Weed 'Em and Reap

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Part 2. Reduced Tillage Strategies for Vegetable Cropping Systems

 The second DVD of the Weed ‘Em and Reap series focuses on cropping systems strategies which improve weed management without the use of chemical herbicides. These systems also have the potential to improve soil quality, provide beneficial insect habitat, and reduce pest damage.

This DVD was developed solely for educational purposes. No guarantee or endorsement of any of the equipment or strategies nor discrimination is intended.
  

CONTENTS


  
A.  HIGH-RESIDUE REDUCED-TILL SYSTEM
Organic reduced-till pumpkins i.  System

Introduction
Cover crops
Weed management
Nutrient management
Problem situations
Ron Morse
Virginia Tech University (VTech),
Blacksburg, VA
Mark Schonbeck
Virginia Assoc. for Biological Farming

ii.  Equipment

Sub-surface tiller transplanter Roller/Crimper
Ken Fager and Robert Walters, Center for
Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS),
Goldsboro, NC

Sub-surface tiller-transplanter
Ron Morse, VTech, Blacksburg, VA

Undercutter
Nancy Creamer, CEFS, Goldsboro, NC

Flail mower/Roller
Ron Morse, VTech, Blacksburg, VA

Planting aid
Ron Morse, VTech, Blacksburg, VA

iii.  Organic Reduced-Till Crop Systems

Cover crop mulch in reduced-till pumpkin Pumpkin
Ron Morse, VTech,
Blacksburg, VA

Potato
Ron Morse, VTech,
Blacksburg, VA

Organic reduced-till sweet potatoes Sweet Potato
Danielle Treadwell, CEFS,
Goldsboro, NC

Broccoli
Ron Morse, VTech,
Blacksburg, VA


B.  LIVING MULCH SYSTEM

Tomato production in the living mulch system Introduction
Composting
System overview
Mowing
Cover crops
Weed ecology
Habitat for beneficials
Soil fertility
Nitrogen
Disease suppression

Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm,
Stevensville, MT

  
C.  OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Creamer, N.G., and S.M. Dabney. 2002. Killing cover crops mechanically: review of recent literature and assessment of new research results. Am. J. Alt. Agric. 17(1):32-40.

Creamer, N.G., B. Plassman, M.A. Bennett, R.K. Wood, B.R. Stinner, and J. Cardina. 1995. A method for killing cover crops mechanically to optimize weed suppression. Am. J. Alt. Agric. 10(4):157-162.

Whole farm approach to managing pests. SARE publication. Book.
   Order from:
   Sustainable Agriculture Publications
   PO Box 753
   Waldorf, MD 20604-0753
   301-374-9696 or    http://www.sare.org/publications/

Managing cover crops profitably. SARE publication. Book.
   Order from:
   Sustainable Agriculture Publications
   PO Box 753
   Waldorf, MD 20604-0753
   301-374-9696 or   http://www.sare.org/publications/

Overview of Cover Crops. ATTRA publication.
www.attra.org/attra-pub/covercrop.html

The One-Straw Revolution: An introduction to natural farming.  Masanobu Fukuoka. 1985. 

The Road Back to Nature: Regaining the paradise lost. Masanobu Fukuoka, Majanobu Fukuoka, and Frederic P. Metreaud.1987.

Farmers and their innovative cover cropping techniques. Vern Grubinger, Univ. of Vermont Extension. Video.
   Order from:
   www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry or (802) 656-5459