In fruit crops like citrus, weeds coexist throughout their long cycle and can cause several yield losses. Ecological mowing (ECO) is an integrated weed management (IWM) option for citrus, as it produces an in-situ mulch that suppresses the weeds; however, there is a lack of information on the impacts of tree-row conventional (CONV) and ECO mechanical weed control when combined with residual or non-residual herbicides, or standard frequent mechanical (MECH) control. This study aimed to evaluate, for 3 years in a young orange orchard, IWM using ECO and conventional mowing when combined with one of five weed control programmes: pre-emergent (PRE) herbicides (sulfentrazone [spring], indaziflam [summer]), post-emergence (POST) herbicides (glyphosate [spring], saflufenacil [summer]), PRE + POST herbicides (sulfentrazone + glyphosate [spring], indaziflam + saflufenacil [summer]) and P/P (pre/post-emergence duality) herbicides (flumioxazin [spring], diuron [summer]). Impacts on cover crop biomass deposition, weed density, population dynamics, biomass accumulation and seed banks were evaluated. Alternanthera tenella Colla (joyweed), Bidens pilosa L. (hairy beggarticks), Digitaria horizontalis Willd (crabgrass), Galinsoga parviflora Cav. (smallflower galinsoga) and Raphanus raphanistrum L. (wild radish) were the most critical weeds with changes in their population dynamics over time. The ECO treatment promoted greater biomass deposition in the tree-rows (up to ≈8.0 t ha À1 ), reducing weed density and biomass accumulation by mulch formation; similarly, MECH resulted in low weed density and a reduction in biomass accumulation. The POST and P/P treatments resulted in low levels of weed control, while ECO + PRE + POST led to almost absolute weed control (>95%). Thus, we suggest ECO + PRE + POST is an efficient IWM option in citrus tree-row crops with low-risk herbicide resistance (up to 5 MoA year À1 + mulch).