Weed Control

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Weeds are one of the main problems that any summer resident faces when planting vegetable and flower crops. At the moment, there are many ways to control weeds, each of which has its own pros and cons. Gardeners and vegetable growers can only choose the one they like and make it a reality at their favorite summer cottage

Summer residents have very different opinions regarding the preparation of the soil for planting all kinds of crops - vegetables and flowers - regarding the introduction of fertilizers into the soil, its digging and harvesting. Many different rules have been written about how deep it is worth digging and how exactly you need to remove weeds from the beds. However, all these are the opinions of ordinary people and ordinary summer residents, but professionals have their own views on all these issues.

From a professional point of view, the physical option remains the best method of getting rid of weeds, the meaning of which is to dig the earth together with the harvesting of tops, roots and weed seeds. Due to its effectiveness, this method of weed control has not lost its popularity and demand among modern summer residents for a long time.

Harvesting the maximum amount of weeds

Manual harvesting of weeds is really effective and allows you to eliminate a maximum of excess residues and plants themselves from summer cottages. If you carry out a similar procedure on time and more than once during the entire summer cottage, then next year you can expect a much smaller volume of weeds. Although for this you need to regularly carry out spring and autumn digging of the soil. However, not all vegetable growers and summer residents adhere to this opinion. And this is understandable, because during the digging of the earth, the summer resident lifts up the seeds, which were placed in the depths of the soil. As a result, they dry out and heat up in the sun, which means that the conditions for their germination become more comfortable. After about a week in such a situation, the gardener will have to dig up the ground again and remove new weeds that have appeared. Therefore, here you can choose one of two options - either carry out the procedure very carefully and carefully, or choose a different way of dealing with weeds.

Weed control with chemicals

In such a situation, when it is necessary to prepare a certain area not for planting vegetables or flowers, but for creating any architectural forms, landscape elements or garden paths, it is quite reasonable to use chemical agents to combat weeds. Most of these preparations quickly and reliably burn roots and destroy weed seeds. In addition, they can protect the land from infections that insects transmit. However, do not forget that this method kills all living organisms in the soil, which is why it should not be used in areas for planting vegetables or flowers. The chemical components introduced into the soil remain in the ground for a long time and have a very bad effect on the crops growing in the garden. As a result, the use of chemicals as a weed removal is only necessary in certain situations.

Practical Ways to Kill Weeds

Practical methods of weed control include the classical methods of soil preparation and its protective functions, with the help of which the soil is freed from weeds to the maximum, creating favorable conditions for growing vegetables and flowers. Nevertheless, one should not forget about the possibilities of growing crops using vertical structures, greenhouses, boxes, in well-mulched soil and other options. Many gardeners use only practical methods of weed control on their plots.

Such methods allow the gardener to get rid of the maximum volume of weeds with minimal effort and time. Thus, you can optimize the workflow and create an exclusion of weed growth in the summer cottage, or reduce it to a minimum. However, the chosen method must be determined in advance specifically and clearly.

Weed control tips and tricks

Many summer residents recommend spot fertilization to eliminate weeds. This process involves feeding the soil just before planting itself and only in those areas where it will be carried out. It is also recommended to harvest weeds before the onset of spring, and then they should be dried and burned away from the summer cottage.