8 Harmful Weeds to Remove From Garden

By MindStick

Pull chickweed clumps by hand, making sure to get the roots. Check flower beds for chickweed because it can spread to your lawn.

where it is not possible to remove bindweed roots, regular removal of new stems will suppress it.

Small plants can be physically removed using a spade or mattock. Large plants may need heavy machinery such as an excavator to remove the whole plant.

Place the plants and roots not far from where you pulled them and let them dry out completely so they die. Do not move them off-site because you risk

If an area of your lawn becomes badly infested, you may need to treat it and then replant the entire area with sod or seed

If you use herbicide in the spring or summer, it might only temporarily kill the surface leaves, allowing the plant to rebound.

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