The Wheat Production Handbooks and Wheat Updates are available at the county Extension office. We're getting to that time of the year to begin making Hoelon applications for ryegrass control. Ryegrass control is much more efficient and economical in the fall. You can use a half-rate and still get better control.
Ryegrass continues to be a major problem in wheat.
It is certainly first or second on the list of major weed problems in wheat. Ryegrass identification is sometimes difficult, especially in broadcast wheat. Following are some tips on identification. Ryegrass tillers earlier and more profusely than wheat. Ryegrass is darker green, the leaves are narrower, and the undersides of the leaves are much shinier than the undersides of wheat leaves.