Due to a variety of factors, both common lambsquarters and marestail (also called horseweed) are challenging soybean weeds. Both plants have high seed production, increasing resistance to common ...

Research was conducted in 1998 and 1999 to characterize common lambsquarters photosynthesis and seed production as influenced by biotic (crop environment) and abiotic (climate) factors. Treatments ...

Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a summer annual that grows up to 6 feet tall. In later summer it may produce seeds at less than one inch tall. Research indicates lambsquarters acts as an ...

Common lambsquarters, a summer annual weed, has occupied comparatively different ecogeographical regions around the globe. To investigate the extent to which germination and emergence traits have ...

Weeds are hard to kill; they seem to come back no matter what steps people take to eradicate them. One reason is because of the persistence of weed seeds in the soil. Organic farming and conventional ...

We recently bought a beautiful load of composted pig and cow manure from a local farm. I’m still working on building soil in my garden (our native soil is mostly sand - left over from the last ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is such a common weed that it’s ...

As a gardener in the Bay Area, you know from observation that weeds have an immense capacity to produce seeds. In fact, the high reproductive output of weeds is astounding. Pigweed produces 117,400 ...

Although there are four “official” seasons, it always amazes me how nature’s crops are continuously rotating and replenishing. Every month there is some new foraged flavor to discover and look forward ...

Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is an aggressive annual weed found in landscapes, lawns, cropland and open space. Producing an average of 72,500 seeds per plant, one out of every three seeds will ...