How To Weed A Garden

Common tall weeds you ll find in your garden include dayflower velvetleaf smartweed pigwee canada thistle and quickweed.

How to weed a garden. Share your progress with using the hashtag 30daygardenchallenge. Use a trowel to assist. You plant your garden or yard carefully thinking of spacing and sun so when a destructive thirsty weed enters the picture you likely didn t account for water and space that would be sucked up by your plants new neighbor.

Whether your garden consists mainly of patio lawn or flowerbed it will contain some plants you didn t intentionally grow. Dig as deep below the root as you can and lever the weed out of the ground. Weeds tend to grow quickly and they ultimately compete with other plants for space moisture and nutrients.

While the soil will not be as soft as it would be after a. If there s no rain in sight water your garden and start pulling. The ground will be wet and the roots of the weeds will come out of the ground more easily.

Weed after it rains. Gardeners favor this approach as it allows them to avoid the backbreaking work of pulling each weed manually. You don t want to compact the soil.

Tall longer weeds are a little more straightforward. Weeding your garden in the morning before the dew has dried is also a good time to weed. Find out how to weed your garden in an effective and wildlife friendly way with our expert tips.

They ll come up more easily when the ground is moist. Hoe regularly another way of uprooting weeds is to hoe regularly. However be careful about walking around in a wet garden.