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Pigweed, also known as amaranth, has multiple personalities and can even be eaten! If you want to get rid of this weed, here's what to do.
Pigweed, sometimes known as amaranth, can cause trouble in all kinds of places. Follow our tips to prevent and eliminate this ...
Pigweed, also known as Palmer Amaranth, is a pesky pain to passels of farmers. But that weed and others are just part of the game to Dale Strickler, agronomist for Green Cover Seed, of Bladen ...
Pigweed itself was a staple of pre-Columbian peoples living in South, Central and North America. Not only is pigweed foliage edible, but “pigweed seeds are highly nutritious and may be collected ...
Arkansas farmers are expanding pigweed No Tolerance zones, while warm temperatures prompt precocious pigweeds to produce seedheads months early, said Ken Smith, extension weed scientist for the ...
Deep-six weed seeds to control pigweeds and other herbicide-resistant pests in soybean fields. "Burying weed seeds with deep tillage does provide one more tool in dealing with resistant pigweeds ...
Ducks are a hunter’s sweetest dream, but can be a farmer’s nightmare akin to flying time bombs expelling rapid-fire payloads of resistant weed seed. Wonder where the next pigweed outbreak will ...
Weed seeds are among the most patient organisms in nature. ... while pigweed can leave behind over 117,000, according to Colorado State University Extension horticulturists.
Back in August, I received an email from Ronald Chong, who gardens in Hacienda Heights. Chong sent a picture of a plant for which he sought identification. I told him it looked like pigweed, but ...