Niteforce
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Lots of sugar beet lost to frost in France. Have many been lost here?
Lost quite a few plants to frost but not sure how many yet while full emergence is complete. (If it rains !!!!!)
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Lots of sugar beet lost to frost in France. Have many been lost here?
Go quicker and use the same nozzles
out of curiosity how much are they?
think i payed 3.50 for the bilarickysThe Teejet are about £3each. Hypro are only£1.25 each. Are Hypro much cheaper for a reason, do they have an orifice plate?
Teejet XR 110 015 Flat fans have served us well over the years. Fine spray from 1 to 4 barg. I run them at 4 barg 8 kph to give me 102 litres per hectare.
Cheap and cheerful though not low drift. Nothing really is low drift that will give a fine spray and decent coverage at those volumes.
This year I am trying some Arag 110 02 that don't have a star rating but are supposed to be low drift. I think they were an end of line discounted sale as can't seem them available now.
I'd go for the Teejets as above. No orifice plate so less to block up, easy to clean etc.
But you can spend more and maybe get more use out of them on other crops. We use 03 low drift on all other crops as we like a bit of water volume.
what speed/pressure?I’m concerned that I may get blockages with 015 and 02 nozzles. Would 025 @ 100l/ha be a happy compromise?
I have sprayed those products at higher water volumes and been satisfied with performanceI’m concerned that I may get blockages with 015 and 02 nozzles. Would 025 @ 100l/ha be a happy compromise?
I have sprayed those products at higher water volumes and been satisfied with performance
Early drilled good but slow. Later patchy. I would have been spraying but for a breakdown todayHow’s is your beet looking ? I managed to spray the first herbicide this morning not sure if was the right decision with it going to turn colder again ! The weeds where getting away though !
First time round at fully expanded cotyledon it was metamitton, phenmedipham and ethofumesate plus oil, all generics.Beet are very slow moving here, this morning you could just see a row of green up field.
I'm planning first herb later this week once they've had some rain to perk the beet up and soften the weeds.
What have you used both times @DrWazzock, I'm missing desmedipham
I haven’t added oil before at that growth stage but I have a new agronomist! Temperatures were low enough and the beet plants seemed hardened off having sat for weeks not really moving and I have often found that those old generics do very little without oil here. Kill or cure. It is a risk.Brave man adding oil at cotyledon stage especially with the frosts, lack of rain ect.
But fair play
I haven't ordered yet but I'm thinking of using the "new" betanal product plus metamitron.