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Hydroponic irrigation New technology combining hydroponics and drip irrigation is being used to grow fruit trees, offering benefits to orchardists
Organic viticulture is all about timing
Bill Powers used common materials—screen mesh, bottoms of plastic jugs—to construct his pest fan. Melissa Hansen The key to making
Promising organic herbicide found
These large crabgrass seedlings show the effect of preemergence application of manuka oil. Control is on the right. Concentrations of
Read the label
Marestail, or horseweed, has been confirmed to be resistant to glyphosate in California. Have you read your glyphosate herbicide label
Tips on how to avoid glyphosate damage
As you approach weed control this spring, remember the word SUPPLY. That’s the acronym Dr. Hannah Mathers developed to help
Tree safety is key issue with herbicides
Choosing a herbicide program for an orchard is not so simple as choosing which herbicide kills what weeds and when.
Newer herbicides join the arsenal
Among the newer herbicides that fruit growers should look at are Treevix, Alion, Matrix, Spartan, and Sandea, and there are
Effective, economical weed control
The Wonder Weeder and similar tools deliver orchard weed control at less cost than chemical controls. The Holy Grail that
Read the label
Marestail, or horseweed, has been confirmed to be resistant to glyphosate in California. Have you read your glyphosate herbicide label
Tips on how to avoid glyphosate damage
As you approach weed control this spring, remember the word SUPPLY. That’s the acronym Dr. Hannah Mathers developed to help