Top 5 Ways to Control Weeds - Reader Secrets
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WEED CONTROL AND ITS WAYS - PEOPLE'S ADVICE
1. CORRECT DIGGING AND A LITTLE "CHEMISTRY"
Last summer I noticed that a lot of sow thistles appeared in the garden. Apparently, he moved from a neighboring abandoned area. An integrated approach helped out. In the summer, the weeds in the beds, which were freed from vegetables, were sprayed with Roundup (bred according to the instructions). Then, when the sow-thistle was growing again, she repeated the treatment. In the fall, she dug up the earth on the bayonet of a shovel (she did not break clods). In the spring, as soon as the soil ceased to be too wet, the digging was repeated. The clod also did not break. A couple of days later, when the roots withered, I chose them. I asked my acquaintances to cultivate my site with a cultivator. Then she formed the beds and finally "combed out" the roots with a rake. As a result, there were practically no harmful plants.
Valentina Kolomeets, Pskov
WORD TO THE SPECIALIST
The author of the advice has chosen an effective method of weed control. However, the sow-thistle reproduces not only by rhizomes, but also by seeds. They can fly into your site from the neighboring one. Therefore, try to negotiate with your neighbors so that they mow down their garden in a timely manner.
Svetlana KRIVENKOVA. agronomist
2. CARPET, LINOLEUM, WEED CARDBOARD
Before starting to develop a new site, get rid of weeds. The easiest way is to cover this place with dense material for the summer. Already next year, under an old carpet or a piece of linoleum, both greens and roots will be peeled, the earth will become looser.
And I also spied on one useful trick from friends. After digging the soil, the beds and the paths between them were made the same size. I covered the tracks with cardboard. Firstly, the weeds could not break through it. Secondly, the earth did not trample, it remained loose. The next year, I swapped the beds with paths - and the need for weeding practically disappeared!
Antonina PAVLYUCHENKO, Beregovo
See also: Top-5 useful weeds for the vegetable garden
3. DEPUTY SIDERATES
For several years it was not possible to develop the plot received on the collective farm. Sow thistle, dandelion and wheatgrass continued to grow and suppressed absolutely all plants, even the ubiquitous dill. Spas is a simple and inexpensive method.
Three times in the spring they dug up a vegetable garden, the third time they sowed a mixture of mustard and rapeseed. These plants sprout quickly and take up space. Shortly before the appearance of flowers, green manures were mowed, embedded in the ground and sown with a new portion of seeds. By the next year, the weeds had decreased by an order of magnitude, the land was loose and nutritious.
Elena VORONTSOVA, Bykhov
4. "DRUNK" ROOM
A week before each sowing of seeds (spring or summer), I spill the garden with a solution of vodka (1 tbsp. On a bucket of water). From such "feeding" the weeds immediately sprout, I pull them out and immediately sow vegetable seeds.
Lydia Averkeeva
5. GOose onions: an edible weed
What kind of plant was transferred to my garden from neighbors? They have it firmly established on the site. Judging by the roots, it is a bulbous. How to deal with this kind of weeds?
Nailya Kharipova
- The grass in the photo is called a goose onion, a yellow snowdrop, a yellow flower, a bird's onion or a gooseberry. Belongs to the lily family and forms small bulbs underground on which babies develop. The bulbs, by the way, are quite good for food. If the goose is not weeded, it can take over the entire area in a relatively short period of time. However, weeding will not take away too much energy from you, because the roots of the plant are short and pull out without problems in wet weather. You can also use herbicides, for example, Tornado. But before spraying, mow the gosper, and then abundantly treat the area with the preparation diluted according to the instructions.
But first of all, decide if you want to fight with such a healthy and rather pleasant plant.
© Author: Nikolai CHROMOV, Cand. of sciences
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10 Ways to Avoid Weeds
When clearing the area for a new garden, remove the roots of all perennial weeds from the soil. (Seeds will remain, but their germination can be limited.)
It is necessary to arrange beds and fertilize them on the day of sowing seeds or seedlings.
Never dig the passages between the beds (then the seeds will not germinate).
If you notice weeds, break up the sides of the beds, and then put them in order - this will prevent weed seedlings from taking root. This should be done whenever weeds hatch on the sides of the beds.
With regular fertilization in the middle of the bed (7-10 days), there will be almost no weeds there - they cannot stand the concentration of salts.
Periodically weed beds with vegetables planted with seeds. The same will have to be done in the aisles between the beds.
When weeding passages, cut off the ground part w J of weeds. If the soil is disturbed, numerous new weed seeds will sprout in it. R Never build new beds in the area of a former walkway.
