When you think of creating a beautiful garden in your yard while looking for something to do, you should know few facts about weeds and weed control. ‘Weeds’ is a term used for some plants that are not welcome in a place where you are trying to grow your favorite flowers, fruits or crops. This is how Answers.com defines weeds: “They (weeds) steal nutrients from the ground that would otherwise be available for the vegetables, fruit, or flowers that you are trying to grow.”
Even a dandelion can be considered by some as a weed but is also considered as an herb used as a diuretic and detoxifier. What most people consider as weeds may be based on a subjective point of view. So, performing weed control is usually because the unwanted plants hamper the growth of the plants you are trying to grow since the weeds reproduce aggressively.
By the time you have decided what to plant in your garden, you already know what weeds are. So here are common simple weed control practices done by gardeners and homeowners to get those weeds out:
1. Using your hand.
1. Using your hand.
Pulling the weeds using your hands is the cheapest weed control method, especially when it involves only a garden and not a whole wide field. All you will invest is time and some sweat (it could be a good exercise!). It is a good method if you are trying to pull out weeds with shallow roots. The best way to do this is having a soft soil, either pulling out weeds the day after it rained or hosing the area, pulling weeds from a soft soil would ensure you include the roots so that weeds won’t grow back.
2. Using a gardening tool.
2. Using a gardening tool.
If you can’t do it with your hand, get a gardening tool to help you out, especially with weeds with long stems such as dandelions. The most common gardening tools used by some are garden hoe, a spade or winged weeder. This weed control technique is easier than pulling the weeds out by your hand, especially when you don’t like to have an exercise that could lead to breaking your back.
3. Using a chemical product.
3. Using a chemical product.
If the weeds are too many to handle and the first two weed control methods are not applicable, you may opt for a chemical weed killer. However, chemical products should be used properly and not excessively. Before deciding in buying one, always ask the store selling it for proper directions.
Those are only few ways to get rid of weeds. Sometimes you can remove weeds by yourself but if weeds gets too wild (as they are wild plants), it’s better to ask help from weed control services.
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