Northeast Ohio Agronomic Report

For of the Northeast Ohio wheat growers that have wheat in the field we have now reached a point where action is need to think about protecting you winter wheat crop. The threat of Fusarium Head Scab is real for NE Ohio. Wheat in this area has reached feekes 10 or the boot stage. Right now if we were in the flowering stage or feekes 10.5 we would be at moderate risk for head scab according to the Head Scab Predition Center. Again we are not at risk now because we are only at the boot stage. It appears that by the end of next week or around June 1st to 5th some of the wheat in this area may be at the flowering stage and if conditions remain the same we will need to be applying a fungicide. If the weather patterns change and we enter a dry period we may not need to spray the crop. Here are some important things to know and do to get ready. The reason being that you only have 5 days from the start of flowering to apply fungicide.

1. Contact a custom applicator if you need to have a fungicide applied and get on his list.

2 if you are applying the material yourself locate a supply of the product.

3.Remember there are only three products that are affective on Head Scab, Prosaro, Caramba and Proline 480SC

4.Be able to identify the stage of growth your wheat is in. This is imporatnt so that you can relay this information to the applicator