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Garden Weeds

The term 'garden weeds' generally refers to whatever plants are not wanted in the garden. Specifically, it tends to include aggressive plants that invade and take over the garden, or plants whose benefits are unknown. Contributors typically raise questions about a particular weed's specific identity and characteristics, natural range, environmental impact, and effective control.

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Will Crossbow weed killer kill tulips?

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No, Crossbow weed killer will not kill tulips. The herbicide in question will target woody plants, such as brush, shrubs, thickets and trees. It will not touch edibles or ornamentals, such as flowers, grasses, herbs and vegetables.

How do you keep weeds from growing in planted areas?

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you need some ground cover, either plants or something like bark or pebles. it stops sunlight which the weeds need to germinate. of course this does not prevent all weeds you will have to do some weeding only significantly less.

How do you get rid of smartweed?

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Bulldozing, burning, mowing, roto-tilling, solarizing, and spraying are ways to get rid of fireweed. The Epilobiumgenus member in question reproduces by running roots and wildlife- and wind-dispersed seeding. Bulldozing or burning combined with mowing and spraying tends to eliminmate the honey-nectar-rich, wildlife-friendly wildflower even though fireweed is so-called for its quick emergence and takeover of land clearcut by loggers or ravaged by forest fires.

How does auxin kill weeds?

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It is by accelerating internal growth that synthetic auxin kills weeds.

Specifically, a plant's life-sustaining energy is prioritized among a number of critical processes, such as flowering, leafing, rooting and shooting. A synthetic auxin occupies a plant's meristematic cells, which coordinate overall plant growth rates. A plant that grows too fast will have leaves that are lush and stems that are tall before either plant part is capable of supporting wider surface areas. The synthetic auxins in the herbicide 2,4-D will so overwhelm and weaken a plant that the weed will die from life-sustaining processes not being supported in the proper order.

What ingredients does roundup have in it?

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The active ingredient in Roundup Ready to Use is 2.0% Glyphosate and 2.0% Pelargonic acid and related fatty acids... 2.0%

How does pigweed kill?

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Bulldozing, controlled burns, manual and mechanical removal, pre- and post-emergent herbicides, smother-cropping, and soil-amending are ways to get rid of pigweed. The Amaranthaceae family member in question can be controlled by hand-pulling and hoeing smaller areas. Smother-cropping with buckwheat before seeding to winter rye works in rural areas and on farmlands.

How does vinegar kills weeds?

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becase vinegar is a

Can you mix flea and tick killer spray with weed killer?

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You can, but you might want to check with a garden store before you do because you can cause problems by mixing certain chemicals. They might have something already made for that purpose. "Agent Orange" was basically just a mix of two kinds of weed and woody plant killers.

Should you try weed?

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No. In most countries, weed, or marajuana, is illegal, and is considered a drug. it is damaging you your lungs, and can have serious effects on your brain and heart in large doses.

What are some consequences for humans because of Kudzu?

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Kudzu's root, flower, and leaf are used to make medicine. It has been used in Chinese medicine since at least 200 BC. As early as 600 AD, it was used to treat alcoholism.

Today, kudzu is used to treat alcoholism and to reduce symptoms of alcohol hangover, including headache, upset stomach, dizziness, and vomiting. Kudzu is also used for heart and circulatory problems, including high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and chest pain; for upper respiratory problems including sinus infections, the common cold, hay fever, flu, and swine flu; and for skin problems, including allergic skin rash, itchiness, and psoriasis.

Some people use kudzu for menopause symptoms, muscle pain, measles, dysentery,stomach pain (gastritis), fever, diarrhea, thirst, neck stiffness, and to promote sweating. Other oral uses include treatment of polio myelitis, encephalitis, migraine, deafness,diabetes, and traumatic injuries.

How do you know if weeds are female or male plants?

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Clusters of flowers known as buds or colas only occur on female or hermaphrodite plants. Hermaphrodites are plants that are part male, part female. If you want sinsemilla buds, make sure you only have pure females. Plants in constant light can sometimes start to show some pre-flowers after only a few weeks of growth. Usually though it takes a change in light cycle to trigger the plants into full reproductive mode. Most varieties of marijuana require 12 hours of darkness per day to induce their flowering cycles. Sativa varieties sometimes need more. Indica varieties can sometimes take less. Ruderalis varieties can flower whatever. Early female marijuana flowers look like little furry hairs, usually white, but they can be other colors. Early male flowers look a bit like small bunches of mini green bananas. Look near the leaf joins on your plants to see them emerging. Even pure female plants have the potential to turn male or hermaphrodite. This can happen if the plant is stressed too much through bad treatment or if chemicals are applied to the plant to induce male flowering.

