Record Yields In SW Ark.?
Tommy Horton
Also playing a key role in this success formula is Whisenhunt's innovative approach utilizing skip rows and twin 40-inch rows. The distance between the two skip middles is 64 inches. The wider length allows the plant to extend its stalks laterally, allowing for more sunlight and air, while irrigating down the skip middles reduces the amount of water needed by 50 percent. According to Whisenhunt, this creates an increased canopy which promotes boll setting while preventing boll rot.
"I can increase my fruit set by 20 to 30 percent," he says. "It's a system that works, and I think the yields prove my point."
Finally, there is the performance of the lone variety he plants on his cotton acreage – DP 164 B2RF. This is the second year that Whisenhunt has planted the variety, and he likes the way it sets bolls and adapts to the production environment of southwest Arkansas.
source : cottonfarming
Tommy Horton
Also playing a key role in this success formula is Whisenhunt's innovative approach utilizing skip rows and twin 40-inch rows. The distance between the two skip middles is 64 inches. The wider length allows the plant to extend its stalks laterally, allowing for more sunlight and air, while irrigating down the skip middles reduces the amount of water needed by 50 percent. According to Whisenhunt, this creates an increased canopy which promotes boll setting while preventing boll rot.
"I can increase my fruit set by 20 to 30 percent," he says. "It's a system that works, and I think the yields prove my point."
Finally, there is the performance of the lone variety he plants on his cotton acreage – DP 164 B2RF. This is the second year that Whisenhunt has planted the variety, and he likes the way it sets bolls and adapts to the production environment of southwest Arkansas.
source : cottonfarming
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