With the beginning of the sowing season, the garden is replete not only with neat beds with growing seedlings, but also with ubiquitous weeds. The dream of every gardener is to get rid of them once and for all, and not spend an enormous amount of time on daily weeding.
How to deal with weeds at all
Nothing spoils the aesthetic appearance of the site like overgrown weeds and weeds along the fence. Unfortunately, there is no universal magic remedy for destroying absolutely all types of weeds, but there are surefire ways to help curb their growth and reproduction.
To date, all methods of dealing with excess garden vegetation are divided into two large groups:
- mechanical,
- chemical.
The first method includes all methods of mechanical weed control, when hoes, hoes, equipment and even painstaking manual weeding are used. The method is based on damage to the root system, which, in turn, leads to the death of the plant. But this does not mean that the weed will disappear forever. Parts of the roots and, most importantly, seeds remain in the ground, which grow actively in favorable conditions. Read about 5 methods of weed control.
The chemical method involves the treatment of weeds with herbicides, which can destroy not only them, but also cultural plantings. This practice should be applied with great care, avoiding flower beds and flower beds.
Folk remedies for weed control
- Alcohol solution. Alcohol is known for its disinfecting properties, which also spread to the soil. To prepare for planting, it is recommended to spill the soil with a solution prepared from 1 part of alcohol and 10 parts of water. Under its action, the seeds of future weeds will die and will not sprout.
- Vinegar, salt and laundry soap. These ingredients must be mixed in equal proportions after grating laundry soap. The resulting mixture is similar in action to herbicidal soap, but it is prepared from improvised means that almost everyone can find.
- Table salt and vinegar. This fusion mixture allows you to get rid of weeds for a very long period of time. To thoroughly process the weeds, you will need 5 liters of vinegar and a glass of salt. All this is mixed in an iron vessel, the weeds are treated with the resulting substrate. In this case, you need to carefully monitor so that the mixture does not get on the cultivated plant. Otherwise, it will also perish.
- Soda. This product is an alkali that does not harm the soil, but effectively fights weeds. To destroy the weed, soda is poured over its roots. After a while, they die off.
- Sawdust. This method is ideal for those who have already decorated beds on the site. Since autumn, it is necessary to cover their edges with sawdust and dig thoroughly. With the onset of spring, when the ground thaws, the sawdust layer should be renewed without digging up. Through such a sawdust barrier, the roots of the weeds will not be able to reach the garden bed, and the sprouts will die.
