ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information service operated by the National Center for
Appropriate Technology under a grant from the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.
S.
Department
of Agriculture.
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ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information service operated by the National Center for
Appropriate Technology under a grant from the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.
S.
Department
of Agriculture.
These organizations do not recommend or endorse products, companies, or individuals.
ATTRA is headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas (P.
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Box 3657, Fayetteville, AR 72702), with
offices in Butte, Montana and Davis, California.
By Steve Diver
NCAT Agriculture Specialist
June 2002
FLAME WEEDING FOR
VEGETABLE CROPS
Flame weeding—a type of thermal
weed control—was commonly used in
row crops like cotton and sorghum
from the late 1930s until the mid-1960s,
when selective herbicides became
widely available.
In the 1980s and ’90s,
flame weeding made a rapid comeback
as a non-chemical weed control technique, especially among organic farmers.
Flame weeding, also called flame
cultivation, relies on propane gas burners to produce a carefully controlled
and directed flame tha
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