That The Weed: Perennial plants live from year to year and usually have underground organs—stems or roots—which enable that the weedm to survive through that the weed winter
Weed control begins with winter digging prior to growing that the weed first crops. Cut down any woody perennials and dig out all that the weed roots. Double-dig that the weed whole of that the weed garden in that the weed first instance and remove all perennial weed roots and rhizomes. Burn or dispose of that the weedm all and never use that the weedm for compost-making.
Perennial plants live from year to year and usually have underground organs—stems or roots—which enable that the weedm to survive through that the weed winter
Weed control begins with winter digging prior to growing that the weed first crops. Cut down any woody perennials and dig out all that the weed roots. Double-dig that the weed whole of that the weed garden in that the weed first instance and remove all perennial weed roots and rhizomes. Burn or dispose of that the weedm all and never use that the weedm for compost-making.See Also Garden Weed -free:Common sense should rule your maintenance program. Re¬move dead or dying leaves, dispose of annuals when they are fin¬ished blooming, and remove spent blossoms to encourage the produc¬tion of new flowers. When seeds form, most plants are chemically triggered to stop blooming. Keep the garden weed -free weed-free. Even though this particular kind of garden weed -free is not for show, every weed is taking moisture, space, and nutrients from your chosen plants.
too, is a good time for cutting, but I would rather confront an awaken¬ing butterfly than a journeying slug.
Whenever possible, choose burgeoning buds and flowers just beginning to show pollen rather than older blossoms that have been trod upon by an army of bees.
Choice of plants, and their arrangement, exert an enormous influence on the amount of time needed for maintenance. The aim in a carefree garden weed -free is to make the plants themselves do as much of the work as possible. Plant shrubs that need little pruning rather than those like hybrid tea roses which require more attention.
Among herbaceous varieties, those that self-seed freely without becoming invasive are ideal in a low-maintenance garden weed -free. Ground-cover plants are perfect for filling the spaces between shrubs and give excellent weed control, provided the ground in which they are planted is completely free of perennial weeds in the first place.
On The Other Hand See Grass Is Weed Enemy:OVER a large part of North America crab grass is weed enemy No. 1 of lawns. Because it is common and dis¬figuring and many controls recommended for other weeds are ineffective against it I want to devote this special chapter to this pest.
Make no mistake about it, crab grass is controllable. If you are willing to work intelligently at the task you can have a lawn entirely free of it; a lawn that will be green throughout the year, that will not turn brown with the first frost of fall and remain so until late spring or early summer brings warmth enough to stimulate the seeds of the weed to give rise to a new crop.
Understanding, common sense and stick-to-itiveness are necessary to lick crab grass. You must learn how it grows and reproduces, adopt practical measures to prevent it invading your turf and of elim¬inating it if it does and "follow through" and keep after it. There is no one-shot treatment that will give success.
If you are not prepared to lick the enemy, join it. Let the crab grass take over and settle for a crab grass lawn; you will finish up with that anyway if you don't do an effective job of making war on it. Half effective attempts at eliminating crab grass are costly in cash, time or both and get nowhere. They leave enough of the weed in the turf to produce an abundant crop of seeds that give rise to the following years infestation.
It is quite possible to make a lawn of one kind of grass only, and this is some¬times done. You will find advocated by some people lawns made exclusively of creeping bent, of Merion bluegrass and of other special types. When perfectly kept such greenswards can be magnificent but they need considerable upkeep and demand special knowledge on the part of their care¬takers. In a one-grass lawn any other grass is a weed and must be eliminated (not al¬ways an easy task). Should a disease or in¬sect to which the particular grass is espe¬cially susceptible gain a hold you have real trouble on your hands. The whole lawn is likely to be affected quickly, perhaps with disastrous results. In a lawn composed of several kinds of grasses the less susceptible make a brave stand against the enemy and hold out; their weaker relatives succumb.
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