Best Management Practices for High Yields in Late-Planted Sugarbeet

Choose your best fields for sugarbeet with the highest selection of the previous wheat crop. Ensure proper drainage otherwise. The environment will be good for soil-borne diseases later in the year. Prepare a seed bed free of weeds and water in the fall or spring, depending on the soil test. If you are fertilizing in the spring, please note that 130 pounds of total N are required for sampling up to 4 feet and 100 pounds of total N for sampling up to 2 feet. Ensure a minimum of 65 pounds N per acre is available to improve early growth.

Choose seed varieties with high sucrose recovery potential suitable for your production area. When ordering seed, ensure the seed is treated with fungicides such as Kabina, Systiva and vibrance, which will protect against Rhizoctonia damage. Add Tachigaren seed treatment (hymenal), cheap insurance against Aphanomyces damage. Many seeds include an insecticide treatment that will control common pests such as grubs and wireworms. Fields in the area with a history of sugarbeet root will also need insecticides at planting and protection before high fly activity.

Sow about 4½ to 4 5/8 inches apart to get about 175 to 200 separate plants per 100 ft of 22 rows; plant closes together in 30-inch rows. Adequate soil moisture should help increase the percentage of germination and emergence from an average of 68% to 72 to 75%, which will help us N and moisture to improve the final sugar level. of the crop.

Weed control options are relatively limited in sugarbeet, so the grower must be careful and strategic. Since all farmers use crop rotation, it is recommended to use herbicides that are widely available in rotating crops such as wheat, corn and soybeans to control herbicide-resistant weeds. Start early weed control - start with a weed-free bed, and apply pre-emergent or soil-applied herbicide where possible. For post-emergence herbicide applications, start when the weeds are young and continue until the rows are closed. Use weed control and labour to keep weed seed counts as low as possible.

Choose varieties that will perform well in fields with a known crop history. For fields with a history of Rhizoctonia, use a variety of Rhizoctonia and fungicides such as azoxystrobin as early as possible in the spring to provide adequate protection. After row closure, fields should be checked for Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) as populations of the causative agent, Cercospora beticola, are very high. Apply a fungicide mixture at the first symptoms or when the disease is first reported in the factory district. Combining fungicides with two methods of operation is better than using 20 litres of water per acre in 14 days in dry conditions and 10 to 12 days in dry conditions. He is moist. What should protect the crop in CLS until harvest starts in October? Growers will get the highest possible yield with more sugar following good management practices.