State and explain any five cultural method of controlling weeds

State and explain any five cultural method of controlling weeds

Cultural methods of weed control

  • Crop rotation: controls wed that are associated with certain crops eg. Striga in maize fields.
  • Cover cropping -: smoothers weeds preventing their growth.
  • Flooding: controls non – aquatic weeds in rice fields.
  • Timely planting: enable crops to establish earlier thus smothering weeds.
  • Proper spacing: creates very little space for weed growth and forms canopies that suppress weeds.
  • Clean seed bed. It starts off the crop on a clean bed to enable it to compete effectively with weeds.
  • Use clean seed/ planting materials:  this prevents introduction of a new weed into the farm.

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