www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm cultural-weed-management Ch 3. Cultural Weed Management ...using short cycle “cleaning crops” after long cycle crops in which weeds go to seed helps keep weed populations under control. Rotating grain and vegetable crops with forage crops can...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm mechanical-physical-weed-management Ch 4. Mechanical and Other Physical Weed Management ...only when less stringent measures fail. Use cover crops or heavy applications of high organic matter compost to restore the soil structure and biological activity after this technique. Remove Perennial...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm farm-profiles Ch 5. Farm Profiles ...Lakeview Organic Grain, a feed mill and organic seed company that is at the heart of a growing organic grain and dairy industry in central New York. Another son, Daniel,...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm characteristics-of-weeds Characteristics of Weeds That Affect Their Management ...into the soil and no longer shade the soil surface. The increases in oxygen and soil temperature stimulate microorganisms that decompose soil organic matter. As they consume organic matter, they...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm bindweeds Bindweeds ...cause severe problems in many crops. The extensive and efficient root system of field bindweed can reduce soil water content to below the wilting point of most crops. Hedge bindweed...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm nightshades Nightshades ...storage roots. American black nightshade (Solanum americanum Mill.) has wide cotyledons, hairless stems and leaves that have no or only shallow toothing; its habit is upright, but its branches are...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm field-pennycress Field Pennycress ...N in grain crops decreases the density of field pennycress. A substantial fraction of field pennycress seedlings can be selectively removed from many crops with well-timed tine weeding, but usually...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm horseweed Horseweed ...Cronquist] is shorter, branched from the base and has densely hairy gray-green leaves. Its ray flowers are greenish-yellow rather than white, and its disc flowers are inconspicuous and white rather...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm wild-buckwheat Wild Buckwheat ...a severe weed in spring sown cereal grains and a problem in many other field and vegetable crops. In cereal grains, management during preceding crops in the rotation is critical...
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm barnyardgrass Barnyardgrass ...concentrate phosphorus at the expense of crops. In Arkansas field margins, it occurred most frequently in soils of pH 6.4–6.8. Soil physical requirements: Barnyardgrass does best on soils that hold...