Alternative weed managment

Report on a open growers day at pcfruit (Belgium) when two alternative technologies were demonstrated to control weeds in orchards. As the use of herbicides is under pressure, non-chemical alternatives should be envisaged. A first technology, the multihog Wave Machine, is based on warm water applications of nearly 100°C on a monthly basis sprayed under the pome fruit trees. A second technology, the Weedtech Foamstream, is using warm water containing potato starch. Due to the phycial phoam formation, the contact of the weed is improved and prolonged. Both techniques showed promising results for further use in pome fruit weed control strategies.

Documents

Alternative weed managment () Paper in Belgian fruit grower's magazine Fruitteeltnieuws (2016) 14-15, 28-29

Details

Activity type

Publication in technical journal

Activity work package

Project management

Activity number

PCFRUIT-WP1-A11

Activity contact

Jef Vercammen, [email protected], +32 11 69 70 80

Activity partner

PCFRUIT

Activity country

Belgium

Last edit

03-10-2017