Cultivation
To ensure adequate control, soil should be cultivated to a depth of 15 centimetres and sown with competitive crops or pasture to reduce serrated tussock regrowth. Cultivation is suitable before establishing pasture or cropping, and for heavy to light infestations.
When
Cultivation should be undertaken before flowering and in dry conditions, encouraging the plants to dry out to reduce the risk of re-establishment.
Pros and cons
Cultivation is useful when preparing land for cropping and pasture renovation. However, it disturbs soil which can encourage serrated tussock seedlings to germinate. Cultivation may not control mature plants if conditions are too wet. Without adequate hygiene measures soil disturbance can increase the spread of serrated tussock.
Follow up
Establish competitive ground cover or conduct broadacre spraying to control seedlings.
- Chemical ControlAerial Spraying
- Chemical ControlBroadacre Spraying
- Chemical ControlSpot Spraying
- Chemical ControlWick Wiping
- Land ManagementCropping
- Land ManagementFencing
- Land ManagementForestry / Native Vegetation
- Land ManagementGrazing Management
- Land ManagementMachinery Hygiene
- Land ManagementPasture Management
- Land ManagementPrevention of Spread
- Land ManagementShelter Belts / Wind Breaks
- Land ManagementSlashing
- Land ManagementStock Management
- Non-Chemical ControlCultivation
- Non-Chemical ControlFire
- Non-Chemical ControlManual Removal / Chipping
- Non-Chemical ControlMulching
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