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Lisa,
We do mow our orchard on a regular basis with our
flail mowers. We keep our lower scaffolds approximately 2 to 3' above the
orchard floor and use a Weed Badger to keep our tree rows weed free. We
use Roundup only on about 6 to 8 inches of the tree row that the weed badger may
miss. The Weed Badger has decreases our Roundup usage by over 85% and we
received a sustainable agriculture grant from the University of Illinois for our
"Weed Badger" program. For more on a Weed Badger visit http://www.weedbadger.com/.
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard Office (815) 648-4467 Mobile (815) 228-2174 http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com http://www.revivalhymn.com
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