The use of stale and false seedbeds fell out of favour with the advent of herbicides. However, they are now a resurgent tool for weed management, often providing simple, effective and low cost weed control. This Arable Extra outlines how these traditional weed control techniques can be used alongside modern ones.
Read Extra 136 Non-chemical weed management – stale and false seedbeds here
See also:
Extra 132 Integrated weed management
Extra 133 Weed management - getting the timing right
Extra 134 Mechanical weed management
Extra 135 Non-chemical weed management - harvest and the weed seed bank