Perfecting The Art Of Harvest
Amanda Huber
Southeast
Producers can use several different methods for determining maturity or a combination of methods.
"I take my pocketknife to one of those bolls near the top," Register says. "If I can't cut through it, you can
defoliate, and it will open up. Those you can slice right through won't."
Counting nodes above cracked boll is another method, as is the recommendation of defoliating at 60 percent open bolls. However, producers are cautioned not to make an estimate of the field, but to get out into the field and make an actual count.
source : cottonfarming
Amanda Huber
Southeast
Producers can use several different methods for determining maturity or a combination of methods.
"I take my pocketknife to one of those bolls near the top," Register says. "If I can't cut through it, you can
defoliate, and it will open up. Those you can slice right through won't."
Counting nodes above cracked boll is another method, as is the recommendation of defoliating at 60 percent open bolls. However, producers are cautioned not to make an estimate of the field, but to get out into the field and make an actual count.
source : cottonfarming
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