Comments on Grazing Geese

Over and above, the article material, I would like to make mention of the following observed information: (1) Geese weeding is practical only in, 2-0 or large 1-0 nursery stock. (2) I would use geese as weeders only where stock is of low stand density. (Possibly where seedbeds were of thin density due to poor germination, grub damage, previous lifting, etc.). (3) Geese are fairly particular about what they eat. (Will eat most grasses, plantain, chickweed, etc., which are the bulk of our pesty weed crops.) The fact that geese don't prefer to eat evergreens, winterberry, multiflora rose, indicates they are choosy about their eating. (4) I would not weed geese in beds of good density, as the plants themselves crowd out the weed crop.

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Author(s): Hobart G. Woodrum

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 12 (1952)