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Controlling weeds is vital step in maintaining a productive vegetable garden. There are several ways to help keep weeds under control.
The best way to prevent weeds is by maintaining the lawn so weeds don't have a chance to grow. "Understanding how to prevent weeds with proper maintenance will be more efficient than trying to get ...
Regardless of your choice, early-spring care is crucial for a healthy, resilient landscape. This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: LSU Ag Center offers advice to prepare lawns for ...
Weed control is a type of pest control, which attempts to stop or reduce growth of weeds, especially noxious weeds, with the aim of reducing their competition with desired flora and fauna including domesticated plants and livestock, and in natural settings preventing non native species competing with native species.
When applied in fall and winter, mulches delay the growth of perennial plants in the spring and prevent growth in winter during warm spells, thus limiting freeze–thaw damage. [10] The effect of mulch upon soil moisture content is complex. Mulch forms a layer between the soil and the atmosphere reducing evaporation. [11]
A farmer using a hoe to keep weeds down in a vegetable garden. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops.
Once a hard freeze (25 to 27 F) kills your crop, remove the dead plant debris and put it in the trash. You don’t want it in the garden, where it can harbor insect eggs or disease.
Herbicides do not prevent weeds from germinating but they kill weeds as they grow through the herbicide-treated zone by affecting the cell division in the emerging seedling. Dithiopyr and pendimethalin are preemergence herbicides. Weeds that have already emerged before application or activation are not affected by pre-herbicides as their ...