Weeding Made Easy, Gardening Tips to Control Weeds

Last Updated on April 8, 2022 by Real Men Sow

Oh, weeds. The sun is out, and the weeds are back. Weeding tasks seem to be endless when we are planting in our allotment. Winter had lulled me into a false sense of security and I’d forgotten about them, lurking under the soil ready and waiting to make allotment life as tricky as possible.

Importance of Weeding

Unfortunately, we’ll never beat the weeds. These things are indestructible. They’re fit to survive a nuclear winter, and as long as the sun is coming up, the weeds will be the bain of an allotment holder’s life. So, what do we do? Well, the simple answer is to pick them out. One horrible little weed at a time. Here are 7 tips to make weeding that little bit easier.

How To Make Weeding Easier

Identify Weeds

Now that you understand why you need to keep weeding as a regular habit, learning the types of weeds will help you identify them too. For this reason, I wrote about the 10 most common weed types to help your gardening plans too.

How to Weed a Garden?

Learn your veg seedlings from your weeds!

When veg plants and weeds are at the seedling stage, it can be difficult to tell which is which (my lovely wife made this mistake when weeding carrots – angry, of course, I wasn’t… honest).

Most seed packets will have a photo of the seedling, so keep them handy for when you need to weed your row.

Get the root out

Removing the whole root is really importing as snipping off the top won’t necessarily kill the weed. Some weeds can regrow from bits of root left in the ground, so do your best to get the whole thing out.

Some taproots can grow to a foot in length, which means you’ll need a trowel or even a spade for the extra big guns.

H0w Often Should You Weed Your Garden

A great mantra for anything to do with allotmenteering, and no exception where weeds are concerned. There is nothing more disheartening than leaving the plot for a week mid-Summer and coming back to a jungle. You’ll end up spending a whole day weeding when you could be enjoying the weather and doing other fun stuff.

Buy a hoe

Avoid the back-breaking bending over by flicking the weeds out with a hoe. You still might have to bend down for the weeds growing in amongst your seedlings, but you can get rid of the ones in between rows easily with a hoe.

Leave the removed weeds in the sun

During Summer, save time by removing the weeds and leaving them laying where you pulled them. The hot Summer sun will kill weeds off in no time at all.

Should you Compost after Weeding your Garden?

I know plotholders who compost down everything, including their weeds. I prefer to keep my compost bins free of weeds as I reckon they’re perfect environments for weeds to revitalise themselves and end up back in your soil.

Real Men Sow
Real Men Sow

Hello, I’m Pete and I’m currently based in the west of Scotland, in a small place called Rosneath, where I’m exploring my garden adventures. I personally started gardening around 6 years ago and initially, I started out by growing my favorite fruits and berries, such as strawberries, Raspberries & Gooseberries. Since then I’ve added a lot of vegetables and working closely with my neighbor, it’s been a lot of fun.

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