5 Simple DIY Tips to Control Weeds in your Garden without Chemicals.

Controlling Weeds Without Chemicals

When you are growing your garden , some specific kind of weeds will grow itself at some point. They do not only destroy your plants but also create a bad outlook of your garden. It is very important to eradicate them from your garden. Weeds are mostly troublesome in spring season because it grows rapidly in this season. It is important to take action immediately before they spread into whole area. 

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Hoeing: On a dry day with a light wind, run a hoe over a bed or between rows to kill most weed seedlings. In this way the seedlings will dry out on the surface of the bed rather than re-rooting into moist soil

Hand-pulling or hand-weeding with a fork: It is an effective way and  hand weeding is easiest on lighter soils but it should only be attempted where it will not disturb the roots of garden plants. There are some persistent weeds which when pulled out there small roots sections remained behind which will re-grow later. So, it is important to carefully pull out all weeds using garden fork.

Weed knife: A weed knife has a hooked end and is a useful tool for weeding between paving slabs and along path edging. This tool is easily available at any hardware shop and it must used for digging out dandelions on a lawn.

Repeated cutting: When weeds are on a wider area and it is very difficult to handle all of them then in this case, use lawn mower for repeated cutting to ground level over several months. It will weaken and even kill some weeds. 

Flame gun: Burn weeds between paving slabs and on driveways by blasting them with a flame gun. Use only when the foliage is dry and allow sufficient burn-time for deep-rooted weeds, such as dandelions, to be killed