Have the weeds been popping up all over the place in your landscape? You’re in luck, fall is a great time to manage weeds. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss why fall is a good time to manage weeds, types of weeds, and different ways we can manage them. We also discuss some herbicide updates on Roundup and glyphosate as well as Dacthal.

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  00:30 – Welcome, Ken! Tomatoes and peppers everywhere.

  02:15 – Managing weeds in the fall

    02:50 – Why focus on weeds in the fall?

    04:15 – Annual weeds

    10:00 – Biennial weeds

    11:40 – Perennial weeds

  14:40 – Changes to Roundup

  24:20 – EPA emergency stop order for use of Dacthal

  27:40 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Illinois Extension garlic mustard - https://extension.illinois.edu/invasives/invasive-garlic-mustard 

When Roundup Isn’t Roundup: Clearing up the confusion between products (Purdue University) - https://www.purduelandscapereport.org/article/when-roundup-isnt-roundup-clearing-up-the-confusion-between-products/
EPA stop use (Dacthal) - https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-emergency-order-stop-use-pesticide-dacthal-address-serious-health-risk-4 

Illinois EPA Clean-Sweep Program - https://agr.illinois.gov/pesticides/pesticide-clean-sweep-program.html 

Henbit picture: "Henbit Colony" (CC BY 2.0) by klm185

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