Farmers, of course, have always tried to eliminate weeds, by tilling or by spraying other herbicides.
Break up the soil and eliminate weeds before sowing any seed.
From hand pulling, humans devised simple tools such as the spud, the knife, and the hoe to eliminate weeds.
According to the council, the rock is failing to pay for its upkeep, and A$8.5m £4.5mm) is required to repair buildings, eliminate weeds and pests, and regenerate native vegetation.
Forty-five days before sowing, the field was plowed to eliminate weeds.
Farmers can eliminate weeds with one or two sprayings of the wide-spectrum herbicide without harming their crops.
You can eliminate weeds by pulling them, smothering them with ground cover like clover and several layers of newspaper, or pouring vinegar on them.
The yade kunte (right) is a blade mounted on the end of a long handle pulled down the wide space (45 cm) between rows and between plants, aerating the soil at the same time that it eliminates weed competition.
Other avoidance measures are growing resistant varieties, sowing disease-free seed, removing diseased parts and crop refuse, eliminating weeds, and maintaining balanced soil fertility.
Comparing continuous sole-cropped maize with maize relay-sown with mucuna, intercropping significantly reduced the weed burden on maize – often completely eliminating weeds.
