any other farmers in here?

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StonedPony

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OOPS YOU SAID CRAZY TRAIN

SInce this Thread has drifted from OPs thoughts I bring you this

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SCARHOLE

SCARHOLE

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COOOOOOl
Ive been looking for a real farmer !

Any advice on guerrila growing in the corn fields. Lost all 10 of my cornfield ladies last year.
Put my 2 month old clones in after they spayed for weeds, mid june.

They lasted about a month, greeen healthy the week before,But the 4th week I found em BURNED TO CRISP?
Like they were spayed agian?
There were still some small weeds alive nearby, so i dont think it was resprayed?
Do they use time release roundup in the soil or somthing?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

ps i know its feed corn an will be out tell mid oct at least.
 
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cmt1984

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well there are a couple things that could have burned them. residuals from when they sprayed the first time...chemicals like atrazine can carry over for years. also, if the farmer had problems with weed control...which this last year LOTS of farmers had problems with weed control due to the hot weather and frequent rain in some parts of the country washing the herbicide away...so they had to go back in and spray a second and in some cases a third time. another thing with corn, is lots of farmers side dress it, which means to fertilize after the corn is up, the most common side dressing fertilizers are extremely concentrated and high in nitrogen, which would easily burn your plant to a crisp if it hit the leaves or roots.

my suggestion is, dont plant it in corn fields. chemical companies are releasing more and more fertilizers and additives that can be used in combination with herbicides, pesticides and fungicides and that can be sprayed all at once later in the plants life. the corn varieties we use are genetically engineered to withstand that...marijuana however, is not.

how tall was the corn when you noticed it was burnt? you really cant spray or side dress corn once it is waist high...but if they get severe problems they may come in and spray with an airplane or helicopter.

also, lots of seed companies put signs in the fields of what variety corn the farmer used...if you take that info and look it up online and you can see if its an early or late day corn. so if you pay attention to when the corn sprouts, you'll know about when its going to be harvested.
 
SCARHOLE

SCARHOLE

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Definatly round up ready corn.
The corn were 3 ft stalks 6-8 leafs, when they died.
They spray with crop dusters, but i thought it was just for bugs, dam.
I think its pioneer seed corn, pretty much all the corn here is feed corn.

There are lots of corn field here wish i could grow in em. Mainly cause they irrigate every 2 days. lol
I read how roundup isnt very effective aginst water hemp, but I guess It was wrong lol.

Thanks an Plus rep
 
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cmt1984

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yeah, crop dusting is mainly used for pesticides but not always.

they dont spray with JUST round up, some weeds have become immune to round up so they have to add other shit too, most commonly atrazine.

yeah if you're living where they irrigate then they are definitely putting on fertilizers after. since they irrigate and flush the soil more than most they have to use more chemicals to maintain high yields. i'd go with a field that doesnt irrigate because they dont tend to the crop as much.
 
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cmt1984

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Medjack said:
im not a farmer but work with alot of farmers.....in MI also.... Lots of big farms..
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very cool. do you work with farmers on the farms or do you work with farmers that have second jobs? lots of big farms....sounds like you're up north.
 
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