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Weed Control Strategies for
Organic Vegetable Production

  
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Photo Gallery

This gallery is to accompany the Organic Weed Control Project, listed under Latest News on the Home Page.

[Thumbnail 1: Seeding oats as a living mulch] [Thumbnail 2: Perennial ryegrass in the foreground as a living mulch] [Thumbnail 3: Clean straw for mulching between rows]
Photo 1: Seeding oats as a living mulch to suppress weeds.
 Photo 2: Perennial rye-
grass in the foreground as a living mulch.
 Photo 3: Clean straw for mulching between rows.
[Thumbnail 4: 3 inch depth of clean straw for weed suppression] [Thumbnail 5: spike wheel cultivator to controll small seedling weeds] [Thumbnail 6: Wheel cultivator slices weeds]
Photo 4: A 3-inch depth of clean straw is necessary to suppress weeds.
 Photo 5: Controlling small seedling weeds, with a spike wheel cultivator.
 Photo 6: The wheel cultivator slices weeds with a sharp edge.
[Thumbnail 7: Tuff-Bilt small cultivating tractor] [Thumbnail 8: Hand hoeing weeds requires continuous sharpening] [Thumbnail 9: Example of effective hand hoeing of small weeds]
Photo 7: Tuff-Bilt small cultivating tractor.
 Photo 8: Hand hoeing weeds requires continuous sharpening.
 Photo 9: Example of effective hand hoeing of small weeds.
[Thumbnail 10: Buffalo Ridge Till cultivator provides effective weed control]    
Photo 10: Buffalo Ridge Till cultivator provides effective weed control.