What household products kill weeds?

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There are any number of herbicides that will kill dandelions. The trick is finding one that will not kill the good grass around the dandelions. The oldest and most reliable one is called 2,4D. Some people will tell you that 2,4D is "Agent Orange" of Vietnam infamy. Not quite. "Agent Orange" was a chemical mixture called "2,4D with Silvex", and is not available to homeowners.

Properly used, 2,4D has a very long track record of safety and effectiveness. It is the "plus 2" in the granular lawn product "Turf Builder plus 2".

What is the best way to prevent weeds from growing in your garden?

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A lawn mower and the appropriate herbicide are used for weeding the grassy area that surrounds the garden. For the less weeds that are in the immediate area of the garden, the less likely there are of weed seeds being in the garden. A weed-eater and a brush application of the appropriate herbicide also are used in the border areas between the garden and the wider plot. And mulch, a hoe, and an edible plant friendly herbicide are used within the garden.

What makes a plant a weed?

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What makes a weed a weed is that a weed is an unplanned plant such as a dandelion. Even a useful plant is a weed if it comes up in the wrong place but most weeds are plants that have no use to humans and interfere in some way with human intentions.

How do weeds help the earth?

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Weeds serve as easily established, easily uprooted ground cover. They provide food, and shelter, for wildlife. They hold banks together, against erosion. They grow in poor soil. They give seasonal color and interest. They engage in photosynthesis. So they take in carbon dioxide from, and add oxygen to, the air. They decompose, and add to soil biomass. When weeds protect from erosion, they help the fish.

What weed killer to use around the base of a hedge?

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Roundup can be used if you are careful when applying it. Do not get any on the leaves of the hedge. Since you're weed problem is at the base of the hedge this product may work. Roundup is a systemic herbicide; that is, the poison is carried through the plants system fist by entering the leaf and then destroying the plants roots.

What is the best organic weed killer for clover?

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Try alfalfa seeds.

Dig it up completely and replace the soil. There are not too many grasses that will displace clover. If the grass is bare around a yard that has lots of trees, you might consider keeping the clover--at least it is green!

What are the characteristics of kudzu?

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It looks just like any ground ivy ... except it grows upwards to cover everything:

trees, telephone poles, structures, bushes.

And it kills any plant it covers, so you get dead branches under the ivy.

Can weeds grow on rocks?

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Yes, weeds can grow on rocks. Weeds may be defined as those plants whose benefit to humans is forgotten or unknown. They tend to be recognized by their ability to grow well where cultivated and ornamental plants may do poorly. But in the specific case of rocks, there are native and 'alpine' plants that handle rocky environments just as well as weeds do.

Why can you spray an herbicide in your lawn and only kill the weeds?

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That it is a target weed-killer describes why herbicide can be sprayed in a lawn and only kill the weeds. Herbicides have active and inert ingredients, with some of the former controlling specific weeds and nothing else. Active ingredients function effectively when they leave minimal or no impacts, excluding their targets, on the environment and its animal, people and plant occupants.

What are the disadvantages of weed?

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you get lazy and hungry and high just don't do it

Will soapy water kill weeds?

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No. Soap is often an ingredient in organic insecticides. It is also an ingredient in many herbicides, but, I believe, only as a "sticky" agent to help the herbicide stick to the foliage. == ==

Is milkweed plant a monocot?

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No, the milkweed plant is not a monocot. The plant in question (Asclepias) instead numbers among the world's dicot. It produces two seed leaves, not one, and therefore receives the dicotyledon, not the monocotyledon, classification.

How many different types of garden weeds are there?

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The number of different types of garden weeds only can be answered most accurately on a case-by-case basis. The number depends upon the definition being used, with the description ranging from a plant whose value is irrelevant, lost, misunderstood or unknown to any plant that is where the gardener does not want it to be or that jeopardizes environmental and human well-being. It therefore may range from only those that harm people, pets, structures and wildlife to thousands of native and non-native plants that seem not to hesitate about taking over space without any sign of sharing, as mentioned by Richard Dickinson and France Royer in their Weeds of North America from 2014.

What is the significance of the herbicide resistant weed?

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The biggest disadvantage is the potential for creating herbicide-resistant weeds. This is happening right now in the US. Some parts of the country, particularly in the south, have now identified at least 15 separate weed species which are resistant to the herbicide glyphosate (one brand name is Roundup).