Weeds in your summer cottage cause more damage than all pests and diseases combined. They take away light and nutrition from cultivated plants, drain the soil, pests and pathogenic microorganisms find shelter in them . Weed control at the site is not such an easy task. Weeds are fertile, seeds can be carried by water, wind, on your clothes, shoes and animal hair. At the same time, germination remains up to 70 years, and most perennial weeds sprout easily from small pieces of offspring or rhizomes.
But there are ways to get rid of weeds on the site, although it is still impossible to do this forever. There are many methods of weed control, and they sound quite frightening: exhaustion, freezing, strangulation, drying. Although we constantly use these methods, absolutely not thinking about their names.
How to get rid of weeds on the site by freezing, strangulation and exhaustion? And everything is quite simple. When you make a deep autumn digging of the beds, then you use freezing, because in winter the underground parts of the weeds freeze. And if you are constantly harrowing an empty area for two years, then the rhizomes of the weeds deplete. But frequent weeding causes repeated cutting of plants at a shallow depth, that is, the root system is strangled.
There is another method of how to get rid of weeds on the site - a provocation. The soil is prepared 14 days before sowing, and when the majority of
weed sprouts appear
, they are discarded by surface cultivation. Weeds should be weed out before the development of a powerful root system and seed maturation. It is better to dig the soil with a pitchfork so that parts of the roots that give life to new plants do not remain in the ground.
In addition to mechanical removal of plants, there is a treatment of the plot from weeds with herbicides. The most commonly used tool is “Roundup”, it minimally affects the environment. Still its analogues exist - it is Tornado, Utal, Zero, and Hurricane. Weeds should be treated with these drugs at the time of their active growth, when the aerial part is well developed. However, they should not be subjected to mechanical processing, as this prevents the movement of the drug. After 15 days, you will notice the action of the herbicide, now the land can be loosened or dug up.
It is best to use the drug "Roundup" in sunny hot weather. But it is no less effective at low autumn temperatures, only the weather should be dry and calm. In the Non-Black Earth Region this is done until September 25, and in the south the term can be extended. In this case, you can not be afraid of the negative effect of the drug on the vegetable crops of the next year, since detoxification in the soil occurs quickly, the drug becomes safe for plants.
There is another way to get rid of weeds on the site. By the way, it is the most affordable and simple. For this, a black covering material is used, which can pass air and water, but will not allow light. The material is laid on the bed, and cross-shaped incisions are made in the right places, into which you then plant the necessary plants. Weeds will be without light, be exhausted and die. To make the site look more decorative, for example, crushed pine bark can be poured onto the surface of the material. This is especially useful for
flower beds.As you can see, there are many methods of getting rid of weeds, you only need to choose the most suitable for yourself. But in most cases, all these methods are used in one area, and a comprehensive weed control will allow your beds to look neat and well-groomed.