Diverse weed control: giving your crop the upper hand and reducing weeds by 50% for free

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We all like free stuff, and who doesn't want to reduce crop weeds by 50% for free? This presentation explores one of the non-herbicide options you have to help give your crop the upper hand against weeds. Want more? Come visit us at www.ahri.uwa.edu.au.

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DIVERSE WEED CONTROL:

Giving your crop the upper hand &

reducing weeds by 50% for free.

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Who doesn’t like free stuff?

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Who doesn’t like free stuff?

Raise your hand.

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We thought so.

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This is how you reduce your weeds by

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This is how you reduce your weeds by

50%

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This is how you reduce your weeds by

50%

FOR FREE

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We’re talking about

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seeding direction

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Can be used to suppress weeds

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Why does it work?

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Why does it work?

Light availability

Why does it work?

Light availability

Light is an important resource

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Why does it work?

Light availability

Light is an important resource

weeds & crop compete for it

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So,

for winter crops

So,

for winter crops

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when the sun is lower in the sky

We can use seeding direction

so that the crop shades the weeds

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Sowing

Sowing

may not be practical for all paddocks

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You might not have autosteer

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It doesn’t suit your paddock shape

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But if it DOES fit your situation

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But if it DOES fit your situation

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or maybe just a

certain paddock

But if it DOES fit your situation

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or maybe just a

certain paddock

crop row orientation is a great form of free weed control

Reduce weedsby 50%

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Reduce weedsby 50%

for free

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Reduce weedsby 50%

for free

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by sowing east-west

So why not try it out?

Reduce weedsby 50%

for free

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by sowing east-west

Thanks to

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Dr Catherine Borger

Want more?

Head over to ahri.uwa.edu.au

and weedsmart.org.au

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