Kimberly Curly Top Nursery 2024
Nursery Trials
Kimberly Curly Top Nursery 2024
| May1 |
The commercial and genetics areas were fertilized on April 20 and planted on May 1. |
| June4 |
The stand looks good. The field got cultivated June 3 and alleyways were cut. Hopper release is scheduled for June 18. |
| June19 |
The hand weeding crew was successful last week. On Tue June 18, we distributed the beet leafhoppers on the nursery. The first rating will likely occur in about 3 weeks. |
| June26 |
Symptoms are beginning to appear. The first rating is scheduled for Monday July 8. The weed control is good but hand weeding will be conducted during the next 2 weeks. The hoppers will be sprayed out next week. |
| July15 |
The first rating was conducted on July 8. We had good separation between susceptible and resistant genetic lines (see photo). The next commercial rating is scheduled for July 18. |