Refrain from watering by sprinkling.
To prevent water from feeding the roots of weeds in the aisles, turn around the beds with artificial borders.
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Maybe someone has come across such a terrible weed as sleepy? Please share your experience if you managed to get rid of it.
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Killing weeds the American way
I read how Americans in the 60s of the last century coped with weeds. I tried it and I'm very satisfied! After sowing the seeds of carrots and parsley, I abundantly spray the bed with vodka diluted in half with water. This strongly stimulates the growth of weeds, even deeply hidden seeds and roots break through. Already after 5-6 days I weed a bed from them. And after three or four days, shoots of vegetables appear. By the time of the next weeding, the cultivated plants are already large enough and clearly visible, which greatly simplifies the task.
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Once upon a time I read a way to control weeds on garden paths. In 4 liters of table vinegar I dilute 0,5 tbsp. salt and dishwashing liquid. In the morning in dry sunny weather I spray weeds from a spray gun, and in the evening I am happy with the result. The grass is dying before our eyes!
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Indeed, the described method works great. However, it must be borne in mind that such an aggressive composition kills not only weeds, but also soil fertility. In areas where this solution gets, nothing can grow at all for several years. Therefore, the method is suitable only for paths paved with tiles or covered with gravel. That is, where you will never grow anything. In the garden, I would not recommend using this method. Svetlana KRIVENKOVA, agronomist
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My garden is 20 acres, so keeping track of weeds is not always possible. September was coming to an end, the vegetables had already been harvested. Walking around the empty beds, I saw an unusual plant among the grown weeds. The leaves at the rosette looked like an aster or a plantain.
First thought: how to save the flower? After all, the frosts are already beginning. I transplanted it to a flower bed, covered it with a plastic bottle and began to observe. It's cold, but at least something to a stranger! Frosts are already, snow is all around, and it is turning green with might and main under cover. In spring, there were even more leaves, and a peduncle appeared in the middle. The treasure blossomed with small white flowers, and I was disappointed: I saved in vain.
Further more. These kids filled the entire flower bed, as a result, an unsuccessful struggle has been going on for several years. None of the neighbors or colleagues could tell what kind of monster I sheltered.
Galinzog. I don’t know how she could get to my site, most likely brought by birds. How to deal with an American? Just pull out of the ground, carefully choosing the roots, and burn. And in no case do not put it in the compost!
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Now I don’t have a basement, so I want to share my find. I take plastic containers, pour the cheapest salt into them and leave them on the top shelf for the whole winter. In the spring, water appeared in the container, and only a small amount of salt rolled on the bottom. I poured this liquid into buckets and spilled the paths where unwanted greenery made its way. A great way to get rid of it for a long time!
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This year we moved to another city and bought a new plot. The biggest problem is that for many years this land has not been cultivated by anyone. Bought in the summer, weeds were mowed like grass, bushes and impassable thickets were uprooted. My husband and I are physically unable to weed and pick roots all the time - we go to the country house only on weekends.
In the summer, I dug up a garden bed, selected all the roots of the weeds, fenced off with boards and sowed dill and parsley seeds. A week later I arrive - a solid fence of weeds, as if I hadn't done anything. It's a shame. Before that, I had never faced such a misfortune. Usually you weed two or three times a season, and that's it.
Tell me, are there flowers or vegetables that could somehow muffle the growth of weeds? I don't want to use herbicides. My hand does not rise to spray the ground with poison, on which I will later grow vegetables for my children.
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In my practice, I often come across the fact that the area under the lawn or flower garden is lined with geotextiles - "so that weeds do not grow."
This is fundamentally the wrong approach! Such material is a time bomb: the deeper it lies, the more troubles over the years there will be. In fact, most of the weeds come to the site as seeds or "crawl" from a negligent neighbor. In the ground, geotextiles become a serious obstacle to the growth of roots of cultivated plants, from lawn grasses to trees and shrubs. The earth is strongly overcompacted under this material, and beneficial microorganisms leave it.
And if the herbs somehow adapt, then the larger plants seriously suffer from disruption of natural processes. Sooner or later, the canvas silts up and stops letting water through. The site is slowly turning into a moss-covered swamp, a gloomy semi-living landscape. To save the plantations, you first have to "evacuate" all the soil, remove geotextiles with great effort, and then bring the land back. And only then re-sow and plant the plants. It's too expensive to pay for mistakes, isn't it?
The only use of such material is justified under garden paths - there is no place for weed grass. Geotextile successfully copes with this.