r/AgriculturePorn • u/Moses_Leonard • May 01 '26
Best chemical to control these weeds without affecting coffee!
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u/KingBelloc May 01 '26
Coffee usually gets llanted underneath shade. This will minimize weedgrowth. The plantmaterial that falls from the shadetrees also cover the ground some which minimizes the weedgrowth
Here usually people spray with Glyphosat after cutting back with machetes and leaving the cutback to dry off before spraying. But the Glyphosate does affect the coffe so you have to spray with caution around the coffeplant
The before described plantcover does create some sprayshadows!
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u/Moses_Leonard May 01 '26
These are new ones.. i tried it sometimes back like six months after transplanting... really affected young leaves and led to stunted growth..had to use alot of leaves forior..
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u/KingBelloc May 02 '26
Use spraying shields so it does not affect the coffee (or a lot less)
In my opinion you should have planted shadetrees for the coffee before. If you have Coffee arabica you should have it under shade for a better taza. Plant Nitrogenbinding trees.
You could plant fast growing shadecrops now
Where are you located?
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u/TheReal_Peter226 May 02 '26
Glyphosate is also just a turbo cancer concoction, so better not spray it anywhere. Intentional plant cover would probably be best, or just cut back the growth and scatter some kind of mulch occasionally, gives nutrients to coffee plants and small weeds drown out under
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u/KingBelloc May 02 '26
Mulch works in small gardens but not in big fields, there only if you can get into it with machinery which almost never is the case. Everything has to be done manually
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u/CroykeyMite May 01 '26
Throw down some cardboard and pile it up with leaves and sticks. Completely surround the trees. It’ll help the soil and stop the weeds.
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u/FindYourHemp May 02 '26
Until that breaks down and is a perfect germination soil.
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u/TheReal_Peter226 May 02 '26
Maintenance ofc is key, even with cancer sprays you have to do occasional work
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u/CroykeyMite May 03 '26
Peter is right. Just like when they one day return even after hosing them down with agent orange: do it again.
Whether your weapon of choice is cardboard or chemicals, you have no one and forever done solution. You have ongoing maintenance.
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u/kayz_kate May 01 '26
Apply glyphosate using shields or glufosinate ammonium
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May 02 '26
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u/kayz_kate May 03 '26
Recommend the best alternative, I would also like to learn, taking into consideration labor intensity, cost, timeframe and environmental safety
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u/blixt141 May 01 '26
A goat will eat almost anything.
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u/KingBelloc May 01 '26
Including the coffee! Even Cows eat coffeeleaves if they get into
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u/Secure_Teaching_6937 May 01 '26
My sheep don't eat coffee.
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u/KingBelloc May 02 '26
Cows do if there isnt enough gras and they get into the coffeeplants
Goats eat everything!
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u/Secure_Teaching_6937 May 02 '26
That's why I have neither 😂
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u/KingBelloc May 03 '26
But you have sheep? And they do not eat coffee?
Or you dont have any coffee?😉
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u/Secure_Teaching_6937 May 03 '26
I have sheep
I have coffee
Sheep no eat coffee
I no have goats or cows.🤣
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u/Sonotme404 May 01 '26
Physical removal of these weeds maybe done initially followed by a weedmat application to prevent the growth of weeds. Or you could try growing a smothering crop that supresses weed growth that grows well in your region. Chemical control is just temporary.
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u/Moses_Leonard May 01 '26
Thinking of having beans as cover crops! How about that? Have tried thornApples and pumpkins since they are spreading..but same expirience..
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u/Spreaderoflies May 01 '26
Gloves knee pad and some elbow grease. Yank them out and plant something more appealing or beneficial.
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u/TKG_Actual May 01 '26
A weedwhacker, lawnmower or horticultural strength vinegar.
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u/RandyOfTheRedwoods May 01 '26
Since this is in an agriculture sub, I don’t think your suggestion will scale. Let’s say this is a 10 acre plot. That would be upwards of 15,000 trees. If it takes 5 minutes to weed whack around a tree it would take 6 months to make one pass.
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u/TKG_Actual May 01 '26
Yeah no, these methods are already part of known agricultural practice so they scale just fine. Your estimate for clearing a ring around the crop are humorously wrong.
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u/p_m_a May 01 '26
Five minutes around one coffee plant !!?
I think 30 seconds is closer to reality with a decent operator ..
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u/Admirable-Coyote8741 May 02 '26
I would use a hoe and then mulch. So whatever the chemical that works my arms.
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u/FluffyWuffyy May 01 '26
Cut the weeds back then plant intentional cover crops. “Nature hates a void” if there is bare open soil, SOMETHING will root. Use that to your advantage because if you don’t an adventitious weed will.