease
Nematodes, rather than weather, can become a producer's reason to plant early.
Rome Ethredge, County Coordinator for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service in Seminole County, says that in fields with deep, sandy soil, producers plant early because of the presence of Southern root-knot nematode.
source : cottonfarming
Amanda Huber
Southeast
"It would not have been in the discount range, but we also tended to see an increase in short fiber in about 50 percent of the situations," Pettigrew says.
In most years, planting early, and only with the use of irrigation, offers producers the opportunity to increase yields and get the crop picked before harvest conditions deteriorate.
"It's kind of an avoidance strategy, getting the crop set before the onset of stress situations and then getting it out of the field before bad weather begins in mid-to-late October," he says.
Nematodes, Seedling Disease
Nematodes, rather than weather, can become a producer's reason to plant early.
Rome Ethredge, County Coordinator for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service in Seminole County, says that in fields with deep, sandy soil, producers plant early because of the presence of Southern root-knot nematode.
source : cottonfarming
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