1. 2012 Watermelon Production Meeting

2.  Sinbar  Sandea  Curbit  Reflex 2013 maybe? Good Residual Options

3. Sandea Use in Watermelon PREEMERGENCE: 0.75 oz/A Seeded: Apply after planting, before cracking Transplant bareground/mulch: Do not transplant till 7 d after application. ROW MIDDLE AS WELL

4. Sandea Under Mulch 50-70% yellow nutsedge under mulch control, 70-80% Pigweed control

5. Sandea Use in Watermelon *DO NOT APPLY OVER MULCH and then transplant.

6. Amount of Sandea remaining on plastic mulch. TyTy GA, 2005. percent days Grey, Culpepper

8. Nontreated Sandea (0.5 oz/A) Watermelon farm in Crisp County, May 2000. Treatment at 1-leaf. Pictures to scale.

9. Sandea for PRE Weed Control common cocklebur wild radish pigweeds common ragweed common lambsquarters yellow nutsedge - suppression purple nutsedge - suppression 2 to 3 weeks residual weed control

10. Non-treated Control Sandea (0.5 oz/A) PRE W1-00. Halosulfuron study with Ken Lewis in Cordele.

11. Sandea PRE No herbicide

12. Sandea for POST Weed Control 1-3 inch 1-9 inch passionflower cocklebur redroot pigweed ragweed pokeweed velvetleaf yellow and purple nutsedge – heavy infestations may require sequential applications 2 to 3 weeks residual weed control

13. Curbit (Sonalan) 1.Apply PRE to seeded or row middle 2.Do not apply prior to transplanting bareground 3.Do not apply under mulch

14. Swelling From Curbit

15. Over mulch, washed offUnder mulch

16. Amount of Curbit remaining on plastic mulch. TyTy GA, 2005. percent days Grey

17. Curbit 1.5 pt/A PRE Curbit 1.5 pt/A + Sinbar 2.5 oz Sinbar – Watermelon Only

18. Reflex 1. tomato and pepper in Jan 2. watermelon 2013/2014 3. squash 2013/2014 NOT CURRENTLY LABELED IN WATERMELON

19. Non-treatedCurbit + Reflex Watermelon Response to Reflex?

20. Curbit + Sinbar + Reflex broadcast over mulch

21. Cantaloupe Response to Reflex!

22. No ReflexReflex 1 pt/A applied 205 days before transplanting

23. Clethodim + COC, Cook Co. 2009 Grass Control Herbicides

24. Percent large crabgrass control with various clethodim products and adjuvants. TyTy, GA 2009. 75 b 30 c 99 a Select Max 12 oz Select 6 oz Select Max +NIS Select + NIS Select + COC 97 a 99 a Large Crabgrass 4 inches at time of application!

25. Dual interaction with mulch?

26. Mulched watermelon injury to Dual Magnum applied post-transplant on mulch. TyTy, 2010. 8 d 16 c 40 b 8 oz 12 oz 50 a 24 oz 36 oz %

27. Metam (Vapam, others) 1. Best nutsedge option under mulch 2. Best pigweed option under mulch 3. No carryover 4. Costly

28. If renting land find out what herbicides used last year! Cadre, Staple, Strongarm are very bad news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

29. Don’t plow unless you have to!!!!!!!!!!

30. Developing Integrated Programs

31. If renting land find out what herbicides were used last year! Cadre, Staple, Strongarm are very bad news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

32. Comments or Questions?