- Posted By: Gale Perez
- Written by: Diane Nelson
My calendar says November but the weeds in my garden think it’s spring. That nice rain last month followed by warm, sunny days has prompted them to grow like, well, weeds and that’s not good news for my winter crops.
What’s a gardener to do?
Like so many other gardeners, I turned to the folks at the UC Davis Weed Science Program. Housed in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, the “weeders” are experts at helping growers and gardeners improve plant production by controlling weeds.
What are the most effective organic tools for controlling weeds? That’s what I, and thousands of others, want to know. You don’t have to be an organic grower to seek organic tools for fighting weeds. Synthetic herbicides come with...
- Posted By: Gale Perez
- Written by: Diane Nelson
Cooperative Extension Specialist Joe DiTomaso has received the Jake Sigg Award for Vision and Dedicated Service from the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC), the highest honored bestowed each year by the group which works to protect California’s lands and waters from invasive plants through science, education and policy.
DiTomaso is a Fellow with the Weed Science Society of America, Editor-in-Chief for the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management and Director of the UC Weed Research and Information Center. He has been involved with Cal-IPC for 17 of its 20 years, serving on the Board of Directors for nine years including two as President.
Cal-IPC lauded DiTomaso for providing “extremely valuable...
- Author: Gale Perez
- Posted By: Brad Hanson
- Written by: Dan Putnam
Article originally posted on the UC ANR Green Blog on October 11, 2011. Written by Danial Putnam and reposted with permission. Brad
Those of us who work with alfalfa have seen our much-loved Queen of Forages relegated to poster child of all things evil about genetic engineering (GE) and the supposed damage it may wreak. While hay growers have always felt alfalfa has received insufficient attention – this was probably not what they had in mind!
Those of us who work with alfalfa have seen our much-loved Queen of Forages relegated to poster child of all things evil about genetic engineering (GE) and the supposed...
- Posted By: Brad Hanson
- Written by: Rebecca Miller-Cripps
Article originally posted on the UC ANR Green Blog. Written by Rebecca Miller-Cripps and reposted with permission. Brad
Weeds, weeds, weeds! Have you noticed? This has been a banner year for weeds. Puncturevine where I’ve never seen it before. Garden soil covered with common purslane (at least it’s good in salads). And solid stands of yellow starthistle everywhere!