If you
are like many homeowners, you consider your garden one of the places you can
totally get lost in.
However, it
is sometimes unfortunate to note that not all the time you invested in the
garden has been spent tending to your precious
plants or basking in the beauty of its blossoms.
Chances
are, a review of time spent in your garden will reveal that a significant
amount of time has been wasted doing one very tedious chore – weeding!
Fortunately,
with the following strategies, you are bound to win the battle against one of
your garden’s most notorious dwellers.
Chop
When you
can’t find the time to thoroughly remove the weeds yet, chopping the heads off
is the next best recourse you have at your disposal.
‘Deadheading’ gives you a few
weeks you can use for other pursuits before the so called ‘seed rain’ begins.
This is especially helpful for those who have other urgent matters to attend to
rather than tend to their garden straight away.
Once the
tops are cut off, the notorious garden nuisance will be forced to use up
whatever food reserves they have. Once food supply has been exhausted, reseeding
is dramatically reduced so spreading to other areas in the garden becomes
highly limited.
Mulch
Undoubtedly,
the benefits mulching offers are often ‘hard to miss’.
Apart
from ensuring soil remains moist and cool, mulch can efficiently deprive weeds
of the light they need to grow, spread and thrive.
In
addition, organic mulches often play host to carabid beetles and crickets – two
insects that often feed on weed seeds and can devour them by the thousands.
However,
to effectively stop the spread of weeds, you have to do more than just pick the
right mulch
supplies to use.
More
importantly, you need to equip yourself with the necessary skills and
techniques to make the method work to your full advantage.
Case in
point, it’s vital to keep in mind that ideally, mulch should be at least 2
inches deep. Otherwise, you run the risk of depriving your soil of the much
needed oxygen.
In
addition, it is deemed ideal to cover the surface of the soil with a light
blocking cardboard sheet or newspaper so you can effortlessly set weeds way
back.
Deprive
Rob weeds
of their ability to thrive by depriving them of a much needed element – water.
Leave
weeds thirsty by placing soaker or drop hoses beneath the mulch. This will
enable thorough irrigation for your plants while leaving nearby weeds
water-deprived.
While a
seemingly trivial strategy, water deprivation has been known to dramatically
reduce the germination of weed seeds by as much as 50 to 70 percent!
Armed
with proven methods and a newfound understanding of weeds, you are sure to win
any current and future skirmish with one of your garden’s most infamous invaders.
Reference:
http://sarahtherealtor.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/lawn-and-plant-care.html
http://www.turtlenursery.com.au/mulch-supplies.html
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