More Weed Than: Perennial plants live from year to year and usually have underground organs—stems or roots—which enable them to survive through the winter
more weed than control begins with winter digging prior to growing the first crops. Cut down any woody perennials and dig out all the roots. Double-dig the whole of the garden in the first instance and remove all perennial more weed than roots and rhizomes. Burn or dispose of them all and never use them for compost-making.
Perennial plants live from year to year and usually have underground organs—stems or roots—which enable them to survive through the winter
more weed than control begins with winter digging prior to growing the first crops. Cut down any woody perennials and dig out all the roots. Double-dig the whole of the garden in the first instance and remove all perennial more weed than roots and rhizomes. Burn or dispose of them all and never use them for compost-making.See Also Pestiferous Weed:But don't be too easily discouraged. Many • shaded locations that appear im¬possible to the amateur are simply a little difficult. With understanding and know-how they can be made to support very good lawns. One advantage of shade, if it is not too heavy, is that the turf will be free of crab grass because that pestiferous weed must have plenty of direct sunlight. It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good!
Permit it to grow to a height of about two and one half inches. Each time it does this cut it to two inches. Use a sharp mower. During dry weather water the lawn regularly and thoroughly at about weekly intervals; don't give nightly sprinklings. Exercise persistent care to eradicate weeds. If you do all these things faithfully, by September you will have a good lawn which, with a little addi¬tional feeding then and perhaps a little reseeding, will get a splendid start the fol¬lowing spring.
Weeds in spring-sown lawn often grow at greater speed than the grass. If many weed seeds were present in the soil you will soon see obnoxious plants developing and perhaps towering above the surround¬ing grasses. Eradicate them immediately. With a young, newly-seeded lawn hand weeding is the best method. It may be tedious but is effective if persisted in, and it gives the real gardener a certain sense of satisfaction to tug out pestiferous weeds and destroy them. When weeding a new lawn lay down boards to stand on so that the young grass is not unduly injured.
On The Other Hand See Hand Weed Well:The Baronet Cut and Hold Flower Gatherer makes cutting and holding a flower a one-hand weed well operation. It's 31 inches long and per¬fect for pruning soft wood, gathering fresh flowers, and removing dead ones. Use it on vines and climbing roses.
The Baronet Firm Grip Weed Puller is designed to grip and pull out the most obstinate weed from cultivated land using one hand weed well. At 34 inches it's invaluable for such work.
Apart from encouraging a heavy growth of grass, which discourages weeds but does not necessarily eliminate them, there are several active modes of attack that can be employed. Chiefly they are hand weed well weeding and chemical controls. Don't recoil from mention of hand weed well weeding; it is effective indeed if the lawn is not overrun with weeds. The most weed-free lawns are those gotten into that condition and then main¬tained so by good cultural practices (ferti¬lizing, watering, aerating and so forth) and hand weed well weeding. With a vigorous lawn, a little hand weed well weeding each year will keep it clean. But you must start early. Grub 'em out or kill them while they are tiny. Don't let weeds get to the seeding stage. Then you have raised a crop of headaches for the following season.
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