Volunteer Wheat

–by Dr. Jeff Whitworth

 

Much wheat has been planted but much is still to be planted. Please remember that volunteer wheat (see fig 4) needs to be dead at least 3 weeks prior to planted wheat germinating. This really helps mitigate wheat pests that may be utilizing this volunteer wheat as a “green bridge”– just waiting to move from these plants to infest the germinating new plants.

Figure 4 Volunteer Wheat (Cayden Wyckoff)