we used pancho 1250 last year on 3rd year corn. IT DID NOT WORK if you have rootworm pressure do not use this product. if it had been dry it would have been a train wreck.
On old bean ground I plant lG seed with Superkote, it protects from diseases and rot and it is treated with Poncho 250. Had great results using this and it is only $6.25 an acre. Corn on corn, 4.2 oz Regent. I would not recommend Poncho 1250, for $48 a bag the yeild results I've seen are not very impressive.
We have used regent for the last two years....three years ago we used capture.....both products make the corn stand tall and straight. We switched to regent because it will mix with liquid fert. (popup) much better.....This year we are planting as much Yield Guard as we can and then treating the refuge acres with regent.... Of the few test we have done (side by side) the products have at minimun paid for themselves (on our feilds)..... last august I drove a tractor home from Benson Mn (55 miles) and had to have the windsheild wiper on and off throughout the drive, green rootworm beetles the whole way. Only advise I can give is to use the same genetics you know are good, when choosing the YG rootworm seed. Good luck
here in WCIN we have been fighting western rootworm since the mid1990s. Our particular area has a very heavy infestation of w.r. and to not use some type of insecticide is economic suicide. Without insecticide you can see a rabbit run across the far end of an 80 rod field. The insecticides of choice are usually Aztec or Force. A few guys have tried Capture or Regent with lttle success and switched to a dry insecticide after one year. My son works for a seed corn company and they has a Kinzie split row planter settup to plant the female rows in back and the male rows with the splitters. For the female rows they used a grabular insecticde and on the male rows they used regent. He said when they went in to detassle the male rows that they had a hard time detassleing as the male rows were elbowed into the female rows. They also have 3 JD planters that used granular insecticide front and back and he said the males rows were standing straight when planted with this settup. last year I tried some RWR corn and was not impressed. It didn't go down but yield was off compared to the conventional corn beside it Neighbors used Poncho 1250 and had over 600 acres flat on the ground. This year we will be using Aztec on all our corn acres and will also be comparing varities with Poncho 250 compared to the same varitiy without the Poncho.
here in WCIN we have been fighting western rootworm since the mid1990s. Our particular area has a very heavy infestation of w.r. and to not use some type of insecticide is economic suicide. Without insecticide you can see a rabbit run across the far end of an 80 rod field. The insecticides of choice are usually Aztec or Force. A few guys have tried Capture or Regent with lttle success and switched to a dry insecticide after one year. My son works for a seed corn company and they has a Kinzie split row planter settup to plant the female rows in back and the male rows with the splitters. For the female rows they used a grabular insecticde and on the male rows they used regent. He said when they went in to detassle the male rows that they had a hard time detassleing as the male rows were elbowed into the female rows. They also have 3 JD planters that used granular insecticide front and back and he said the males rows were standing straight when planted with this settup. last year I tried some RWR corn and was not impressed. It didn't go down but yield was off compared to the conventional corn beside it Neighbors used Poncho 1250 and had over 600 acres flat on the ground. This year we will be using Aztec on all our corn acres and will also be comparing varities with Poncho 250 compared to the same varitiy without the Poncho.
We use Regent @ 3 oz rate , have used less and got by but with manure and corn on corn it isn't a wise choice. The 4oz recomended rate will give longer control. We tank mix with 10-34-0 starter and it works wonderful !!! Tested it on our corn on bean acres two years ago and used it on 100% of corn acres last year. Alot cheaper to put in furrow vs alternatives if you're set up for it. SC Mn.
I agree about the poncho 1250 on all my Pioneer, I used it last year and my agronomist claimed it failed in much of the midwest. I had to harvest those fields first due to minor tipping. Of course, I almost always have to most root problems with Pioneer.
davy, Do you really have certain varities of pioneer that consistently get attacked by rootworms, or was that just a little jab at the companyIJ Would be interested on what numbers you have consistent problems with for my own knowledge since we plant a large plot with several companies involved and have never heard that claim. I believe I hear about problems with Pioneer because there is more of it around. On a percentage basis across the nation, I think all companies have their disasters no one more than the another. People like to shoot at who ever is on top.
Pioneer has a problem with 90-100 day maturity's, poor yeild mostly due to weak stalks....my part of the world dekalb has been king for the last three years. I doubt it will last long, I agree with you "every company has their disasters"....I would guess pioneer will be back. My oppinion causes the generation above me to cringe in that people are too loyal to a brand.....Im in farming to do buisness.....If my friend sells a poor product he would not mind if I purchase a competitors product.......If he does mind, then he is not my friend.