- Posted By: John A Roncoroni
- Written by: John Roncoroni
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
The late spring rains that fell in Northern California seemed to benefit some plants more than others. One weed that appears to be doing very well this year is Field bindweed. Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), is a perennial weed that spreads by seed, creeping roots and rhizomes. You may call it morningglory or wire weed. It has arrow-shaped leaves and white to pink trumpet-shaped flowers and can grow spread along the ground from early spring until late fall. Bindweed’s creeping roots can penetrate the soil to more than 10 feet and send up vertical shoots that look much like seedlings, but unlike seedlings, are part of a much larger plant. Studies...
- Posted By: Brad Hanson
- Written by: WSSA press release
After an extended cool and wet spring, we are finally getting summer-like weather in most of the Central Valley. If your garden and home landscape are like mine, now is the time of the year where the winter weeds are winding down and the summer weeds are coming in to take their places. I thought this would be a good time to re-post this article from the Weed Science Society of America
The article discusses some integrated weed management lessons that homeowners can learn from farmers and can found at: http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA_Stewardship.htm and is also attached at...
- Posted By: Brad Hanson
- Written by: Anil Shrestha, Kurt Hembree, and Steven Wright
Someone asked me a question this morning about management option for hairy fleabane and it reminded me of a nice publication that Anil, Kurt, and Steve put together a couple years ago. See ANR Publication 8314 here: http://ucanr.org/freepubs/docs/8314.pdf It is also attached as a pdf at the bottom of this post.
These two weeds have been around for a long time but are becoming more widespread throughout the Central Valley and other parts of California in large part due to the selection of glyphosate-resistant biotypes. Both weeds are early invaders of disturbed areas but do not tolerate too much additional tillage because the seedling do not emerge from very...
- Posted By: Brad Hanson
- Written by: Weed Science Society of America
Article reposted from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) website. The pdf version of the article is attached at the bottom of the post.
Take care,
Brad
http://www.wssa.net/index.htm
http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA_Compost_WeedFree.htm
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- Author: Brad Hanson
I recently ran across an article from Western Farm Press (written last November) that I thought was interesting and worth reposting here.
The article, which was entitled "Weed Control: Communication with Farmers Essential", provided a synopsis of a journal article on the subject. (the scientific publication was in the Journal "Weed Science" and was titled "Investigating the Human Dimension of Weed Management: New Tools of the Trade").
Both the web article and the journal publication discussed the human dimension of how weed management decisions are...