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Stork’s Bill Control: Cultural Control. There are some good cultural control methods for Stork’s Bill, starting with spring and fall cultivation in crop fields, which will destroy the seedlings that have grown in summer and fall germination. Applying fall rye can also be used as a control method.
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Stork's bill is an annual, winter annual or biennial. It is usually a low prostrate plant, consisting of a basal rosette and flowering stalks. The stalks are erect, about 40 cm (16 in.) high, and originate in the axils of the leaves. The leaves are divided into fine leaflets, similar to those of a carrot. The flowers are about 1 cm (1/2 in.) across...
Take a minimum of 20 weed counts across the field. Check low spots for patches. Scout fields early because stork's bill quickly grows past the recommended stages for herbicide application. Note that the first true leaves are very close to the ground and hard to see.
Storks-bill is drought tolerant. During dry seasons, it can seriously reduce crop yields. Densities above 20 plants per square metre (sq. yd.) can cause up to 20% yield reductions in field peas. It is considered to be a serious competitor in dry beans, field peas, and potatoes.
Winter annual stork's bill plants compete and set seed early in the spring and should be controlled the previous fall with tillage after the majority of plants have germinated. Stork's bill should be treated as early as possible with herbicides. The weed quickly advances through it's growth stages, escaping the window for herbicide application. The...
Oct 11, 2021 · CONTROL TIPS. Scout fields early, as stork’s bill can grow past the recommended herbicide application stages. Check low spots for patches, and take at least 20 weed counts across the field. Control by tilling the previous fall and then treat with an herbicide as early in the season as possible.
For highly selective control, use Verdict®520 at 100 mL/ha plus oil (2 mL plus 100 mL oil in 10 L water for hand sprays) on actively growing seedlings before flowering. Replanting tall growing and scrub species, to increase levels of shade, and reducing grazing will help prevent reinfestation.
Storksbill (Erodium cicutarium) is an invasive, sticky, hairy plant which grows in rossetes up to 30 cm across. It is widespread throughout New Zealand in drier coastal and lowland areas, and found in pasture, grassland and arable land.
Learn how to identify storksbill weed and how to get rid of it with Kiwicare LawnPro and Weed Weapon weed killers.
Oct 3, 2012 · Storksbill has just started showing up in our fields in the last 5 years. I have tried a few different chemicals in several different crops to keep this bad weed under control. I have tried estaprop in wheat, odyssey in peas, glyphosate in canola and pre harvest glyphosate on peas and wheat.
