- Author: Brad Hanson
I received an extension question this week about controlling bamboo that I thought I'd share.
In essence, the situation was that one neighbor had a large stand of bamboo on the property line and, because it is a "running" rather than "clumping" type of bamboo, it was invading the other neighbor's side of the property line. Bamboo neighbor likes the bamboo and the privacy afforded by the stand, other neighbor does not like bamboo creeping into their lawn and landscape. The question was "how do I control the invading bamboo without killing the whole (clonal) stand?".
They had been cutting the invadors and spraying the shoots with glyphosate with...
- Author: Brad Hanson
UCD ag engineering professor Ken Giles and colleagues have been testing a remote controlled helicopter for pesticide application in challenging terrain like hillside vineyards.
I'd heard about this research and knew there was going to be a field demo at the Oakville Experimental Vineyard (UC Vit and Enol Dept) in the Napa Valley. It sounded really interesting and I was hoping to be able to go but, unfortunately, duty called and I was I was out of town that day and not able to attend.
However, there was a nice...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A quick blog post today to share a recent edition of "TechLine - Invasive Plant News" that I was forwarded recently.
The Spring 2013 issue of the Western Range and Wildlands edition features an article by Celestine Duncan entitled "Protecting the Merced River Canyon from Invasive Plants - Yosemite National Park and Interagency Partners Tackle Yellow Starthistle". The combination of yellow starthistle and the national park system presents a interesting challenge for weed...
/span>- Posted by: Gale Perez
Below is an article from The Weed's News.
[TriplePundit 15 May 2013 by Tina Casey] -- Chicago’s Department of Aviation announced that O’Hare International Airport is getting its own herd of goats to help manage vegetation, so even though the pilot project hasn’t even gotten off the ground yet it’s already a whopping success. That’s because, although the airport does expect to realize some concrete bottom line benefits from...