Bellkar timing

[Clive]

When did users find best last year ?

I think we went a bit late where we used it last year but with kerb and spring herbicide we did end up with a very clean crop really but maybe didn’t more than we could have got away with ?

Nothing other than slug pellets applied to our osr yet so bell at could be first sprayer pass through the crop now

 

[snipe]

Think you have to wait till the osr has 6 leaves

 

[Brisel]

Other than reading the label, I can't help much more than that as I haven't used it yet.

@Woodlander @Luke Cropwalker @Ugo79 @BenB

 

[farenheit]

Think you have to wait till the osr has 6 leaves

I think it's before 6 leaves isn't it?

 

[Brisel]

I think it's before 6 leaves isn't it?

Read my post above - it's the Belkar product label.

 

[Gong Farmer]

Don't go above 0.25 l/ha before the 6 leaf stage.

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

Used it last year at the 0.25L/Ha rate. Was a bit disappointed with the mayweed control but the Astrokerb controlled this later. Gave excellent control on cranesbill.

 

[Crabtree]

Very useful if expensive product. Tried it on 2 fields last year , applied 2/11/18 , I didn't want to try the 2 application sequence so tried I field at 0.3 and 1 at 0.4 l/ha to try and control large population of cranesbill and a few cleavers. Both rates did the job well, unsprayed trial quite clear (ie dirty) at harvest, cranesbill,cleavers, sowthistles etc, rest of field clean. Unsprayed fields much dirtier with cleavers and sowthistle at harvest. Larvae held crops back a bit so having less weeds was more important than previous years. Will use it this year as no pre -em used ,probably at 0.3l, but very few weeds through yet.

 

[Woodlander]

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Other than reading the label, I can't help much more than that as I haven't used it yet.

@Woodlander @Luke Cropwalker @Ugo79 @BenB

I used the split application last year which worked well on most weeds, but as @Luke Cropwalker says, it is not strong enough on mayweed. Astrokerb finished the job with no further input required. Worked very well on my other key target weeds which were cranesbill and shepherds purse. The split application is fine but trying to fit two applications around a possible Centurion Max in quite a tight window is a pain. Where I'm using it this year I'll be aiming for a single application. By the time the OSR has 6 leaves, the BLW's are quite large, and the majority that will germinate should be through. This approach also favours the 'lets wait to see if we have a viable OSR crop because of the @?!$*^£ CSFB.'

I have one block now heading towards OSR at 6 leaves, so application, weather pending, will hopefully be next week.

 

[Clive]

Great feedback thanks

We tried it on one field last year as a look see, it worked ok at single late timing but was not great on bigger weeds so thinking a bit earlier this time maybe

No pre em this year so will be using it over all acres once we are sure we have viable established past CSFB etc so am keen to get the best from it - I’m hoping with good timing a single application plus late kerb will do a good job for us