Experiment compared the effect on weed control and potato yield of banded a
pplications of metolachlor plus linuron with or without flex-tine, rolling,
and shovel cultivation prior to hilling. Cultivation without banded herbic
ide resulted in greater prehilling in- and between-row weed densities and r
educed late-season weed control as compared to broadcast herbicides or cult
ivation with banded herbicides. Although the flex-tine and rolling cultivat
ors were expected to provide improved in-row weed control, there were few d
ifferences between these and the other cultivation implements. Despite redu
ced weed control with cultivation alone, potato yields were not reduced.