Regularly walk the strips during the summer to access each hybrid for ECB damage or other factors in all strips. Remember initial appearances may be deceiving. To accurately assess yield make arrangements early to have plots weighed-off at harvest. In No-till fields, there are often more winter annuals. Lack of tillage is one obvious reason, but researchers believe that the residue on the fields will often trap seeds blowing across the soil and provide them with a sheltered place to germinate and grow.
Perennials are also more problematic in No-till for the same reasons.
Spring herbicide applications to control winter and spring annuals are vital to maintain good wheat growth. But you have to compare labels to know which herbicide to use. If chickweed is a concern, you should already have applied Refine Extra. If we do somehow get some hot weather, you do not want hormonals drifting onto susceptible crops. Learning which winter annuals are in your field is a major first step to deciding on which herbicide to use.