Weed Control Chart

LIFE CYCLE	#1 MANAGEMENT GOAL	CULTURAL	MANUAL/MECHANICAL	CHEMICAL
ANNUAL WEEDS Germinate, mature, flower, set seed and die all in one year. Has an annual cycle, and lives only one year.	Prevent from seeding Manage seed bank in the soil by mulching and manually removing any seedlings early in the season	Mulch, plant, or hydro seed desirable vegetation. Remember, nature abhors a vacuum! If nothing you want is growing there, something you don't want will be! Minimize soil disturbance	Hand pull or Hoola hoe annual seedlings in spring Mow or weed eat plants to prevent seed formation and spread Use a weed burner to kill emergent seedlings	Spot spray or wipe newly emerged seedlings with glyphosate or acetic acid based herbicide in the spring.
BIENNIAL WEEDS Lives for 2 years. Germinates in the first year, develops a smallish plant which stores food in its roots for the first year. The second year it uses stored energy to send up a flower stalk, then bloom, set seed, and die.	Prevent from seeding Manage seed bank in the soil by mulching and manually removing any seedlings early in the season	Mulch, plant, or hydro seed desirable vegetation. Nature abhors a vacuum! Minimize soil disturbance	Hand pull or Hoola hoe annual seedlings in spring Mow or weed-eat plants to prevent seed formation and spread Use a weed burner to kill emergent seedlings	Spot spray or wipe newly emerged seedlings with glyphosate or acetic acid based herbicide in the spring.
PERENNIAL WEEDS Lives for more than two years, continues to perennially come back from the same roots year after year.	Remove roots Dig roots, getting as much as possible.	Mulch, plant, or hydro seed desirable vegetation. Nature abhors a vacuum! Minimize soil disturbance	Dig plants; remove as much root as possible. Sheet mulch: cut plant to ground & cover with 2 to 3 layers of cardboard & 4 to 6 inches of mulch. Monitor for growth around edges. Weed Burner; kill top growth repeatedly, starving out roots.	Spot spray or wipe newly emerged seedlings with glyphosate or acetic acid based herbicide. July to Sept. is most effective. Monitor for regrowth over next 2 to 5 years.
WOODY WEEDS	All of the above	Mulch, plant, or hydro seed desirable vegetation. Nature abhors a vacuum! Minimize soil disturbance	Cut down and dig out Pull out with a weed wrench	Cut down to a single stump and paint glyphosate based herbicide on exposed wood to prevent re-growth.