Posts Tagged: mechanical
Removing Unwanted Landscape Plants
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County If you live in an older home,...
Juniper. (lowes.com)
Algerian ivy. (allseasonsvcs.com)
English ivy. (amazon.com)
Dense swaths of ivy can be home to rodents. (slopestandtermite.com)
Remove unwanted plants by hand. (concordma.gov)
Another hand removal method. (mycoffeepot.org)
Sometimes mowers are useful in controlling undesirable plants. This is a remote-controlled one! (colvoy.ca)
Burning out unwanted plants is probably best left to the experts. (environment.arlingtonva.us)
Selective grazing can be helpful. (jaguzafarm.com)
Sometimes, post-emergent herbicide is the best option. (better-lawn-care.com)
Some plant removal requires a heavy hitter. (thedailygardener.com)
Wear gloves when removing unwanted landscape plants, perhaps even gauntlet gloves. (lowes.com)
This is another heavy hitter, a mattock. Many kinds of brush grubbing tools are available; this is just one. (bamfordtrading.com)
Scotch broom removal may require one of those mattocks!. (blogs.oregonstate.edu)
Mechanical Weed Control under the Vine
From the Weeders of the West blog • 07/14/2021 Mechanical Weed Control under the...
Landscape Tree Damage: It's Not Always a Pest Issue
[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Retail Nursery & Garden Center News] Most disorders...
Mechanical Harvest Field Day
Hi Fodder Followers! About 40 foothill growers and wine industry folks turned out yesterday...
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
[From the UC Weed Science blog] In what has been dubbed “dandelion-gate,” members of...