- Author: Brad Hanson
Link to a recent (July 2014) research article in California Agriculture (link to table of contents for volume 68)
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The article by E.D. Brusati, D.W. Johnson, and J.M. DiTomaso is entitled "Predicting Invasive Plants in...
- 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: WSSA
- reposted by: Brad Hanson
Link here for the full WSSA press release
Battling Spurge: WSSA Offers Weed Control Tips for Nurseries and Homeowners
Though the economy and housing market have begun to recover in the aftermath of the Great Recession, one unexpected impact still lingers. Landscape nurseries that saw fewer plant sales during the downturn are now battling weeds entrenched in unsold containers of perennials, shrubs and trees.
Some of the most common...
- Author: Guy B Kyser
This is a new-to-me weed, even though it's growing all around Robbins Hall where I've been working since typewriter times. Fumitory (Fumaria spp.) is a lacy, vine-like annual native to Europe. Looks sort of like parsley, though it's not related. It doesn't have tendrils, but it has 'grabby' foliage, and it drapes over other plants and fences by coiling its stem ends. Fumitory is in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). Its flowers are small, white to purplish, and bilateral in axillary racemes.
I figured out what this was by using this weed ID tool available through the
- Author: Brad Hanson
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Public Awareness Committee with contributions from WSSA members, released a new fact sheet on weeds.
The press release text is pasted the text below (in black) or you can click HERE for the direct link. Click here for a link to the pdf.
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WSSA OFFERS NEW FACT SHEET ON WEEDS, THE...
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