http://agpest.co.nz Weed and Pest identification Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:30:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.19 http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=mowing-californian-thistle http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=mowing-californian-thistle#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2017 23:00:29 +0000 http://agpest.co.nz/?post_type=alerts&p=2192 Mowing Californian thistle during rainfall can improve control of this weed by 30% as compared to mowing during dry weather. Best time to do this “wet mowing” is in February/March when the fungi thought to be responsible for this effect are producing spores on the thistle. The effect is likely to be greatest if some members of the thistle population to be mowed are showing signs of disease (wilting, yellowing, dieback).

]]> http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=mowing-californian-thistle/feed/ 0 http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=californian-thistle-management http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=californian-thistle-management#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:00:16 +0000 http://agpest.co.nz/?post_type=alerts&p=2178 Mowing Californian thistle during rainfall can improve control of this weed by 30% as compared to mowing during dry weather. Best time to do this “wet mowing” is in February/March when the fungi thought to be responsible for this effect are producing spores on the thistle. The effect is likely to be greatest if some members of the thistle population to be mowed are showing signs of disease (wilting, yellowing, dieback).

]]> http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=californian-thistle-management/feed/ 0 http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=californian-thistle http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=californian-thistle#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:01:14 +0000 http://pestweb.co.nz.s74023.gridserver.com/?post_type=pesttypes&p=336 http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=californian-thistle/feed/ 0