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Weed management

This section of the website provides information on weed management including both cultural and more direct weed control methods. We have tried to give a broad overview of the options available in order to provide information that will be useful across all types of organic farming systems.We have also provided some guide as to the types of decisions that need to be made before planning and undertaking weed control measures.

The site is divided into three sections:

• cultural controls which provides information on incorporating weed management into the whole farm rotation and stresses a preventative approach. It includes many tips on rotational planning and design
• direct control methods which provides information on control methods to use when the crops are in the ground and growing. We have also provided links to weeding machinery sites in this section.
• crop weeding strategies which provides information on weed management in specific crops. This section is intended to provide a useful overview of weed management from the perspective of a particular crop which can then be put in the context; either a whole rotational approach or a specific farm system

The information has been purposely summarised to give the basic details so that the pages can be quickly scanned. Click on the links above to go straight to the relevant section or use the sub section headings on the side navigation bars to go directly to information of interest.

If you have information or experiences that you think would be useful to other farmers please add your own comments on the relevant pages using the add comments button. If you would like more in-depth information on a particular topic please follow the links provided or contact us to ask us to follow up any particular topic if you think more detail and links are necessary.

Further information:

The following papers provide overviews of weed management options for organic farmers:

• A review of non-chemical weed management. A fully referenced review by W Bond, RJ Turner, AC Grundy (590 Kb).
• A review of the management of selected perennial weeds. A fully referenced review by W. Bond (1.2 Mb).

• For a fully referenced review of non-chemical weed management, » click here (590k pdf)

  
  

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  Comments

  1. hello
     I need information about organic weed management
     

     - ishaq_bzu@hotmail.com 5---0-2005

  
  
  2. HDRA is doing good work in the field of organic Agricultue. I'm sure in the near future, alleopathic strategies would become available to provide weed control without herbicides or minimal dose of herbicides. If any body wants more information they can contact me.
     Prof.S.S. Narwal, 8/15, Haryana Agri. University, Hisar-125 004, INDIA
     

     - Prof. S.S. Narwal, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India E.Mail:narwal_1947@yahoo.com 5---0-2005

  
  
  3. have sent essay on suggested use of weeds to fertilise soil to : enquiry@hdra.org.uk
     

     - Marcel Werps BSc (now Wood) 1---0-2006

  
  
  4. Do you need an extra pair of hands? We can help! We offer skilled people to do rogueing, weeding, picking, planting, grading and even experienced tractor drivers, all over the UK!
     Call us today on 01223 506384 or visit www.watson-co.net
     With over 25 years' reputation to maintain, we won't let you down!
     
     
     

     - Watson & Co 3---0-2006

  
  
  5. very informative
     

     - Liza 8---0-2006

  
  
  6. hello
     I need information about allelopathic effect on weed management
     

     - omar 6---0-2007

  
  
  7. looking for info. on a herbicide for treating cow parsley
     

     - neil 7---0-2007

  
  
  8. I can find very little on weed management in cities , especially Buddleja, which is becoming quite a problem on derelict sites and on buildings ,walls etc?? Is there an allelopathic effect?
     

     - gedwards 7---0-2007

  
  
  9. Please can you help i have just taken over a field in which to graze my horses to find it is full of the common fiddleneck weed & now i understand that this is toxic to horses, please can you recommend a excellent weedkiller to eradicate this problem as i would like to take hay next year.
     thank you in anticipation of your reply.
     

     - Fay Redmond 7---0-2007

  
  
  10. I live on a hillside in Devon and have a field which has a number of very wet areas in it, especially this year because of all the rain! In the wet boggy areas, there has been a huge increase in the number of bulrushes. Is there a herbicide that I can use to kill them back, without touching the grass? The field is grazed by sheep and horses.
      

      - tessa_short@yahoo.co.uk 9---0-2007

  
  
  11. I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON FARM ROTATIONING
      

      - MS.JONES 9---0-2007

  
  
  12. i need case study of weeds and invasive species
      

      - hinal 0---1-2007

  
  
  13. HDRA give full information about weed management but you did not mention any information about mycorrhiza role in weed management . As mycorrhiza play important role in nutrients absorption. Plz add some research papers
      

      - sarwat_iftikhar2002@yahoo.com 3---0-2008

  
  
  14. help please we have bindweed cant get rid of it need help is anyone out there we have tried all the shop brought stuff but nothing works next step is fire well thats wot i think anyway
      
      

      - gemma 7---0-2008

  
  
  15. HI, I need informetion about weed management by allelopathic potentials of som crops.
      please contact;roynayan909@yahoo.com
      

      - NAYAN ROY 3---0-2009

  
  

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