Spanish needle
Upright herb with leaves split into 3 to 5 toothed parts, small white and yellow flower heads, and black needle seeds that stick to clothes.
Also called
Dadayem, puriket, pisau pisau, tubak tubak
Crops it troubles
How to tell it is a broadleaf
Wide leaves with a net of veins. The group decides what kills it, so check the stem and the leaf before you buy a herbicide.
How to keep it out
Pull it before the black, hooked seeds ripen; they stick to clothes and animals and travel to the next field.
Active ingredients whose labels name it
- GlyphosateHRAC 9
Herbicides registered in the Philippines with these active ingredients name this weed on their labels, each for the crops its label lists, such as corn. Use one only where the label names your crop, and follow it.
How to control it
What to do and which active ingredients work depend on your crop and how old it is. The weed control helper in anee.io gives both, for cabbage and every other crop it grows in.
Where this comes from
Not sure it is this one?
Many weeds look alike. Send a photo to Anee, the smart farm technician in anee.io. She reads it with your crop, its age and the weather, and tells you what it most likely is and what to do first. In Tagalog or English.