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| description | Use when weeds are controlled mechanically among a standing crop — shallow soil-stirring (hoeing, wheel hoe, tine weeder) and thermal (flame weeding). Distinct from tillage (which opens bare ground): cultivation works between the rows of a growing crop, timed to the white-thread weed stage. Many shallow, well-timed passes are the low-cost alternative to herbicide. |
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cultivation — killing weeds among the standing crop
cultivation is shallow mechanical soil-stirring to kill weeds among a growing [[crop]] — distinct from [[tillage]] (which opens bare ground). The craft is timing: cultivate at the white-thread stage (weeds barely germinated) so a stirrup / collinear hoe, wheel hoe, or tine weeder severs them before they set seed, without bringing fresh weed seed up. Flame weeding (propane) ruptures weed cells pre-emergence for slow starters (carrot, beet, parsnip). The complementary tactic is [[mulch]] (smother, not stir).
Cultivation is a recurring [[manufacturing|operation]] on the crop through the [[season]], its labor a dominant [[cost]]; "many shallow passes, well-timed" is the low-[[cost]] alternative to herbicide. It composes with [[scouting]] (when to act) and [[mulch]] (suppress instead of stir).
Standards
- Coleman / Fortier — the wheel hoe, collinear hoe, white-thread timing; Growing for Market — weed-prevention strategies
- ATTRA/NCAT — flame weeding; SARE — ecological weed management
Composes [[agriculture]] · [[crop]] · [[tillage]] · [[mulch]] · [[scouting]] · [[season]] · [[manufacturing]] · [[cost]].
