Tag Archives: Pest

Nature does the work

If you find Nature fills any vacuum, for example weeds establish on bare ground OR Too much time, effort, money and energy goes into trying to control weeds and other pests OR A big part of the farm income is … Continue reading

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Tackled cause

If you find Symptoms can mask causes OR Causes can be hard to uncover OR Problems keep repeating no matter what you do Then, Tackling the cause means getting past the symptom (for example a weed infestation) to discover what … Continue reading

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Filled niche

If you find Bare ground fills with weeds OR At certain times of the year pests get a foot-hold on a key crop OR If you don’t grow something in a particular spot, nature does; and it is usually something … Continue reading

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Competitive crop

If you find Too much time, effort and energy goes into trying to control weeds and other pests OR A big part of the farm income is spent on pest control measures OR Tackling weeds head-on with chemicals just leads … Continue reading

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Managed lifecycles

If you find Non-desired species are not profitable and some eat into profit OR Pests allowed to complete their lifecycle produce greater numbers of offspring than the existing generation OR The offspring of desirable species are profitable OR Desirable species … Continue reading

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Sterile at your peril

If you find Your crop does not commandeer all the ground and weeds fill the spaces. OR At certain times of the year you have patches of bare ground and weeds get a foot-hold. Then, Basically if a space is … Continue reading

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