- Author: Carl E. Bell
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the Invasive Plants in Southern California blog
You can't have too much information on how to control pests. The second edition of the UC IPM Forest and Right-of-way Pest Control compendium is now available from the UC ANR publications catalog. For more information on the publication and how to order it, click here.
Enjoy - Carl Bell
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
When I first started my Ph.D. in Weed Science, I encountered a strange, new language that appeared to be composed, almost entirely, of acronyms. PRE. POST. PD. Layby. PPI. AI. Etc...
You see, I didn't grow up in, or even around, agriculture; I was born and raised in the "Coal Region" of Pennsylvania and I was infinitely more likely to see anthracite sliding down the chutes of coal trucks (into my neighbors' basements) than I was a John Deere tractor.
So I had to learn. This blog is meant to be a primer for the (similarly) uninitiated.
Firstly, a definition to get us started.
Herbicide: To be honest, there are lots of...
- Author: Carl E. Bell
- Posted by: Gale Perez
If you have a site, especially a remote site with invasive plants, in particular infested with hard to eradicate invasive plants like veldtgrass or perennial pepperweed, you can't just cut or treat the plants and leave them in the field to rot. You often have to gather them up in trash bags, carry them out of the area, put them in a dumpster or haul them to a landfill. Seems like there should be a better way, right? What if you could treat plant propagative material (seed or vegetative organs like rhizomes or tubers) in the field and leave the refuse there?
Several years ago my colleague Dr. James Stapleton, UC IPM Plant Pathologist at the Kearney...
- Author: Guy B Kyser
Watch this prescribed burn for tumbleweed control in Colorado turn into a fiery twister dropping flaming weeds all over the place. WRIC is not responsible for cuss words or heavy metal soundtrack.
- Author: Oleg Daugovish
- Author: Steven Fennimore
- Author: Mark Bolda
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the UC Strawberries and Caneberries blog :: Oct. 11, 2013
A response to the question posed to us concerning how soon one should be applying water to Chateau (flumioxazin) sprayed in the furrows for weed control in strawberry. The label says that this herbicide can be applied at a minimum of 30 days before transplant of strawberries, but it doesn't seem to specify how soon to apply the water after application.
Probably the sooner you apply water to furrows the better, but in a study run by Oleg in Ventura County, Chateau was applied to furrows about a month before sprinklers were turned on and the herbicide was effective...