# March is Burndown Time for NC Cotton Fields

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2015-03-03
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/crop-inputs/weed-management/march-is-burndown-time-for-nc-cotton-fields/

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In the Eastern cotton producing areas, March is traditionally time for growers to burn down their fields to help manage glyphosate-resistant horseweed, wild radish and other problem weeds.

North Carolina State Cotton Specialists Guy Collins and Keith Edmisten have provided online guidelines for burndown timing, product combinations and rates. [**Click here**](http://cotton.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/02/march-is-the-time-to-be-making-your-burndown-applications-for-cotton-collins-york/) for their recommendations.