Tips on weeding your Lawn

Mowing Against Weeds

Even if only temporary, mowing your lawn is one of the most effective technique on how to get rid of those weeds on your lawn. Plants reproduce with their flowers A plant that can’t bloom won’t set seed. Even if mowing doesn’t have an effect on thistle-like weeds from reproducing, it will give your grass an even look.

Mulch against the Weed

To clear out your lawn, and lay down a layer of weed-suppressing mulch. To inhibit weed growth. Unwanted plant friends won’t be able to penetrate the layer of wood chips or other mulch material. According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, tests showed that about 80 percent of an ivy stand will be killed within three months by an 8- to 12-inch smother mulch of coarse bark chips. Also, during your spare time, try sheet mulching. Put a mixture of green grass clippings and shredded dry leaves or straw on top of the area you want to garden. A layer 2 feet thick would be enough. After two years, this material gradually rots into compost, ready to be planted. Then almost everything will start to grow and the weeds will gradually disappear.

Chop and Un-root Weeds

Firmer treatment would be needed for tall weeds like nettles and blackberries . The solution is to first cut back their prickly top growth (wear gloves when you do this) and then dig out as much root as possible.

Combination Attack on Weeds

Combine all the attacks (except flame throwing.) Mow down all your growth. Dig out the bigger stuff, getting as much

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