Tillage timing makes a difference for spring weed management
Timing matters: How to use tillage more effectively for weed ...
Research shows, though, that timing matters. When tillage occurs can significantly impact both weed density and the composition of the weed ...
Weed Management in Reduced Tillage Trials on Muck Soil, Part 2
In part two of this series, regional vegetable specialist, Ethan Grundberg, discusses weed management in a Reduced Tillage Trial on muck ...
Does Tillage Affect Weed Management? - Farming For Tomorrow
Findings mirrored grower experience – that reduced tillage shifted the weed spectrum to include more perennial and winter annual weeds. In fact, ...
Weed Management | Canola Encyclopedia
Seedbed preparation can affect crop and weed growth. Spring tillage to control weeds can also loosen the seedbed and, in moist conditions, create clods — two ...
Post Emergence Weed Management Following Spring Tillage
Dan Smith and Dr. Rodrigo Werle look at a soybean field with early season weed escapes after spring tillage and discuss what to do about it.
Weeding Between the Lines - Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Knowing what you're dealing with is the first step in effective management, as different weeds have different growth habits, life cycles, impacts on crops, and ...
... control quackgrass and other perennial grasses before making spring seedings. Fall applications of glyphosate are recommended between October 1 and November 15.
Weed Management in Small Fruit Crops | Oklahoma State University
Often, mulches may be the best solution for weed control within woody crop rows, while cover crops or native plants are used between rows. Mulches. Mulches used ...
Organic Crop Production Weed Management
Quackgrass problems should be handled in a somewhat different manner. Tillage to control this weed depends on physically damaging the root system. In dry years, ...
Ditch The Chemicals and Still Suppress Weeds - Rodale Institute
Once crop plants grow large enough, they may be able to compete with the weeds and form a closed canopy between rows, thus stifling weed growth.
Oat Cover Crop and No-tillage Can Provide Weed Suppression and ...
Multivariate analyses showed associations between specific weed species and management practices. Weeds were greatest in no-till organic treatments, and ...
4 Cover Crops and Weed Management - CABI Digital Library
Other advan- tages include allowing earlier entry to fields in spring than would be possible with tilled soil. ... Green manure and tillage timing. Weed Science ...
Integrated Weed Management in Seedling Alfalfa | Extension
A well-prepared seedbed is important for maximizing crop emergence, which makes the crop more competitive against weeds. Light tillage can stimulate the ...
Organic weed control in field crops - MSU Extension
Pre-emerge tillage. Two to four days after planting and before corn or soybeans have emerged, the weeds are usually in the white root stage.
Ridge Plant Systems: Weed Control
Residue from the previous crop settles between the ridges, permitting the ridge to warm up sooner. The warmer soil speeds crop emergence, increases ...
Plan Your Weed Control Strategy - AgWeb
“Experienced strip-till and no-till farmers know that the longer you go without tillage, the greater a problem winter annual weeds are likely to ...
TECHNICAL NOTES - Natural Resources Conservation Service
having different weed management challenges. ... Proper timing of herbicide ... The spring weed control program for downy brome and volunteer grain is the.
Preventive and cultural methods for weed management
If there is a long fallow period between the cereal and the next crop, this can be exploited to cultivate the soil to stimulate the emergence of problem weeds, ...
Weed Control Considerations for a Late Spring
Perhaps the most straight-forward discussion is of repeated tillage applications with tillage equipment, probably a disc, to keep vegetation ...
Sustainable Weed Management for Small and Medium-Scale Farms
The annual plant must make a crop of seed as soon as possible, before the next disturbance comes. Annual plants also produce more seed than do perennial plants.