Weeds + Seasons

[DMZ Commander]

Ok so it was my understanding that you could preemptively spray herbicide prior to seeding/planting and you'd be good to go until your harvested said crop. I sprayed the field just prior to seeding. Wasn't even half way through seeding the field and saw some weeds popping up already. Once I finished seeding I tried to do another pass and the weeds don't die. Am I missing something here?

[Mwal]

I believe the act of planting resets weeds, so preemptive spraying would be immediately following planting

[DMZ Commander]

I believe the act of planting resets weeds, so preemptive spraying would be immediately following planting

I have 2 other fields to do so I'll give that a shot

[norfolk farmer]

I believe the act of planting resets weeds, so preemptive spraying would be immediately following planting

That is my understanding as well I normally fertilise once prior too drilling, drill without applying fert then run over with herbicide. The other fert layers get done after that.

[BillyMais]

I believe the act of planting resets weeds, so preemptive spraying would be immediately following planting

Close. In fact:

That was my understanding as well. But in practice I figured finally out that you have to wait one more growth state until preemptive spraying takes effect. So after planting wait one growth state and then spray. To be exact: When the field says "germination succeeded" (or similar, I play the German Seasons and don't know exact wording of the English one) you can effectively spray the field preemptively.

Hope that helps.

[Bryan83]

I have sprayed directly after seeding, with and without fertilization, and it has worked preemptively every time.

[Tylercheesey1986]

Ever since 19 came out I have sprayed preemtively. Need to run a seeder/planter with no fertilizer then spray immediately after sowing. Occasionally if you take too long young weeds may sprout which spray will not kill, these need to be removed with weeder or sprayed again once they mature. If you run fertilizer with seeder you have to wait until crop germinates before spraying herbicide and usually end up with a lot of young weeds by then.

Have currently been running tests and it appears that with seasons you can spray before sowing and it will stop weeds also. Once I have thouroghly tested I will post findings

[ThatCanadianGuy]

If you spray directly after seeding (when crop status in the map is still yellow) it will prevent future weeds but won't kill existing ones. If you want until the crop has germinated (green status) it will kill existing weeds and prevent future ones.

Last time I tried spraying before seeding it did nothing to prevent weed growth, haven't bothered wasting money on it since.

[DMZ Commander]

I dumped the fertilizer out of my seeder. Gonna try "next year" running just seed then herbicide

[Bryan83]

I dumped the fertilizer out of my seeder. Gonna try "next year" running just seed then herbicide

One thing I like to do is to fertilize before seeding. That way you get your first stage, and then when you seed (without the fertilization) the ground "color" resets to the lighter stage, making it easy for you to keep track of where you have sprayed your herbicide.

[DMZ Commander]

I dumped the fertilizer out of my seeder. Gonna try "next year" running just seed then herbicide

One thing I like to do is to fertilize before seeding. That way you get your first stage, and then when you seed (without the fertilization) the ground "color" resets to the lighter stage, making it easy for you to keep track of where you have sprayed your herbicide.

That's my intentions