And before the wind picks up. After that, the wind speed usually has become too strong by mid-morning. Plenty of devil's claw weeds can be found without a lot of searching this season. Other than using a hoe, the devil's claw is tough to stop when it gets big. Approved herbicides can be used effectively when the weed is small.
Trouble is - most of the weeds are plenty big already.
Morningglory has become a real pain for many cotton growers too. The seed can remain viable for at least 20 years, Warrick noted. Then the kind of rainfall this area has experienced this year can trigger widespread germination. Insects already are a problem While Brnovak's cotton is squaring nicely and didn't appear to be bothered by insects at this point, that's not the situation for many cotton growers. The entomologist said that it is usually only once in about every five years that fleahoppers are a problem in cotton in this region.