# Help Manage Pigweed with Hoods and Post-Direct Applications

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2014-07-03
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/help-manage-pigweed-with-hoods-and-post-direct-applications/

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Management of Palmer amaranth is possible in young cotton with careful use of hooded sprayers and other post-direct herbicide applications.

Larry Steckel, Extension weed specialist with the University of Tennessee, says [several options are possible.](http://news.utcrops.com/2014/07/palmer-amaranth-hooded-and-post-direct-applications/#more-5027) But the size of the Palmer is the key.