Effect of Bed Preparation on Native Wildflower Establishment, Weed Control, and Arthropod Presence

Native flowering forbs plantings have been found to support diverse arthropod communities by providing year-round forage and refuge from prey chemical pollutants. Typically, pollinator habitats are planted seeds; however, poor establishment weed pressure often result in limited success of the planting. In this study, we evaluated two bed preparation techniques, a glyphosate treatment with no tillage soil fumigant (dazomet) determine their impact on herbaceous perennial transplants establishment, control, presence. Our results suggest that grown beds tilled treated dazomet exhibit greater growth, produce more blooms, experience reduced compared plants untilled glyphosate. We also method had effect activity, despite higher bloom counts prepared applications. This research indicates fifteen native examined majority attracted abundant insect populations, variations plant growth due treatments.