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Literally every gardener understands how many problems and troubles weeds cause in the garden. Sometimes the fight against them turns into a real war. Some resort to modern approaches, but they are not available to everyone. For this reason, there is a need to find folk remedies for weed. In this article we will tell you about interesting methods and means. You will learn how to destroy weeds in the garden using folk remedies.
Methods of destruction
Today there are 2 main means of how to destroy these pests in the garden, namely chemical and mechanical methods. In the case of a mechanical one, the plot of land/vegetable garden is mowed or weeded. However, you should not assume that after the first weeding, your lawn or garden will no longer be attacked by weeds. Mechanical pest control must be carried out regularly. This is especially true for weeds such as bindweed, woodlice, dandelion.
Thus, mechanical removal of weeds is carried out using a garden fork or other convenient material. A special tool is needed here, since this work is painstaking. When removing weeds, it is important to be careful not to disturb the soil too much.
Concerning chemical method, special herbicides are used here. These remedies allow you to cope with a serious problem, even if it has already dragged on for quite some time. However, their use is only permissible if the lawn is already sufficiently strengthened. Therefore, if you have just planted a lawn, then you can use these preparations at least after one year. But not every type of lawn is able to cope with this type of preparation.
Moreover, the use of special drugs to kill weeds requires special care. For example, it is important to consider the following recommendations:
- After using a chemical, you can mow the lawn only after three days.
- You can use special products only in weather when there is no wind.
As you can see, all this requires a special approach. For this reason, weed control with folk remedies sometimes comes to the fore. Let's look at several ways. Moreover, a lawn is significantly different from a vegetable garden.
Folk remedies
If you look into the methods of folk control for exterminating pests in the garden, you can find many interesting methods on how to completely remove weeds from your plot and garden. Let's look at some of the common folk remedies for destroying these plants.
Alcohol. If you are interested in ensuring that the crops in your garden grow well and are not overgrown with harmful plants, then it is necessary to carry out disinfection. For this, regular alcohol is used. It should be diluted with water 1 to 10. Using this solution, it is necessary to treat all the ground where there are often weeds in the garden.If everything goes well, then pests may not grow on such land for about one year.
Herbicidal soap. Another equally effective way to remove weeds from the garden is the use of herbicidal soap. You can do it yourself, and then spray it evenly over all the existing weeds. This composition can be made with your own hands. To do this, use grated laundry soap, vinegar, and salt. All these components are thoroughly mixed.
Vinegar and salt. Of course, the use of purchased herbicides is an effective solution. However, many weed control products cost a lot of money. For this reason, many people prefer folk remedies when fighting weeds in the garden. Moreover, chemistry does not always have a positive effect on the soil itself. For this reason, many gardeners use regular acetic acid. So, for beds you need to use a 5% solution. If it is necessary to remove large pests, then a more effective remedy may be required, namely vinegar and salt. Making it yourself shouldn’t be too difficult. Pour 4 liters of vinegar into a bucket. It should have 9%. Add half a glass of salt and liquid soap to this liquid. This entire mixture must be mixed thoroughly. Application is carried out, as with all other methods, areas affected by harmful plants are sprayed with this mixture.
As for processing time, it is best to do this work early in the morning, when there is no strong sunlight.
Weed control on the lawn
It’s clear how to fight weeds in the garden using traditional methods. Now we will briefly tell you how to get rid of them on the lawn. After all, many summer residents grow a lawn in their yard. It’s worth noting right away that this is a long process and requires patience. There are annual plants. Therefore, it is enough to mow them immediately along with the grass before they bloom. In this case, they will not have time to produce seeds and scatter them throughout the lawn. And although with this option they will not disappear completely, it will weaken significantly.
Among other things, there are also creeping weeds. Such pests in the garden or lawn are not mowed, but grow on the ground. The fight against them becomes more difficult. As a rule, these are bindweed, woodlice and the like. To combat them, it is necessary to weed with a rake or a special garden fork.
If we talk about the most dangerous weed, then this is a perennial. It has strong roots. For example, chamomile sow thistle, plantain, dandelion. A regular mower won't even take them. Therefore, this type of weed should be removed exclusively by hand. No folk remedies will even come to the rescue here.
Get rid of weeds forever
Someone may object, but is it really possible to destroy harmful plants forever using folk remedies? Today there are traditional weed killers. Earlier we told you about such folk remedies. Now we will also pay attention to the question of how to fight weeds in the garden so that they do not come back.
The most accessible folk material is salt. This folk remedy for weeds in the garden costs the least. So, sprinkle salt around the garden bed and soon you won’t see weeds there.In this case, it is necessary to retreat at least 300 mm from the growing crop. Add a small amount of salt.
Another budget-friendly folk remedy for how some people fight weeds is to use baking soda. Its application is very simple. Mix baking soda with water and pour the solution over a small weed. As with the use of salt, the distance from the crop plant should be at least 300 mm.
Among the folk remedies for how to deal with weeds in the garden and paths, vinegar is used. We can safely say that the use of this liquid will completely destroy the plant. However, when using it, it is important to be careful, because there is always a risk of accidentally touching a cultivated plant.
Many people fight weeds and grass using sawdust or paper. How? Preparations for the fight to destroy weeds should begin in the fall. The edge of the bed should be covered with sawdust. After one year, the sawdust can be dug up with soil, and new ones can be poured in their place.
As you can see, there are different folk methods of struggle. In any case, you shouldn’t give up if you don’t succeed at first. If folk remedies do not help, then you can use special medications. They can be found in large quantities in specialized stores. However, do not rush to use chemicals that can harm the entire soil.First, try all available and simple folk remedies for exterminating the pest, and then move on to the “heavy artillery.”
Conclusion
So, here we have looked at all the features of folk methods of how to completely get rid of and destroy weeds in the garden. Of course, the work is not easy, but the results are completely worth it.
