On The Horizon
THE HORIZON FERTILIZERS BLOG
Sprayer Cleanout Products
Sprayer cleanout is essential to ensure your sprayer operates at peak efficiency. Over time, product residues can accumulate in sprayer components, leading to reduced performance and potential crop damage. Labels of most pesticide products provide sprayer cleanout...
Seed Treating Tips
With spring underway, seed treating is in full swing! To ensure that you achieve effective application of your seed treatment, consider the following guidelines: 1.Use high-quality, clean seed - Seed treatment can only do so much, and it's important to start with...
#TankMixTuesday – Field Horsetail
Why doesn’t glyphosate work well on field horsetail? Field horsetail has a hard, waxy cuticle stem with high silica content that makes it hard for glyphosate to penetrate into the plant. On average, 90% of their biomass is below ground and present as underground...
#TankMixTuesday – Foxtail Barley
What makes foxtail barley hard to kill? With hairy and extremely narrow leaves, it's difficult to get good herbicide coverage on foxtail barley. As it's a perennial, the dead leaves from the past season cover the growing shoots in spring, reducing contact potential....
#TankMixTuesday – Kochia
Why doesn't glyphosate alone work well on Kochia? Kochia is a plant that has become well adapted to varying conditions and evolves quickly to ensure survival. Here are a few ways that kochia evades being killed by glyphosate: Hairy leaves - Kochia has fine hairs on...
2023 Provincial Disease Update
The following information was part of the 2023 Provincial Disease Update presentation given by Dr. Alireza Akhavan (Provincial Plant Disease Specialist) on March 2nd, 2023. Terminology Prevalence: The total number of cases of a disease in a given population at a...
Have We Been Applying Boron Correctly?
There have basically been two ways of applying boron to crops in the past – high analysis granular sources (normally 10-15% B), or foliar applications (often ~10% B @ ~0.5 L/ac). Traditional granulars are relatively cheap per lb of B, but can have problems with early...
Not Enough Sulfur?
Occasionally we have conversations with people about MicroEssentials® S15™ and hear comments like, “it doesn’t have enough sulfur for canola.” While in certain cases this is true, we often reply with, “Or are you not putting on enough phosphate?” The reality is that...
Thoughts about Potassium
Potassium often isn’t the first nutrient on everyone’s mind during a fertility plan but it’s just as essential as nitrogen. In fact, most crops take up just as much or more K2O as N during their lifespan. Fortunately, in typical grain crops a lot of that K is...