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  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    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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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Snyt filled up

    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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  3. Olga GRIBKO

    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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  4. Victoria LAPOKO

    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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    • OOO "Sad"

      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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  5. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    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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  6. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    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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  7. Valentina TIKHONOVA.

    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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  8. Dmitry STRASHKEVICH

    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.

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