Pendimethalin is applied to approximately 30% of Georgia cotton for control of grasses and small seeded dicot weed species. Pendimethalin is often used in combination with glyphosate tolerant cotton. Conservation and reduced tillage cotton comprised 29.3% of the United States cotton acreage in 2002. Among the dinitroanaline herbicides, pendimetalin has one of the higher water solubility's and is less volatile than other dinitroanaline herbicides wherein makes it more conducive for conservations tillage crop production which are on the increase in the southeastern United States. Farmers are constantly seeking ways to reduce inputs. An alternative method to spraying pendimethalin with water is to coat it on fertilize prior to application. One concerns for delaying the application of fertilizer impregnated with pendimethalin is cotton injury. Therefore, studies were conducted to compare cotton injury from delayed applications of pendimethalin as a spray or when impregnated on fertilizer. Test included two formulations of pendimethanlin (Prowl and Prowl H20), applied as a spray application or when impregnated on fertilizer, at 4 timing applications (PRE, cotton crack, 3 leaf, and POST).