Early and Pre Season Weed Control

July 17, 2019 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: weed

Weeds are undesirable invasive plants in gardens. They take nutrients and moisture from desired crop plants. They hinder plant growth, quality and yield. They help spread plant diseases, and harbor and attract insects. Weeds can be the most difficult or the easiest of garden problems to control. The key factors in controlling them are planning and persistence. You need to Weed. Experts say “the first step is to select a garden site that is relatively weed free.” Unfortunately that is Read More

Evolution and the Genetics of Weeds – Skip Generation Mistakes Experiment

July 16, 2019 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: weed

Over the last year, I've been doing quite a bit of yard work myself, and I've done a few experiments. There's one I'd like to explain to you, it is a case study and observation which may be of value to your work if you are an evolutionary biologist working with plant life. Let me explain. While I was gardening I saw a weed that had its leaves upside down. It did not grow as big as the other weeds Read More