- Author: Christopher J Mcdonald
Published on: October 11, 2023
It's October and it's weeding season! That's not a phrase we regularly hear. In many years in California October can be a month where weeding is a low priority task. With the late spring rain and then the remnants of the August hurricane that came through, coupled with some wet, cool misty days lately, we had a lot of summer annuals germinate and survive. However, at least in Southern California quite a few winter annuals have also germinated. And then with recent rains in October those annual weeds are starting to put on a lot of new growth.
As I've been doing some driving lately, I've been seeing quite an interesting blend of weeds in Southern California. I'm seeing tumbleweed, puncturevine or goat's head (so much...
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UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Tags: phenology-based management (0), weed phenology (0)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management
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