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06-03-2021, 03:07 PM | #1 |
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Weeds overtaking my garden beds
Are there any natural and effective products (or methods) for controlling large quantities of weeds in garden beds? We just moved to this house a little over a year ago, so I don’t even know what most species of plants are in my beds, but we tried to dig out and eliminate one bed entirely (to plant grass) and it’s covered in weeds again. Short of buying Round Up, I’m not sure how to get rid of them. We dug them out by the roots, but that apparently wasn’t enough.
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06-03-2021, 05:09 PM | #2 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
Probably the easiest and most natural thing to do is find something that is native to the area and that grows and spreads really well and that you think looks better to look at than the weeds. Then hope it takes over.
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06-03-2021, 09:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
My dad used to leave enough space between rows that he could go between them with the tiller. After that, he used our hands to pull weeds between plants but we didn't go overboard with that. Tilling is about depriving plants of sun over years. In soils that are worth gardening, the roots of plants that were there before go extremely deep and would be hard to fight.
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06-03-2021, 10:12 PM | #4 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
Cover the area with cardboard for a couple of months until it is bare soil underneath not just dead weeds, but they have decomposed into soil. Then sow whatever you DO want to be there at that time. This allows any dormant weed seeds in the soil a chance to sprout and then they will die once they don't get sunlight. Once all the seeds are expended then the weeds can't come back. It also kills off any rhizomes for the same reason.
Figuring out what the weed is first might give you options for faster removal, but layered cardboard will kill any plant since they cannot survive without sun. |
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06-04-2021, 06:57 AM | #5 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
I just realized you may be talking about veggie garden beds not flower garden beds and my suggestion is kind of dumb if that's the case
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06-04-2021, 08:31 AM | #6 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
They are currently flower beds, so your suggestion was a good one! ❤️ I am hoping to turn one area into a vegetable garden, but there are too many weeds this year to even attempt.
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06-04-2021, 01:12 PM | #7 |
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Re: Weeds overtaking my garden beds
I like clover for filling bare areas. It looks nice, good for soil, good for bees, doesn't grow tall
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