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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1532383" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Armyworms are a PITA for sure. But if you watch for them closely you almost always have time to react before they ruin you. But you've got to be sitting on go and ready and that's not always convenient to say the least. </p><p></p><p>Stem maggots are a lot the same. But they are very difficult to detect until you see the damage. Bermuda grows a stem then splits into two leaves at a node. Then grows more stem and splits into two more leaves at another node and so one. These stem maggots get in the top node and bore through it, in effect killing the top two leaves and any future growth. So wherever your growth is when they attack, that's where it stays until you cut. Doesn't harm anything below the top node so if your grass is almost ready to cut it's not as devastating. If it's two weeks after the previous cutting then you've got a mess. </p><p></p><p>Only regiment we've come up with to combat them is to spray as a preventative measure at 7-10 days after a cutting and then follow up 7-10 days later with another spraying. I've been using 2 oz of Dimlin to the acre with good results and residual. It's not terrible expensive it's just two extra trips across the hayfield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1532383, member: 24583"] Armyworms are a PITA for sure. But if you watch for them closely you almost always have time to react before they ruin you. But you’ve got to be sitting on go and ready and that’s not always convenient to say the least. Stem maggots are a lot the same. But they are very difficult to detect until you see the damage. Bermuda grows a stem then splits into two leaves at a node. Then grows more stem and splits into two more leaves at another node and so one. These stem maggots get in the top node and bore through it, in effect killing the top two leaves and any future growth. So wherever your growth is when they attack, that’s where it stays until you cut. Doesn’t harm anything below the top node so if your grass is almost ready to cut it’s not as devastating. If it’s two weeks after the previous cutting then you’ve got a mess. Only regiment we’ve come up with to combat them is to spray as a preventative measure at 7-10 days after a cutting and then follow up 7-10 days later with another spraying. I’ve been using 2 oz of Dimlin to the acre with good results and residual. It’s not terrible expensive it’s just two extra trips across the hayfield. [/QUOTE]
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