When Is Killing Weeds Most Effective?
The dictionary describes a weed as either; "a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop." or "any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted." Sound familiar? This article will help you identify what type you may have encountered in your garden and, more importantly, the best way of killing weeds. Killing weeds is not as simple as it sounds. You could spend hours in the garden digging, hoeing, picking seedlings, following roots and lifting paving slabs to try and get to the bottom of the problem but there is only one solution that is almost always guaranteed to work when killing weeds, and that is using a weed killer. Before you choose which type of weed killer you need, it is best to identify the type that you have in your garden so you know when to tackle killing weeds. There are three main categories of weed: Annual - these weeds on...