Check for cutworms!!!!!

[furrowtickler]

Crop ins just wrote off some fields in the meota area this afternoon. One of the species of cutworms is raising hell in this area. We sprayed last tue/wed with matador and it seems to have worked well so far. Early seeded fields that were well established and clean - nothin else for those bastards to eat but canola - 1-2 days cleaned fields off. Dark colored top and lime greenish under belly - puckers are full of leaf material.

[Hopperbin]

Don't tell me that. Cutworms have been taking canola here in past years, maybe will have to hire the plane that is planting canola to spray cutworms now.

[Hopperbin]

Check also tomatoes in garden. If they are gone you have cutworms. Mine are still here but badly yellow. Thinking I must take a big scoop of dirt and tomato plant and set it on top of ground to dry out.

[BreadWinner]

My canola is safe, it is sitting in a inch of water. They will have to be scuba cutworms to get at it.

[furrowtickler]

I know it's a shit show out there, just giving a heads up to what's caught some guys buy surprise here over the past few days and over the next few. Just sad to see/here established crops getting wipped out already.

[BreadWinner]

I know I shouldnt be funny at a times like this but a little laugh now and again will keep your stress level down. No matter how bad it seems right now I still think of the better things in life.

[hobbyfrmr]

Well, at least there is a Visine (spray) for that! I suspect its going to be in short supply. Chem companies remind me of K-Tel commercials when I was a child. HURRY....ACT NOW....LIMITED SUPPLIES ONLY. Its a very simple marketing strategy. Create an insecurity in the supply and watch the customers come running with thier money hanging out. Brilliant. Its obvious farmers need the stuff, but just watch how they get played!!

[furrowtickler]

Looks like dingy cutworm, possibly black cutworm which are leaf feeders. What we seen was sandwich bites around the edge of leaves, some leaves were half gone(ragy looking). The moths most likely flew in at the end of April in that hot weather from the U.S. Does anyone else remember seeing A lot of insects and moths in the last two days of that warm spell? It was odd and should have raised alarm bells. That life cycle is about the right time for a problem now.

[fjlip]

The bastards ate 50 acres in spots here last year, in lose peaty soils only on up slopes. Who knows why. Never had any amount before last year. Sprayed with Pounce, killed them. This year too wet for cutworms, or plants.

[furrowtickler]

I heard your area had spots last year, that's how I got my info. Just seen a field with 10ac patches gone - more than one patch btw.