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Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
... The primary purpose of cultivation is to control weeds. Weeds are easier to control when small. In gardens, practical weed control is best accomplished by hand-pulling, hoeing, mechanical cultivation, or mulching. Chemical ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

Weed Management in Sugarcane - 2006
... weeds can mechanical cultivation be effective. However, cultivation when weeds are not present due to application of a herbicide or previous cultivations are not recommended. Cultivation when weeds ... the initial competitive advantage against weeds. Preemergence herbicide applications, in conjunction with mechanical cultivation, help to ensure the early season advantage. Directed or semi-directed ...
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California Backyard Orchard: Pests and Diseases
... be easily cleaned off of fallen leaves and fruit to prevent the spread of diseases. Mechanical cultivation with a tiller or hand hoe also works; the important thing is to keep the ...
homeorchard.ucdavis.edu

Strawberries are an Excellent Fruit for the Home Garden, HYG-1424-98
... 3. Diagram of a strawberry plant Weed Control Mechanical cultivation, mulching, and certain herbicides are suited to maintain essentially weed-free planting. Mechanical cultivation and mulches are recommended. Lime and Fertilizers ... desires excellent fruit production for more than one year. First control weeds by mechanical means or labeled herbicides. Remove all old leaves with a mower or a sickle ...
ohioline.osu.edu

LOQUAT Fruit Facts
... plants. Because of the shallow root system of the loquat, care should be taken in mechanical cultivation not to damage the roots. Foliage: Loquat leaves are generally eliptical-lanceolate, 5 to 12 ...
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Beans
... all at once allowing maximum yield in that one-time mechanical picking. Pole beans, on the other hand, are much ... sorts native to the Americas (common, lima, runner, tepary)--in cultivation and use, largely indistinguishable from common beans. Though these beans ... Americas, four bean types unknown outside the hemisphere were in cultivation (as listed well above, those were the "common" bean, limas, ...
growingtaste.com

Horseradish, Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, North Willamette Research and Extension Center
... marketing the roots are: A well-flavored root, reasonably straight, without side shoots, and no mechanical or decay damage. The roots should be at least 8 in. long with a diameter ... rates, restrictions, and weeds controlled. Cultivate as often as necessary when weeds are small. Proper cultivation, field selection and rotations can reduce or eliminate the need for chemical weed control. Return ...
oregonstate.edu

Rhubarb, Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, North Willamette Research and Extension Center
... grid to allow for cross cultivation. The most common spacing in Oregon is 2' x 6'. About 3600 plants would be needed per acre. Rhubarb intended for mechanical harvest is planted 18 ...
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Vegetable Crops - pt 6
... natural openings; infection of other fruits must occur through insect punctures, sandblasting and other mechanical injury means. Bacterial spot is difficult to control once it appears in the field. ... and some tomato-related wild hosts. Crop rotation, plowing under crop residues, and clean cultivation will reduce the amount of inoculum in tomato fields. Repeated fungicide applications will keep ...
plantpathology.tamu.edu

Cultivation and tillage references
... control in ecological vegetable farming, on-line Ascard, J. & Mattsson, B. (1994). Inter-row cultivation in weed-free carrots - the effect on yield of hoeing and brush weeding. ... . Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment, Hobart. Dunn, G. & Penfold, C. (1996). Mechanical and biological weed control. IFOAM '96. Copenhagen, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. ...
www.une.edu.au

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