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| We are smarter than plants, but not always as tenacious.
Don't have anything in particular I need to kill, just wanted to make a good list to spark people's imaginations so they don't feel so reliant on products. Let's list methods of non-chemical death, besides pulling/digging/spraying anything, (whether the label says organic or not - not a discussion about ANY products or salt or vinegar or gramma's homemade recipes.) smothering plants or whole areas with ____ (whatever)
Different methods for different enemies, climates, and proximity of other plants, of course, but there's usually a manual way. Unfortunately, manual methods are usually micro-methods, often not applicable to larger areas, but hopefully useful to those able to micro-manage some or all problem plants. What else? |
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- Posted by lisanti07028 z6NJ (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 12 at 14:14
| Related to "remove the foliage", and applying to woody stuff: cut below ground level. |
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| blow-torch for weeds in paths |
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| All the above works on most weeds, but not all perennials will die so easy. |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 18, 12 at 21:59
| Goats or chickens |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 13:07
| In a rural school where all the boys had to study agriculture I was taught that a combination of goats and sheep will graze almost anything right down to the soil if they are not allowed too much room to wander. Now and then we read of researchers who are testing goats to clear fire breaks it fire prone western areas. On the farm where I grew up pigs in confinement would destroy all vegetation except Datura stramonium (Jimson weed). |
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| For scatter cane in corn fields: Yank the plant or clump out of the ground and break the plant's neck. |
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