Chelsea Lopez
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Check out this week’s update on cotton defoliation from Cotton Specialist, Camp Hand: This week is going to be complicated with defoliation. Temps get high enough in the daytime to make us think certain chemistries may work, but the nighttime temps stay below 60 for the most part. Thank goodness we are still clear with…
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Looks like we dodged a bullet with the storm but if you feel you have some losses and would like some assistance with loss assessments please let me know so we can work on getting Cotton Specialist Camp Hand to come out to the county to help out, otherwise please see his latest cotton defoliation…
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Over the last day, the blob of disorganized thunderstorms in the Bay of Campeche has organized into Tropical Storm Isaias, and it is headed north towards the Gulf Coast, where it will probably make landfall as a hurricane (possibly a major one) somewhere between Mississippi and the western panhandle of Florida overnight Friday into Saturday.…
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See below the cotton defoliation update from Cotton Specialist, Camp Hand for the week of October 5: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that there isn’t going to be much field work this week. Over 3″ in most places over the weekend with more coming today and possibly tomorrow. I imagine the only…
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Check out this week’s Cotton Defoliation Update from Cotton Specialist, Camp Hand Across the state, it looks like this is the last “hot” week in the foreseeable future. Upper 80s statewide with lows in the 60s-70s. Defoliation should be fairly straightforward for this. Major things to keep in mind: Rates for the week: 3-4 oz/acre…
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Weekly Cotton Defoliation Update from Cotton Specialist, Camp Hand: Temps are going down, meaning we may have to switch some things up this week. For the most part, temps go from low 90s to high 80s through Wednesday to the high 70s, with even some reported lows in the 50s by Friday. Don’t let it…
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A big part of deciding what to do defoliation-wise is not just the weather forecast, but keeping in mind what happened in the last few days as well. Many of us caught some sort of rainfall last week, meaning that if there is any residual fertility in the field this crop may want to start…
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