Weed Control BHT209

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Weed Control BHT209

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Become skilled in weed management. Learn to identify and effectively control more than 100 weeds, to design management strategies and programs and apply control techniques efficiently and safely. Here, you learn about both chemical and non-chemical control methods (mulching, burning, mowing), the use of spray equipment and safety procedures which should be followed. Learn to identify and effectively control weeds

A weed is any plant that is growing where you don\'t want it. Any plant has the potential to be a weed.A weed will compete with your desired plants for light, space, water and nutrients. A plant could also be a weed because of a particular characteristic; it could be poisonous to st…

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Become skilled in weed management. Learn to identify and effectively control more than 100 weeds, to design management strategies and programs and apply control techniques efficiently and safely. Here, you learn about both chemical and non-chemical control methods (mulching, burning, mowing), the use of spray equipment and safety procedures which should be followed. Learn to identify and effectively control weeds

A weed is any plant that is growing where you don\'t want it. Any plant has the potential to be a weed.A weed will compete with your desired plants for light, space, water and nutrients. A plant could also be a weed because of a particular characteristic; it could be poisonous to stock or humans, if it acts as a host plant to pests and diseases (of both other plants and/or animals), if it has damaging roots, or if it causes allergies.

There are many different ways of controlling weeds, and literally thousands of different weed species which might need controlling. It is always important to use the appropriate treatment for the weed(s) in question. Young weeds are far easier to control than older ones. Some chemicals, for instance will effectively kill certain weeds when they are in the early stages of growth, but will not control other types of weeds. You may need to be able to distinguish between types of weeds to determine whether the chemical will or won\'t work.

Over eight lessons you learn about both chemical and non-chemical control methods (mulching, burning, mowing), the use of spray equipment and safety procedures which should be followed.

Course Structure The course is divided into 8 lessons as follows:
  1. Weed Identification: review of the system of plant identification, general characteristics of the weeds, further information, contacts, etc.
  2. Weed Control Methods: practical research on management of weeds, understanding terminology and the use of mulches
  3. Chemical Weed Control: review of commercial and domestic herbicides, determining what differentiates them, their availability and use.
  4. Weed Control In Specific Situations: understanding weed control strategies for particular situations, accessing first hand information about weed control from industry leaders and determining a weed control program for five different sites.
  5. Safe Chemical Application: reviewing what types of chemicals and application methods are used in the industry and the required safety procedures for the handling and administrating chemical herbicides.
  6. Non-Chemical Weed Control: determining any detrimental effects chemical herbicides have on the environment, reviewing non-chemical applications and their effectiveness.
  7. Dealing With Specific Weed Control Problems: looking at current industry practices for weed control and the effects on the environment, in relation to specific weed control problems.
  8. Developing A Major Weed Control Program: a practical lesson where the student can fully demonstrate their understanding of weed control by devising a weed management plan for a designated area.
Learning Outcomes
  • To distinguish between different types of weeds, and identify common weed species, growing in your locality.
  • To understand the characteristics of different weed control methods.
  • To be able to explain the use of chemical herbicides to control weeds.
  • To be able to specify appropriate weed control methods, for different types of situations.
  • To determine appropriate techniques for the safe application of chemical herbicide in a specific situation.
  • To be able to explain different non-chemical weed control methods.
  • To be able to devise appropriate methods for control of weeds, for specific problems, in both the horticultural and agricultural industries
  • To be able to determine a detailed weed control program for a significant weed problem.
Examples Of What You May Do In This Course

*Observe and consider over 100 different varieties of weeds and prepare plant review sheets for different weed plants.

*Make up a list of information resources.

*Plant, grow and observedifferent varieties of weeds.

*Make drawings of young seedlings of at least fifteen different weeds.

*Speak/interview people who have to deal with weed control in their daily life.

*Visit a nursery, garden shop or hardware store that sells herbicides to the public.

*Visit at least one supplier of herbicides for industrial and agricultural use.

*Contactlarger chemical companies for leaflets on different herbicides.

*Investigate at least two workplaces where weed control programs are regularly carried out.

*Visit and inspect different sites where weeds are a problem.

*Photograph different places that have been treated with weedicides.

*Contact your local Department of Agriculture or Lands Department for researching purposes.

*Visit several farmers who raise different types of livestock.

*Develop a 12 month guideline for an integrated weed control program for a particular site

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