Sentences with phrase «chemical weed control»

Applying chemical weed control over the tops of leaves.

If you have children and pets and wish to avoid chemical weed control, you can destroy weeds by cultivating between plants and rows, pulling them by hand, or snipping them off at the soil surface, and you can limit infestations with heavy mulches.

Finding viable alternatives to chemical weed control and improving water conservation are also high on the priority list of those surveyed.

Not exact matches

For a generation of farmers raised on the idea that herbicides were the ultimate solution to weeds, creeping levels of resistance to chemical control opens the post-chemical chapter in weed management.

But the difference between Project Verification and Organic Certification is that for Verification chemicals are allowed for weed or pest controls while they are not allowed for Organic.

Organic grape growing avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and uses natural methods like crop rotation, tillage and natural composts to maintain soil health as well as natural methods to control weeds, insects and other pests.

Healthy plants are better able to resist weeds and insects, enabling us to avoid pesticides and other chemicals that are commonly used to control them.

There are now major weeds, such as Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), that have developed resistance to glyphosate, leaving farmers scrambling for new solutions, including use of chemical controls that are more toxic than glyphosate.

Foods are grown using natural fertilizers such as compost and manure and weeds and insects are controlled using natural, chemical free methods.

There are natural alternatives to the chemical products used by exterminators and used in lawn and yard care (a simple internet search on natural pest control or weed control is a good place to start).

Herbicides can no longer control the weeds that threaten crop productivity and food security in the UK because the plants have evolved resistance, and future control must depend on management strategies that reduce reliance on chemicals.

In its January 2011 decision in Gulka Enterprises Ltd. v Bayer CropScience Inc. («Bayer»), the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench ruled in favour of the producer, Gulka Enterprises Ltd. («Gulka»), awarding compensation for damage resulting from chemical harm caused to Gulka's flax crop by Bayer's herbicide, Buctril ® M («Buctril M»), when tank - mixed with Fusion ® at recommended rates to control weeds.

This is sound advice when using any product, but it is especially important when using chemical products for weed control.