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title: "8 Harmful Weeds to Remove From Garden"  
description: "Once the poisonous plants are removed, be sure to dispose of them away from other plants."  
author: "Sangeeta Kumari"  
published: 2024-08-11  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4554/8-harmful-weeds-to-remove-from-garden  
category: "health and fitness"  
tags: ["Harmful plants in a garden"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 8 Harmful Weeds to Remove From Garden

![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/a86f9480-d5f6-4336-8a8c-953b2eebf5bd.jpeg) If the poison is produced by the plant itself, such as oxalic acid in the green portions of rhubarb, you don't eat the toxic parts ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/eb576a89-3de5-41cd-b1b3-a6f5b8d60156.jpeg) Pull chickweed clumps by hand, making sure to get the roots. Check flower beds for chickweed because it can spread to your lawn. ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/51b77ec4-0065-4134-ab44-cbbb38f4a524.jpeg) where it is not possible to remove bindweed roots, regular removal of new stems will suppress it. ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/e158d60d-ff81-420c-adbf-00b5a1c2b7a2.jpeg) 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. ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/a14e6f95-bf44-4b0b-b734-7ac149675eeb.jpeg) 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 ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/b30a35ff-9766-4084-8ad8-c830b8163559.jpeg) 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 ![Harmful weeds](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cc427cf9-ab95-4fe1-ad5d-d9f44b153373/images/59058283-f441-4f8d-a430-c70e4f213158.jpeg) 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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