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Container Weed Management
Dr. James Altland
Container vs. field production
• Containers– No seed bank– Bark substrates are free
of weeds initially– Isolated substrate
volume– Irrigated daily– No postemergence
herbicides– No cultivation
• Field crops– Abundant seed bank– Abundant weed seeds and
perennial propagules– Soil is continuous
– Irrigated weekly or less– Many postemergence
herbicides (directed apps.)– Cultivation equipment is
common and efficient
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Challenges
• Weed control must be preventative– No postemergence herbicides– No mechanized cultivation devices
• Irrigation is difficult– Rates are high– Uniformity and precise application rates are difficult
• Intense weed competition – limited container volume
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Opportunities
• Substrates are initially weed free
• Substrates are low in nitrogen
• Unique container environment only allows for a few select weed species
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Container weeds
• Postemergence herbicides– Applied to weeds after emergence– Kill existing weeds
• Preemergence herbicides– Applied to clean, weed-free soil prior to weed
emergence.– Prevents weed establishment.– Kills small weeds as the germinate.
Container production
• Only preemergence herbicides can be used– Very limited use of a few postemergence
products.– Postemergence products can be used in
surrounding areas to kill non-cropland weeds.
• Weed control must be preventative.
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Total weed management program
Effective weed control
Sanitation•Weed seed
•Weeds in non-cropland areas
Herbicide management•Maintain chemical barrier
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Sanitation in non-cropland areas
• Work towards 100% weed suppression– Between greenhouses– Roadways and aisle ways– Around buildings– Bark piles
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Herbicide chemical barrier
Herbicides move very little in containers. They remain in the top 1 inch of media.
Weeds in containers are small seeded, and generally germinate in the top ½ inch.
• Maintain the chemical barrier– Avoid practices that disrupt the barrier
• Poking fingers through it• Spilling containers• Walking through treated bands in fields• Dragging objects treated bands in fields
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Disruption of the herbicide chemical barrier
Uniformity of application
• Mostly a problem with granular applications
• Research shows that even under ideal conditions, amount applied can be from ½ to 2 times the intended rate.
• Take steps to improve uniformity
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Uniformity of application
• Apply a single application in multiple passes.
• Takes more time, but dramatically improves uniformity.
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Preemergence timing (granular)
• At potting– Removal of overwintering
• Prior to overwintering
• Mid-season ???
Herbicide timing - #1 RULE
• You must apply herbicides before weed seeds germinate.
• Preemergence herbicides will not control existing weeds.
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Cultural practices - fertilization
• Seed of container weeds are small.
• Seeds must germinate close to the container surface.
• Seed require available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K).
Cultural practices - fertilization
• Seed deprived of N, P, or K will fail to germinate, or germinate poorly.
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Cultural practices - fertilization
• Fertilizer placement affects weed growth.– Topdress– Incorporate– Dibble
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Cultural practices - Irrigation
• Over-watering decreases weed control.
– Helps small weeds with stunted roots.
– Excess water increases microbial activity, and microbes degrade herbicides.
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Total weed management program
Effective weed control
Sanitation•Weed seed
•Weeds in non-cropland areas
Herbicide management•Maintain chemical barrier
Plastic weed disk
• Rigid• Difficult to attach• Rubs plant stems• Weeds grow through
gap• $0.10 / #1 container
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Geotextile disk
• Commercially available
• Held in place with green florist pins
• Last for multiple years• Weed grow in gaps• $0.08 / #1 container
Coco disk• Made from coconut husks
• Similar to other disks
• More forgiving to plants without single stems
• Excellent weed control
• $0.19 / #1 container
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BioTop
• Starch-straw byproduct
• Similar in texture to sawdust
• Made in Denmark• Injures some plants?• Similar efficacy as
sawdust• $0.03 / #1 container
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Sawdust
• Cheap• Readily available• Provides control for
several months• Easy to apply• Removes N from
container surface• Starves weeds on
container surface• Less than $0.01 / #1
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Container weeds• Seed have some sort of active dispersal
mechanism– Wind-blown– Explosive dehiscence– Splashed with water
• Germinate in low light levels• Germinate in moist environments• Short life cycles• Prolific seed producers • Small seeds
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Bittercress – Cardamine hirsuta
Creeping woodsorrel
• Oxalis corniculata– Greek osys - sour– Corniculata - horned
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Marchantia polymorpha
• Lower plant form (bryophyte)• Reproduces sexually by spores• Reproduces asexually by gemmae
Pearlwort – Sagina procumbens
Sagina – Latin for fodder, once mis-classified in the spurreygenus.
procumbens - prostrate
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E. ciliatumvs.E. angustifolium
E. ciliatumE. angustifolium
Prostrate spurge – Chamaesycemaculata
• Summer annual• Seeds germinate within 5 days• Plants mature in just 4 weeks
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Common groundsel
• Senecio vulgaris
Senex is Latin for ‘old man’
Vulgaris is Greek for ‘common’
Website
• http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/