Posts Tagged: home and landscape

WSSA educational materials about weeds and their impact

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced earlier this month several new or updated educational publications about weeds and weed impacts that will be of interest to both the scientific community as well as the general public. Click here for the press release and an overview of the...

Cal Ag article: Predicting invasive plants in California (by Brusati et al.)

Link to a recent (July 2014) research article in California Agriculture (link to table of contents for volume 68) Brad The article by E.D. Brusati, D.W. Johnson, and J.M. DiTomaso is entitled "Predicting Invasive Plants in California" focuses on risk assessment modeling of plants under...

arundo donax from CalAg68 pg89 DiTomaso

Bamboo control extension question

I received an extension question this week about controlling bamboo that I thought I'd share. In essence, the situation was that one neighbor had a large stand of bamboo on the property line and, because it is a "running" rather than "clumping" type of bamboo, it was invading the other...

running bamboo from bamboobotaticals online

Battling Spurge: Weed Control Tips for Nurseries and Homeowners (WSSA Press Release)

Link here for the full WSSA press release Battling Spurge:  WSSA Offers Weed Control Tips for Nurseries and Homeowners Posted on April 26, 2013 Though the economy and housing market have begun to recover in the aftermath of the Great Recession, one unexpected impact still lingers. ...

Ever heard of fumitory?

This is a new-to-me weed, even though it's growing all around Robbins Hall where I've been working since typewriter times. Fumitory (Fumaria spp.) is a lacy, vine-like annual native to Europe. Looks sort of like parsley, though it's not related. It doesn't have tendrils, but it has 'grabby'...

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