Sweet Corn Spraying

JBMac · Jul 8, 2009

Well, I got lazy, went on vacation and didn't get around to spraying the sweet corn (or picking the Okra on time but that was another post). Better than half of the ears have earworms. Looks like all the friends, family, coworkers and neighbors will be eating what we don't sell. How does one go about spraying several acres of sweet corn? By the time it is ready to silk, my tractor and three point sprayer wound break the corn I would tnink. I guess I could leave a travel row every several rows and use boomless nozzles to broadcast? I cant afford to have a hi-boy come in and custom spray, any thoughts?

chrisinsoky · Jul 8, 2009

we spray when the corn is still short enoungh to go threw, and with a perthium 4 week spray, it says it will last 4 weeks(never does) and hope for the best

Stephen in SoKY · Jul 8, 2009

Don't know if you're in tobacco country, but a tobacco boom sprayer,(one long boom off one side) works great. Some are already high enough, others need some extra heighth added to the boom mount & support chain mount. Leave skip rows at appropriate distances and run your tractor down both ways spraying to both sides.

mazemeister · Jul 8, 2009

We have a 3pt sprayer with an adjustable boom. so for herbicide in the spring, we set it low and run the hitch down. for sweet corn in summer and fall, we move the boom up and spray with the hitch all the way up. it will get about 6' high. bends over the tassels, but sprays the ear just fine. leave an unplanted sprayer track according to how wide your booms are.

kyplowboy · Jul 8, 2009

Course this won't work this year but you could leave the skip rows. Thats the way I spray tobacco, never could pencil out a high boy, never will. I have an old haun pull type sprayer with only one boom and 7' of conduit extension on it. I set tobacco in 12 row "blocks", the sprayer will cover 6 rows at a time. I use the the same spayer for sweet corn. When I plant my big patch of sweet corn I just plant a real long 6 row patch and let the end of the boom hang over a little. Works good.

Dave

tommo · Jul 9, 2009

Hi would like to know what are you spraying on your sweet corn for earworms? As the nursery around here will not reccomend anything for this problem. thank

IaGary · Jul 9, 2009

The insecticide Warrior will get the worms.

I have used it in the past.

Gary

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