We all like free stuff, and who doesn't want to reduce crop weeds by 50% for free? This presentation explores one of the non-herbicide options you have to help give your crop the upper hand against weeds. Want more? Come visit us at www.ahri.uwa.edu.au.

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DIVERSE WEED CONTROL:
Giving your crop the
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3. Who doesn’t like free stuff?
Raise your hand.
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5. We thought so.
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6. This is how you reduce your
weeds by
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This is how you reduce your
weeds by
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This is how you reduce your
weeds by
50%
FOR FREE

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11. We’re talking
about
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seeding
direction

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13. Can be used to
suppress weeds
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Why does it work?

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Why does it work?
Light availability

16. Why does it work?
Light availability
Light is an important resource
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17. Why does it work?
Light availability
Light is an important resource
weeds & crop compete for it
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So,
for winter crops

19. So,
for winter crops
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when the sun is
lower in the sky

20. We can use seeding
direction
so that the crop
shades the weeds
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Sowing

22. Sowing
may not be practical for all
paddocks
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23. You might not
have autosteer
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24. It doesn’t suit
your paddock
shape
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25. But if it DOES fit your
situation
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26. But if it DOES fit your
situation
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or maybe just a
certain paddock

27. But if it DOES fit your
situation
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or maybe just a
certain paddock
crop row orientation is a great
form of free weed control

28. Reduce weeds
by 50%
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29. Reduce weeds
by 50%
for free
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30. Reduce weeds
by 50%
for free
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by sowing
east-west

31. So why not try it out?
Reduce weeds
by 50%
for free
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by sowing
east-west

32. Thanks to
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Dr Catherine Borger

33. Want more?
Head over to ahri.uwa.edu.au
and weedsmart.org.au
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