When conducting research on managing your property or starting a new enterprise there are many sources of information from state and local government departments to rural suppliers and industry associations.
While Hass avocados are commonly grown in the South-West of Western Australia without a cross-polliniser variety, much interest has focused around the potential benefits of using a suitable cross-polliniser.
'Crop-topping' is the late application of herbicides to prevent weed seed-set. It can be used to control 'escapes' from other weed management treatments, as a late post-emergent salvage treatment, or for managing herbicide resistance.
Spray-topping is a very effective method for managing annual grass seed set in pastures. However, the application of herbicide in spring can be detrimental to the flowering and seed set of the desirable pasture legumes.
Spray-topping or pasture topping is the application of a sub-lethal rate of herbicide when grasses are coming into head and flowering. The aim is to reduce the production of viable seed and the seedling population in the following year. The grass is not killed by the herbicide application.
Smokebush offers a wide diversity of flower types, ranging from white to blue, and flowering from summer to winter.
The presence of insects in flower crops can result in feeding damage to flowers, leaves and stems or cause galls to form. Insects can increase disease incidence, for example the exudates from scale insects promote fungal growth.
Verticordias are a diverse group of Australian native plants which display a range of flower colours of orange, yellow, red, pink, cream and white. They have been picked under licence from natural populations for a number of years.
If you think that commercial flower growing could be worth considering, this page will help you work through the issues critical for success and point to sources of information to help achieve that success. This article cannot give the answers but can help you find them.
All ruminants (including sheep, cattle and goats) require cobalt in their diet for the synthesis of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is essential for energy metabolism and the production of red blood cells. Cobalt deficiency in soils can cause vitamin B12 deficiency in livestock.
