Resources - Pests

Weed Control

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HABITAT: Cultivated fields, roadsides and waste places.

DESCRIPTION: Annual, reproducing by seeds. Stems are erect, 2-3 feet high, smooth, longitudinally grooved, often red or light-green striped. Leaves alternate, variable in shape, 2.5-8 cm long, stalked, smooth, covered with white mealy particles, particularly on the lower surface.  Flowers are small, green, occurring in leaf axils and at the stem summit.

SEEDS: Shining black, disc-shaped, notched margin. Lamb's quarters produces long-living seeds. These germinate both early and late in the season with the greatest flush at the beginning of the growing season.

Cultural Control Practices

Can be controlled by cultivation.  Cultivate before weed goes to seed.