Weed Spotlight: Ground Ivy July 24, 2024 - From Issue: 741 By: Helen Angelina Nocito and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Ground ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping Charlie, field balm, haymaids, cat’s foot, alehoffs Latin name: Glechoma hederacea L. Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family) General Description and Identification Ground ivy is a[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Post-Directed Herbicide Applications in Pumpkin July 11, 2024 - From Issue: 740 By: Stephen Meyers and Celia Corado Read More Across the state, pumpkin plantings are hitting their stride with varying degrees of success. The grower phone calls I’ve received lately revolve around options for managing emerged weeds. Broadcast options[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Yellow Nutsedge July 11, 2024 - From Issue: 740 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Yellow nutsedge, yellow nutgrass, nut sedge, chufa, earth almond, northern nutgrass Latin names: Cyperus esculentus L. Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family) General Description Perennial sedges are among the most[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Weed spotlight: Carpetweed June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Carpetweed, Indian chickweed, whorled chickweed, devils-grip, green carpetweed Latin name: Mollugo verticillata L. Family: Molluginaceae General Description and Life Cycle Carpetweed is a summer annual. Compared to other[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Silage Tarps for Small Farm Weed Management June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More The use of silage tarps for weed management has increased dramatically in recent years, including in our own research in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab at Purdue University. This[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Common Milkweed June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Carlos Lopez and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names Common milkweed, silkweed, cotton-weed, Virginia silk, wild cotton, silky milkweed, common silkweed, showy milkweed, swallow wort. Latin name Asclepias syriaca. “Asclepias” from Asklepios, the Ancient Greek god of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Palmer Amaranth May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Palmer amaranth, Palmer pigweed, carelessweed, and dioecious amaranth. Latin name: Amaranthus palmeri. “Amaranthus” is derived from the Greek word “amarantus” meaning “everlasting flowers”. This is a reference to[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
New Spartan® 4F Herbicide Label for Mint Growers May 15, 2024 - From Issue: 736 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Indiana mint growers have a newly registered use for a familiar herbicide. Spartan®, already labeled for use in newly planted and dormant mint, can now be applied as a post-harvest[Read More…] Article Categories: Mint Article Tags: Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Dandelion May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Dandelion, lions-tooth, blow-ball, cankerwort, Irish daisy, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed Latin name: Taraxacum officinale Family: Asteraceae (Aster family, sunflower family) Life Cycle Dandelion is a perennial weed that reproduces by[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Findings From Two Years of Organic Sweet Potato Weed Management Research May 2, 2024 - From Issue: 735 By: Emmanuel Cooper and Stephen Meyers Read More Background Sweet potato is a staple crop that provides nutritional benefits to humans globally, but weed interference (Figure 1) can reduce yields by 22 to 90%. Despite increased organic sweet[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Sweet Potato Article Tags: Weed Management
