How do I get rid of weeds in my vegetable garden

by Audrey
(wisconsin)

I have many more weeds than veggies, they have taken over.
Can I spray weed killer on them now and plant veggies in the spring?

Doug says that it depends on what you spray. The honest brutal truth is that if you allow weeds to develop this much then you have a massive seed crop for next year already. And it's just poor gardening to allow this to happen. Also chemical sprays are no substitute for good gardening practices.

Let me suggest you pull them up now. Compost them.

Heavily mulch your vegetable garden now or in the very early spring so you have a reduced weed problem and grow a better crop (there's lots of info on the vegetable section on the left hand nav bar - near the bottom)

Then you can grow without fear of contamination or eating chemicals next year.

In general though- any herbicide- from the safest organic to the most noxious chemical works best on actively growing weeds. Once they're big and mature and not actively growing at this time of year - not much is going to do a great deal




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How do I get rid of weeds in my vegetable garden

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weeds
by: Gene

At the start of spring, till garden, wait 10 days till again, wait 10 more days and till again. Now you should not have any thing sprouting, garden is weed free organically. you are ready for planting. I did this last spring but did not have time to plant anything, all through the summer nothing grew...
well my mom says
by: anita j

I think you should be very careful with pesticides, they soak into your soil, and u may be getting some oin your veggies, not good, so what i would do if it was me, and i could not get the weeds completely out by hand, maybe you would like to use some og the landscaping plastic around your veggies, cutting a hole in it just large enough for the plant to sufficently grow, and leave it there, it causes moisture, and heat, and also keeps you from having to deal with the problem of hoeing it, and completely cleaning the garden, just suggesting, we do it here in alaska a lot for the heat.
How do I get rid of the weeds in my garden
by: Anonymous

I was taught that you pull the weeds out. make sure you don't leave them in your garden spot shake off all the extra dirt and put the weeds out of the garden.
poisons in your garden
by: gary

great comment ! as doug says good gardening starts with you and your gardening parctices. best way I know of to garden is from hand pulling the weedsas they come up and way before they seed into the nent crop. I have personally had better success with raised bed type gardening ....seems that mom nature doesnt plant as many seed as she does on the flat ground surfaces.... also easier to control soil PH and micro nutrient content..... by all meant use your rescources such as your local state soil survey studys and submit soil samples to your local agency so you know exactly what to use for best results.
no poison
by: Anonymous

the microorganisms in the soil are your best help in gardening they work as a digestive organ for the plants breaking down the organic matter in the soil and turning it into food for the plants. if you put poison in your garden it would be the same as killing all the digestive enzimes in your stomach. the plant won't be able to digest nutrents.

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