Wild sugarcane
Very tall clumps like a thin wild sugarcane, with sharp edged leaves, fluffy white plumes and deep spreading runners.
Also called
Talahib
Crops it troubles
How to tell it is a grass
Round, hollow stems with joints, and leaves in two rows. The group decides what kills it, so check the stem and the leaf before you buy a herbicide.
How to keep it out
Cut the clumps low and dig out the base, then plant a crop or cover that shades the ground; burning only clears the top, and it comes back from the base.
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 banana, cacao, calamansi and citrus. 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 sugarcane 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.