Longerenong Sowing Plan and Crop Management As At July 29th 2004

Paddock/

Hectares

Crop & Variety

Sowing Date

/Rate

(kg/ha)

Fertilizer & Rate

(Kg/ha)

Spray Program

(so far)

/ Hectare

Comments

9.

43 ha

Yitpi wheat

9th June

85

Mallee mix 8 @ 85

400 ml/ha LVE MCPA (herbicide) plus 5 gm/ha Ally (herbicide) plus 80ml/ha Lontrel (herbicide) plus 0.1% wetter plus 100 ml/ha Dimethoate (insecticide) on 29th July by contract.

Prickle chained 10 ha around outside at sowing.

17.

35 ha

Digger lentils

16th June

50

Mallee mix 8 @ 65 kg/ha at sowing.

0.7 L/ha Triflur (herbicide) and prickle chained to incorporate Triflur on 17th June.

660 gm/ha Gesatop (herbicide) on 22nd June by contract.

Border sprayed with Dimethoate @ 85ml/ha on 12th July

  

20

52 ha

Beacon canola

20th May

4.5

Urea – 100 pre-drilled 10th May

Mallee mix 8 @ 80 at sowing

1.5 L/ha Triflur (herbicide) plus 0.8 L/ha Chlorpyriphos (insecticide) on 21st May (prickle chained to incorporate it).

300 ml/ha Correct (herbicide) plus 400 ml/ha Endosulphan (insecticide) plus 0.1%Chemvet (adjuvant) plus 0.5% Hasten (adjuvant) on 21st June by contract.

100ml Verdict (herbicide) plus 0.5% Hasten (adjuvant) on July 13th.

1.1 Kg/ha Gesaprim 900 (Simazine herbicide) plus 120 ml Lontrel plus 1% Uptake oil on July 19th by contract

Stubble mulched – 17th February

Gypsum applied @ 1 tonne/hectare in April (sulphur rather than soil conditioner)

Burnt stubble – 7th May