According to Weed scientists, Crop cultivation in spring might help increase the populations of desirable weeds. Weeds are grouped intro “desirable” and “undesirable” category, and there have been funded researches that have tried to understand the effect of these two categories of weed on crop cultivation.

James Clarke ADAS claimed that spring cultivation is required to be able to achieve much more desirable species such as fat hen and polygonums than other seasonal crop cultivation. Recent work as part of the SAFFIE project and for Defra investigated whether spring wheat cultivation might stimulate weed germination.
The research showed that when crops were sowed in other season but spring they had difficulty in increasing growth of desirable weed species while removing undesirable ones. However when crops were sowed in spring in winter-sown cropping areas, it resulted in significant increase in populations of desirable species. Hence, in the spring crop area, there were good numbers of spring species. The weeds did not cause any problem or yield loss furthermore; these weeds are rare and important for plant biodiversity.

In conclusion, summing up entire article, sowing crops in spring will increase the population of “desired” weeds; which will not cause loss of crop production, or any such problem like “undesirable” weeds, and further more it will enhance biodiversity. Therefore, the best time to sow crops is during the spring season!!!

source:Farmers Guardian

headline:Spring cultivations increase wanted weeds

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