page_title: Weed control
section_title: "Organic" approaches
hierarchical_section_title: Weed control / Methods / Chemical methods / "Organic" approaches
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture of a self-designed tool for mechanical weed control: the diagonal weeder (a special form of a "tine weeder" or "weeder/comb harrow"). This weeder can be mounted on a tractor and allows diagonal weeding. It is useful in tree nurseries, where the 70cm long teeth of the machine can destroy weeds easily with a speed of 1ha per hour. The concept has been invented by the Belgian Peter Van Geem and worked out in practice by Vanhoucke Machinebouw. More information can be found at following webpage: BoomkwekerijenVanGeem.be Deutsch: Traktor mit Pflegereifen und Striegel zur Unkrautbekämpfung
context_page_description: Weed control is the botanical component of pest control, which attempts to stop weeds, especially noxious weeds, from competing with desired flora and fauna including domesticated plants and livestock, and in natural settings preventing non native species competing with native species.
  Weed control is important in agriculture. Methods include hand cultivation with hoes, powered cultivation with cultivators, smothering with mulch, lethal wilting with high heat, burning, and chemical control with herbicides.
context_section_description: Organic weed control involves anything other than applying manufactured chemicals. Typically a combination of methods are used to achieve satisfactory control.
  Sulfur in some circumstances is accepted within British Soil Association standards.
caption: A mechanical weed control device.
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