Most of the NE Mississippi crop will not begin flowering before July 25 and probably a great portion will be 5 days later than that. That leaves a very small window for setting and maturing a crop. Late August flowers will take 70 to 80 days to mature into pickable bolls. We are seeing light numbers of aphids in most fields, so there is an immediate danger of flaring aphids if we have to spray too much. Corn is also out of phase, but most of it is past the ear formation stage, so we can expect to see bollworms form maturing corn soon.
Boll weevils are on the decline in traps.
One of the line trappers remarked to me that traps away from cotton or traps where cotton has been destroyed are now catching weevils. Two weeks ago these traps were reporting low numbers, now they have the highest. Cotton is now probably more attractive to weevils than traps, especially if there are a few weevils in the cotton. The information included in the Cotton Insect Newsletter is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names do not constitute an endorsement by the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service and does not imply discrimination against other similar products.