Weeds Be Gone

The biggest problem when gardening, is keeping the area free of weeds. Weeds can pop up anywhere. In your flower beds, nursery and plantings. This is a daily job, but if you have a plan and stay on top of it you can win. So you need to develop a strong plan. But you must understand weeds and how they work.

Foremost, weeds grow from seedlings or they multiply from roots of other weeds growing. As roots from the original plant expand new weeds sprout up. This cycle will continue until the weeds have overrun your garden. This type of weed is hardest to control. Reason being is weeds grow just like plants. They use the same nutrients your garden will use: water, sun, and food. So what is the easiest way to kill weeds? Get rid of the sunlight. You can do this by adding mulch to your garden. But let's try other things first. The best weed control is to make your garden area as clean of weeds before you start planting. This can be done in your garden prep. You may either choose to use an organic method or chemicals.

Let's discuss the first method, organic. First you will need to get rid of all unwanted growth from your garden area. To do this, you will need a few pieces of equipment. Some sort of tool for digging, a hoe or spade. After you have dug up everything by the roots, you will need to till the area. This can be done by hand or with a till. When this is done let the area rest for a couple of days then repeat. Doing this a couple of times serves a few purposes. One it rotates all the roots to the top so that the roots can die. The other is it does not allow the weeds to grab hold and start growing.

Once this is complete you can start planting whatever you have decided to grow. When finished planting you may put down mulch or continue to keep rotating the soil every couple of days to ensure a free of weeds zone. Mulching is the most preferred method for two reasons. It's easy and with the right mulch it supplements the soil with organic matter.

If this sounds like a lot of work you can use chemicals. Now there are two ways to do this. You can spray before the weeds grow or after. Depending which way you choose will dictate which chemicals you use. If you do before spraying, then you may use such chemicals as directed by a qualified professional and these only last a couple of months and have to be re-applied. The easiest is during growth. You can use things such as Round-Up® or weed and lawn fertilizers. Read the directions to completely rid your garden of them unwanted pests.