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Best Ways To Control Weed Growth In Your Garden

Keeping your nursery crops, your flower beds and your other plants free from weeds can be a strenuous battle indeed. It can, however, be surmounted if you adopt the right approach and the right plan. In order to do that, the first step should be the access to credible knowledge on how weeds grow and work. In this article, we discuss the best ways to keep your garden free from undesirable weeds. Read on to know more...

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Best Ways To Control Weed Growth In Your Garden

First up, knowing a few basics about weeds grow and develop. In any garden, weeds growth can emanate from two sources- the seed and the roots. Weeds that grow from the seed are usually less severe in damage inflicted than those that grow from trots. This is because when plants are in their initial stages of growth, their roots spread out, allowing for lateral roots to give rise to new plants from the main parent plant.

Just like any normal plant, weeds require good amounts of nutrition, water and sunlight in order to survive. The most effective method a gardener can adopt in eliminating weeds is by depriving the weeds of sunlight. In this regard, mulching serves the highest benefits.

There are two effective ways of ridding your garden of weeds- organic and chemicals. While the use of chemicals can prove detrimental to healthy plant growth, organic ways are the best. The first in this approach is to eliminate all forms of vegetation that is dead. You can use a hoe or a digger to do so. Then, go ahead and use your hand to turn the soil and rototill it. This is the most effective way to do away with weeds in your garden,

Once you've done the above, leave the soil alone for at least 3 days. Repeat the process at least once more. Your garden will be free of weeds- you can be assured of that.

Story first published: Thursday, July 31, 2014, 23:41 [IST]
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