Weed

What is weed???

Weed has a lot of explanations and meanings. For me on farming, weed is a plant that grow on the farm and compete with our crop for nutrients, water and space. When a carrot plant is growing on corn field, the carrot plant is also considering a weed that grow on corn field. This is because planting corn is our target in this area, if other types of crop grows at there consider interrupt the growth of our corn.

Advantages of Weed

1) Legume can help to fix nitrogen in soil sometimes with helping of Rhizobium bacteria. Rhizobium is a
    plant growth-regulating rhizobacteria that able help to fix nitrogen in soil.

2)Control the soil erosion.

3)Act as trap plant by attracting some insect pest - biological control of insect pest.

4)As a food for livestock like cows and sheep.

5)Medical value.

Disadvantages of Weed

1)Interrupt the growth of crop by competing the nutrients, space and water.

2)As a host for pests and pathogens

3)Reduce soil fertility

4)Reduce quality and quantity of crops

5)Affect the uniformity and appearance of turf in golf course

Weed Controls

Our vegetable farm is an organic farm. Herbicides are not allowed to be used to control or kill the weeds. We only can control it manually, machinery and others that environmental friendly ways.

a)Manual

We are removing the weeds by using hands or with help of tools like spade or hoe.

Weeding together with ah ma~!

b)Mulching

Use coconut coir or dry paddy straw cover the surface of ground. It can help to reduce the weeds, conserve the nutrient and water moisture in soil and improve the soil structure. When it is decaying, it will become organic matter and help to increase nutrients in soil.

c)Mowing

Mowing can help to reduce the growth of weeds by using mower. In our farm, we are using nylon string lawn mower to mow the weeds or grass.

Weeds that commonly found in our farms will be post next time. Stay tuned~! ; )

Angelia