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Hoe hoe hoe GeorgetownActon April 25 1984 D5 the Santa Claus treatment Despite several thousand years of ad vances in agricultural technology the best way to control weeds In a home vegetable or flower garden remains the Santa Claus treatment HOEHOEHOE says Jack weed science specialist of the at crop science depart ment Easier methods of weed control arc avail able but they have drawbacks Home gardens Include a wide variety of plants and no one herbicide is safe to use on all of them Therefore it is often best to consider mechanical weed control methods Using a hoc or small hand cultivator is easiest and most effective when garden weeds are small Shallow hoeing is best as it both conserves valuable soil moisture and it prevents harming nearby crop roots There are other benefits to be derived from hoeing it provides invigorating and healthful exercise and it allows you to closely monitor your garden throughout the summer for the first signs of other garden pests such as insects slugs and diseases The timely monitoring of your garden can help you to stop problems before they get too serious Another effective way to keep weeds from growing and conserve soil moisture and moderate temperature is to mulch the soil Colored plastic shades out weeds Lay a three foot strip of plastic on top of the soil Tuck the edges into shallow trenches and cover with soil This Is done after you have prepared the soil for plant ing Punch holes through plastic at each place where transplants are planted or seeded crops germinate and emerge Other mulching materials that prevent weeds from growing are straw grass clippings wood chips or stone chips Larger home gardens may warrant the use of chemical weed control Some plan ning is necessary to simplify the use of herbicides common to a number of crops It Is usually wise to keep all perennial crops such as strawberries raspberries rhubarb and fruit trees on one side of the garden Some herbicides can be applied as a spray before planting and then incorporated into the top ID centimetres four inches of soil Treflan MOO grams per litre is a preplan Incorporated herbicide that controls some weeds and most annual grasses It can be used on snap beans cole crops carrots peppers turnips and tomatoes at a rate of 14 millilitres to per square metres to one fluid ounce per 1000 square feet control weeds at the stage after seeding but before the crop or weed emerges Ami ben 10 per cent granular Is sprinkled not sprayed on to the soil sur face to control most broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in asparagus snap beans carrots peppers potatoes and tomatoes Apply at per square metres oneoz 1000 ft or per cent powder controls most broadleaf weeds and some annual grasses in asparagus carrots and potatoes when applied premergent as a spray to these crops at a rate of per square metres one per 1000 sq ft Basagran is applied as a post emergent herbicide to control most broadleaf weeds but not annual grasses In snap beans It Is applied at a rate of 14mL to per square metres to Va per 1000 ft Apply the suggested rates in three litres to four litres to one gallon of water per S3 l000sq ft Apply granular herbicides by sprinkling on the ground with shaker made from an old tin can with fine holes Apply liquids or powders in four of water one gallon per 93 square metres ft Complete herbicide recommendations are provided in Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Publication Guide to Chemical Weed Control Copies ore available from local agricul ture offices and from the Communications Branch Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Legislative Buildings Toronto Ont ario M7A Anumber of annual flowers will tolerate a preplan incorporated application of Treflan or before flowers are planted or a application of Ami ben granular before weeds emerge and after annuals are transplanted and established Some species are susceptible to the her bicides however Read the label carefully Mechanical weed control weed pre vention and mulches 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