Pellet application… calibration is crucial
To ensure slug pellets are applied accurately and to achieve the optimum number of baiting points (40-50 pellets per m2), all spreading equipment...
Slug control… choosing the most effective bait
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Powering up slug control…get ready for battle
There’s no getting away from the fact that the wet winter, soggy spring and unsettled summer conditions have allowed slug populations to boom in...
Controlling volunteers in OSR
Controlling cereal volunteers in oilseed rape is an ongoing challenge in most rotations, especially in situations when drilling is delayed: their...
Combat cereal weeds with class-leading pendimethalin
As grassweeds and broad-leaved weeds become more prevalent and harder to control (in part due to increased levels of resistance to many of the...
Strong T2 treatments needed to control increasing septoria risk
Reports are coming in thick and fast from across the UK of significant levels of disease in wheat crops, with septoria lesions rapidly building in...
Quality counts… choosing the right slug bait
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Brome control in OSR
If you’ve read our recent blog on how to control brome in cereals, you’ll know that what was once a weed confined to headlands and field margins...
Good soil health key for retaining herbicides
Growers are being urged not to be complacent when it comes to metazachlor and quinmerac usage this autumn, and to adopt good soil management...
Boosting ramularia control with ARIZONA at T2
With the weather finally starting to improve in most parts of the UK, our attention turns to controlling ramularia in those crops of winter sown...