Editing Weed control (section)

===Cultural methods===
==== Stale seed bed ====
Another manual technique is the ‘[[stale seed bed]]’, which involves cultivating the soil, then leaving it fallow for a week or so. When the initial weeds sprout, the grower lightly [[Hoe (tool)|hoes]] them away before planting the desired crop. However, even a freshly cleared bed is susceptible to airborne seed from elsewhere, as well as seed carried by passing animals on their fur, or from imported [[manure]].

==== Buried drip irrigation ====
[[Drip irrigation|Buried drip irrigation]] involves burying drip tape in the subsurface near the planting bed, thereby limiting weeds access to water while also allowing crops to obtain moisture. It is most effective during dry periods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/7250.pdf|title=Weed Management for Organic Crops|author=Richard Smith, W. Thomas Lanini, Mark Gaskell, Jeff Mitchell, Steven T. Koike, and Calvin Fouche|publisher=Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California|page=1|year=2000|access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>

==== Crop rotation ====
Rotating crops with ones that kill weeds by choking them out, such as [[hemp]],<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.gametec.com/hemp/WEED.CTRL.htm
| title=HEMP AS WEED CONTROL
| publisher=www.gametec.com
| access-date=2008-07-09}}</ref> ''[[Mucuna pruriens]]'', and other crops, can be a very effective method of weed control. It is a way to avoid the use of herbicides, and to gain the benefits of [[crop rotation]].