Everglades Station Mimeo Report EES 65-25 April 1965
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 HERBICIDES FOR SUGARCANE IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
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 J. R. Orsenigo


 Recommendations and suggestions given here are based
 primarily on research conducted by the Everglades Ex-
 periment Station but may be supplemented by data devel
 oped elsewhere. Growers are urged to observe the K\
 manufacturer's label and precautions for commercial
 use of herbicides in sugarcane. '

 Herbicides are effective, economical tools in sugarcane production but are
 not substitutes for good agronomic practice. The best chemical performance is
 obtained by adhering to certain guides: USE the RIGHT CHEMICAL for the particu-
 lar weed problem at the RIGHT TIME, in the RIGHT AMOUNT, WAY AND PLACE.

 The economics and potential of weed control chemicals in farm management
 must be evaluated by each grower for his particular situation. Initial use of
 these chemicals should be restricted to a limited acreage for familiarization.

 Many preemergence herbicides are effective only against germinating weed
seed and small annual weed seedlings. These chemicals generally do not control
emerged weeds and should be applied promptly after planting or to freshly weeded
soil. Preemergence chemicals perform best when applied to a moist soil surface
or when application is followed by moderate rainfall.

 Broadcast-overall herbicide application is indicated in plant sugarcane
since the conventional ridge-and-furrow planting system does not permit ready
tillage of row middles when chemicals are applied to the drill. Less pronounced
ridge-and-furrow to almost flat planting are desirable if preemergence herbicides
are to be used..

 Herbicide rates in this mimeo report are stated on a PER TREATED ACRE basis
in terms of the usual commercial formulation. Thorough, uniform ground or weed
coverage is necessary. Sprayable (soluble salts, emulsifiable concentrates and
wettable powders) and granular formulations (some chemicals) are available. The
customary active ingredient content of herbicides mentioned in this report is
given in the Glossary along with herbicide nomenclature and terminology.

 RECOMMENDED herbicidal treatments (chemical, rate, manner of use) are those
generally reliable for commercial production when used as specified. Growers
without prior herbicide experience should confine initial applications to a li-
mited acreage.


 SUGGESTED herbicidal treatments represent promising materials not fully
evaluated locally or materials approved for sugarcane not generally applicable to
the Everglades. Growers may wish to use these on a very limited acreage.

1/
 A revision of EES64-8 and earlier Mimeo Reports.
2/
 Associate Horticulturist, University of Florida, Everglades Experiment Station,
 Belle Glade, Florida.