Fungicides

[Sodbuster]

Getting ready for fungicide season but not sure how much we'll do. Will do some wheat for sure but if not much more rain we will skip the canola. Wheat for the most part looks decent but on only knee high and heading. Prosaro is running over $16 a acre, might look at at FBN generic for less than $12. What everyone's thoughts on fungicides this year?

Got half the skinnies on and noticed brake pads needed replacing so will have new ones tomorrow morning. I was a bit 😲 shocked at the $1200 price tag on the pads, my rant for today.

[furrowtickler]

Will be very little done here , be a waste of time yet on most
West of here they are geared up to go but huge difference in growing conditions the past three weeks .

[biglentil]

As a gambler I knew would say in for a penny in for a pounding.

[Guest]

Peas and wheat , nothing else

[Livewire]

I believe there’s a benefit to doing peas so I will be. The companies plug that they help the plants be healthier and therefore stand better which is a huge plus!

Otherwise I feel moisture will be the limiting factor on what’s produced so the sprayer AND the operator can take a break.

Probably a waste of money on spraying for sclerotinia. For it to develop the soil needs to be saturated for at least 10 days leading up to flowering which it has not been here.

I have the same sprayer and my brakes need replacing too. Mechanic said most guys just take the pads off and that’s it. I find I never use that pedal anyway

[Freightshaker]

Most of the wheat will get a shot. Canola not sure. Have never in my life had a canola crop come up like it did, so would hate to lose yield to disease. Will decide in next few days I guess. Leaning towards no.

[Freightshaker]

Probably a waste of money on spraying for sclerotinia. For it to develop the soil needs to be saturated for at least 10 days leading up to flowering which it has not been here.

Was once told if the top 1/2” of soil can germinate canola, it can germinate the spores. Was also told it never pays to spray canola as you never hit all the flowers anyways.

All I know is I’ve sprayed canola twice in my career. All were heavy crops and never left a check strip to see if it paid. Only one year in my career was sclerotinia a concern. And not sure if spraying would have helped as we didn’t spray that year. Punched in my info into a calculator just now and get 15-25% potential infection range. Have to watch the neighbours I guess.

[Livewire]

That’s interesting I always wondered how effective the spray was hitting flowers. And what if you do protect them all ? Within an hour of the sprayer passing more have opened which can start the disease.

OH you’ll at least get your money back if you spray - the pushers say! As if that’s going to be a great reason to risk more $$ tramp down some crop and have to harvest and haul more bushels-JUST to break even

[poorboy]

Getting ready for fungicide season but not sure how much we'll do. Will do some wheat for sure but if not much more rain we will skip the canola. Wheat for the most part looks decent but on only knee high and heading. Prosaro is running over $16 a acre, might look at at FBN generic for less than $12. What everyone's thoughts on fungicides this year?

Got half the skinnies on and noticed brake pads needed replacing so will have new ones tomorrow morning. I was a bit 😲 shocked at the $1200 price tag on the pads, my rant for today.

Case shop here says that you must make sure you rev the sprayer up to at least 1500 before moving it around. Lower rpms don't pressure up enough to release the brake shoes and you wear them out when moving around.

[Sodbuster]

I try to be at 1700 rpm before setting or releasing the brakes. I did notice that the brake wear was more on the inside brake pads.

[blackpowder]

We may do the peas, that's it. Next year..

[Hamloc]

In the past I have sprayed some of my canola and left the rest. I didn’t see a yield advantage. I have sprayed across the road from neighbours when they haven’t. Their claimed yields very similar to mine. I am curious has anybody tested foliar nutrients vs. fungicide?

[agstar77]

So dry even fungus won't grow.

[Guest]

Sodbuster , did you get the dump and the hail?

[Sodbuster]

Received big dump with small hail totalling .4” at home yard and .1” to .35” at other rain gauges. Picked up my generic Prosaro today and will start spraying tomorrow morning. At this point it’s doubtful that any canola will get done.