Continued warmness in October
10-14-2026
While we might be at the end of 80 degree weather around 10-15, we expect temperatures in the 70's to return after a brief cool weekend. Most farmers are moving along this week to finish defoliation using recipes that focus on either Finish or Prep along with Dropp to remove most of the leaves. in the 80's, we only need about 5-6 ounces of Def with the traditional 3-way that is based on using Prep and none with Finish. I have been seeing equal results with both Finish and Prep based programs as long as the Dropp rate has been around 4 ounces in the 3 way and the Def rate is held down to 6 or less.
Many fields are getting regrowth at the bottom in fields that were self defoliating. It is not the recipe at fault. It takes some bottom leaves on the plant to soak in the Dropp. Since these leaves shed from dry conditions and on light land with very mature cotton there were no leaves down low and that is where we are seeing most of the regrowth. Look at the defoliation section to fine tune your rates depending on your recipe.
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