Early-season tobacco stunting issues fairly widespread

(SouthEastFarmPress.com) It’s impossible to say definitively what caused the injury in these fields, but significant stunting, and in very rare cases plant death, is likely a result of many factors including but not limited to: weather, carry-over of pesticides from previous crops, insecticide application method, disease pressure (in and out the greenhouse), transplant quality, fertilizer use and application, and insecticide rate. Because many factors that may influence stunting in early season tobacco fields and these interacting factors are so difficult to tease apart, we cannot predict when and how stunting will occur. There are, however, practices that growers can employ to reduce potential insecticide effects. Continued