Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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134 were used, but as already noted, sprays were applied with a tractor-mounted boom sprayer. One treatment'consisted'of 2' applications of Solan at the 4 pound per ~cre rate. The first of these was made about 2 "~ks after trarisplanting (July 1), and the second at la;

harvest was covered with weeds, and tomato plants were very small. Harvesting in this area was very t1me consuming, compared with either of the treated ~eas. ' Total seasonal yields, both iq ~bersand pounds of tomatoes for each variety, are s\UIlnIarized1n Table 4. All varieties except Roma produced a grea~er totalwe1ght of fruit in the treated than in the untreated. Only in the case of Roma and Homestead.61 were there slightly more fruit in the untreated than the treated. This implies that Solan did not.have an inhibiting effect on the set of fruit! The varieties Hom~stead 24, H J.370,Manalucie, val~~t and Rutgers California produeed somewhat fewer pounds of tomatoes at the 8 pound rate than at the 4 pound rate. . The fact that the other varieties produced eq4al or greater .weights of tomatoes at the 4 pound rate suggests that one is working with a good ~gin of safety when suggesting the lower rate asa commercialpract1ce. ~ Seeded Tomatoes, Exper1mentNo. 1, 12§Q Seeds of the varieties Fireball and Red Jacket were planted and Solan at the rate of 2, 4 and 6 pounds per acre was applied to the seeded areas on the day of, and 2, 5 and 7 day~ after planting. Each treatment comprised a single row 10 feet long and was replicated three times. Uhder conditions of the tel;lt, ~'stage of gr-owth" of the tomato plants varied from "not,germinated ll ·to Ilbreaking the· ground ll • Weeds at the various test intervals varied from "not germinated ll to one inch high: Results of stand counts and percent of weed control, as taken some two weeks after the last t'eatment, are ,given in Table 5. Treatments applied on the day of seeding had no eft~t on germination of either variety. Control or weeds, while partial, was far from satisfactory" Delaying the tneatment even 2 days did not reduce crop stands, a~d resulted in appreciable controa. It was noted that some weeds had germinated at the time of treatment. When applications were made 5 days after seeding, crop plants had germinated, but had, not broken the soil. Weeds had~ germinated considerably ,but were less than one inch in height., Under these conditions the stand of Fireball was reduced when Solan was applied at 4 and 6 Pounds per acre, and the variety Red Jacket was reduced only when treated at the 6 pound level.' Control of broadleaved weed species was good, but grass control was marginal. The remaining plots were treated one week after planting, at Which time weeds were one inch tal]:., and tomatoes were breaking the ground. There was a significant reduction in crop 135

134<br />

were used, but as already noted, sprays were applied with a<br />

tractor-mounted boom sprayer. One treatment'consisted'of 2'<br />

applications of Solan at the 4 pound per ~cre rate. The first<br />

of these was made about 2 "~ks after trarisplanting (July 1),<br />

and the second at la;

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