Weeds

Raquel F August 18, 2010

I understand how frustrating it can be to take out weeds and then have your back hurting, so you would like to know how to keep weeds from growing in my vegetable garden. I found a website under Google. I think this link will be very helpful and give you what your looking for. I attached the link below, I hope this helps!!!!!!

Dennis M. - Gardening Expert EXPERT August 22, 2010

Using one or more of the following techniques will help keep your vegetable garden weed-free:

Put on a pair of garden gloves and pull out the weeds that you see growing in your vegetable garden. This method works particularly well if your vegetable garden isn't too big. You can bag up the weed and throw them out with the trash.

Use a hoe to uproot any weeds that you see. Go 1/2 inch to 1 inch deep into the soil to make sure the weeds don't come back. This is a better method to use than the first if your vegetable garden is on the larger side. The roots are then exposed to the sun, which causes them to wither up and die.

Cover areas that are prone to growing weeds with a newspaper. Make sure you use four sheets of newspaper for each section you are trying to control. This keeps the sun's rays from reaching the soil. The weed seeds will not get the light that they need to grow. You don't need to remove the newspapers unless you want to. They will decompose into the ground.

Spread mulch 3 to 4 inches thick around your vegetable garden to keep weeds and grass from growing. This works much the same way that the newspapers do. You can leave the mulch year round. Replace after two to three years have passed.

Spray any patches of grass or weeds that you see with a 50 percent bleach and 50 percent water solution. Three squirts near the base of the grass and weeds is enough to kill them. Bleach will kill any type of plant. Be careful that you do not get it on any of your vegetables. If you do, wash the vegetable off right away.

MML Staff_Erin H EXPERT September 02, 2010

An additional tip: because digging/tilling the soil brings buried weeds seeds to the soil surface where they can germinate, disturb the soil as little as possible. Don't rototill each year. When nyou plant in the spring, dig only where you plant, not the area between rows.