None cottager not mention weeding among his favorite activities. Horticultural weeds - the enemies of everyone who dreams of a beautiful plot and rich harvest. Fighting them takes a lot of time, but only for those who have not yet discovered effective ways of waging a "war."
Arsenal experienced truckers includes a dozen methods of weed control, making it possible to forget about the extra plants at the site. With a one time effort, it is easy to rid yourself of the endless weeding, poisoning life, to do something really useful. For example, rest or tasting the products of their own labor.
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Subsurface soil treatment method
The main secret of a successful weed control - preventive measures. The battle must begin when the plants are still sleeping peacefully in the form of seeds, and vacationers just embarking on the ground digging. Experienced gardeners are advised to consider only one approach to work with a shovel, then go to the easy loosening. Meaning subsurface method: weed seeds, lying deep in the earth, can not get on surface and germinate, as listed in the wind there is little chance to settle down and significantly harm planting.
Less method gradual settling beds. Deal with it is to install fences on the borders of the beds. To do this, fit bricks, boards, stones (the latter are also decorative element). That weeds do not reign on the tracks last fall asleep with gravel or other similar materials.
In a similar way, you can easily protect against encroachment weed ground cover growing on popular rock gardens and rockeries. As a result, in the season will be enough only one weeding. It will be necessary to work in the early spring, after which it remains to hide the cleaned surface film, covered with soil and planted it in the right people. To be safe, the space between is filled with crop plants, such as gravel (suit and expanded clay, bark).
Mulching
In the previous process already figured mulching. Experienced gardeners consider it one of the best methods of controlling weeds. Seeds and soil, and on its under surface layer of mulch denied access to the sun, without which can properly grow and develop, while the crop plants are all advantages.
Materials for mulching set. We gardeners with experience of popular natural: humus, compost, bark, wood chips, sawdust, gravel, hay and even paper. But it is important to act wisely, so as not to hurt their own precious planting, because natural is able to influence the characteristics of the soil. For example, pine bark increases its acidity, which will be enjoyed by no means all residents of the garden.
Another danger posed by mulch - the seeds of weeds. If compost is not mature enough, it is likely that the beds will be pests, which was not there. Therefore, it is important to keep track of what plants are sent to the compost heap. If they bloom or have already formed the seeds, it is better to make them out of the garden.
If there is no confidence in the quality of compost, just check it out: it is necessary to carefully throw a bunch of water, cover with foil. This should be done in early spring, in such favorable conditions, all of which can germinate, do it quickly. Appeared shoots - do not carry such compost on the beds, leave to mature.
Convenient for mulching inorganic textile black. Material passes the water in the beds and looks natural.
The use of herbicides
Chemicals to control weeds popular, but put them into the garden plots, where the forests culture, edible, dare not every gardener. It is important to strictly follow the enclosed instructions and comply with these precautions.
EM preparations
Means akin to herbicides, but bacteriological origin. It is also necessary to sanctify the instructions for preparation. The total of all drugs use principle. So, prior to the introduction of weeds cut by a chopper, and then treated with a solution. As a result, the root system of weeds will be quickly processed by micro-organisms.
It is important to perform all manipulations in the fall. Then in the spring of the infield will be clean.
mixed planting
Experienced gardeners know that the weeds seemed to magically appear where nothing grows. Therefore it is logical to deal with them, not leaving in the garden or a speck of space. Particularly well mixed planting work in flower beds where Mixes annuals and perennials. But it acts on the way and vegetable beds. For example, between rows of carrots it feels great fast maturing radishes, various types of lettuce, spinach.
Sowing green manure crops or reseeding vegetables
It is also a solution to avoid gaps in the beds. Green manure grow very quickly and effectively suppress any attempt to get out into the world of weeds. In addition, they are for the benefit of the composition of the soil. One of the most famous representatives of green manure crops - oilseed radish.
Application of vodka
The method relies on alcohol to cause the accelerated development of seeds. What need to do? About a month before the start of work on the crop plant to treat the soil 6 percent solution of ethyl alcohol. Soon the weeds growing in the rush, after which they were enough to weed that then the whole year not to think about this activity. Summer residents even claim that the carefully executed operation has the effect of a couple of years ahead.
Treatment of the soil fire
Several extravagant way for those who are not afraid to pick up a blowtorch and a little "play with fire". It works when the beds are planted crops with late germination timing. Weeds appear on the surface much earlier. Here is their something and relies gently burn with a blowtorch.
Treating the enemy shoots should be carefully casual to crop seeds were not affected by the heat. After processing beds recommended abundantly watered.
"Haircut" weeds
Especially patient gardeners can pick up the scissors and go to war with the weeds with this instrument. The method is simple - the plant is deprived of the aerial part, forced to send forces to restore the damage, which significantly weakens it. Therefore it is necessary to cut off all unnecessary, that appears in the beds, and for getting rid of the weeds need to do it more than once. Effective method, but it resembles a regular weeding.
Proper billet organics
Gardeners tending to the use of natural fertilizers, often fall into the trap, because they can not handle them. About incorrectly prepared compost in the article mentioned. Much more unpleasant surprises can give fresh manure, which contains the seeds of plants, common in meadows and other gardens. Therefore it is always necessary to monitor the degree of maturation of fertilizer.
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