Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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
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