Midge

[tipsy]

Hopper, approximately what area are you located at?

[fjlip]

Still saw more on one field, very few on the early wheat. Might be the males? Early wheat flowering. Try for most midge count till all heads emerge. Lorsban kills eggs. They need 4 days to hatch. We will check once more. I would say we are seeing less than last year, and this is in a 600 to 1200 area.

[Hopperbin]

St. Gregor Leroy area. Actually it was the evenning of the 22nd when it was just a thick cloud of midge in the crop, just before the few drops of rain in the evening. Funny thing the next day didn't hardly see any and this morning nothing. Will continue spraying because of what I seen before. Most neighours are spraying and can hear the plane working usually. Nice to have my own sprayer this year so I don't worry about where the custom applicator is or where the plane is or did it even get sprayed.

[fjlip]

We will spray tomorrow, 4th day after first seeing the midge numbers to get max kill and eggs to date. Wheat 10% flowered in these fields. Early fields mostly flowered with less numbers, so not susceptible. Lorsban is sold out in Kelvington and Archerwill.