2015 Herbicides for Weed Control in Snap and Dry Beans
Julie Kikkert, Team Leader, Extension Vegetable Specialist
Cornell Vegetable Program
Have you had problem weeds slipping through your snap or dry bean weed control program? Have lambsquarters, ragweed, hairy or Eastern black nightshade, nutsedge, etc, been escaping? Herbicide choice and rate, application timing, soil or foliar application, rainfall and temperature near the time of application, soil organic matter, clay/silt content, and moisture, etc. can all affect how well herbicides work. Some bean classes are more sensitive to bean phytotoxicity/damage than others. Some herbicide residues last a long time in soils and there are restrictions on what crops can be planted 8, 10 or 12 months after the application.The 2015 update to the Herbicide for Snap and Dry Bean Weed Control chart includes information on all these factors and will help you choose the best herbicide programs for your fields.
2015 Herbicides for Snap and Dry Bean Weed Control (pdf; 85KB)
Upcoming Events
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
August 14, 2024
Clarence Center, NY
We'll start this meeting off at Root Down Farm to hear late season disease management updates in peppers and cole crops, plus current best management practices to limit fungicide resistance. Potato variety recommendations and disease control questions in potatoes will be addressed.
Then we'll head to Kreher's beet field to view and discuss alternative weed control technologies. The beet field is an on-farm demonstration of various flame weeding protocols in comparison with stacked tool cultivation equipment. One or two weeding robots will be on-hand for live demonstrations and discussion of the technology's current abilities and future potential. We'll also cover industry updates and a review of late summer disease management in squash.
2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 23, 1a, and 10.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
August 20, 2024
Dansville, NY
Join us for a brief, on-farm meeting including insect pest updates and viewing of the chipping potato variety trial. 1.0 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, and 23 will be offered. Dinner follows!