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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.
438 Questions
How was kudzu introduced to Kentucky?
Kudzu was considered to be a good bankholder against erosion, a good cover crop between plantings, and a good soil builder. For kudzu is a legume, which are the nitrogen fixers of the plant world. Nitrogen fixing bacteria, nematodes and plants turn nitrogen that's present in the soil, but unavailable to plants, into soluble nitrogen. For nitrogen must be soluble, to be taken up as the water and nutrients that roots need to send up to shoots, for photosynthesis. Plants need 16-17 nutrients for growth and survival. And nitrogen is in the top most needed of those nutrients. For these reasons, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted kudzu along highways in the Southern States. Also during the depression of the 1930s, the Soil Conservation Service paid farmers $8.00 for every acre that was planted with the purported aesthetic, environmentally friendly plant. And key newspapers and key nurseries promoted the plant's use.
How do you use bleach to kill weeds?
Yes, bleach is an effective weed-killer. But it must be applied judiciously through the use of an environmentally-friend brand and with limited applications since it also may damage and kill anything else growing in the immediate area.
How do you kill weeds permanently?
That depends on what kind of weeds they are. If they are "broad leaf" weeds, you can use a herbicide like Killex that is for broad leaf weeds only. That means that it won't kill your grass. If it is a mixture of broad leafed weeds and grassy weeds, and you aren't worried about killing your lawn (as in you want to kill everything that's there), you can use a broad spectrum herbicide like Roundup. There are also soil sterilizers out there, but if you use one of those, be prepared that you won't be able to plant ANYTHING there and expect it to grow for at least a year, possibly more.
What weed is called the Irish daisy?
The common dandelion is the weed that is called the Irish daisy.
Specifically, the plant in question carries the scientific name Taraxacum officinale. It has a number of common names in honor of its beautiful, bright yellow top. One of the common names is "blowball" or "clock" in honor of the yellow flower head turning into a lovely round ball of silver-tufted fruit.
What is the name for chemicals used to kill weeds?
A Bordeaux mixture of copper sulfate and lime kills fungal pests on grapes and melons. Carbaryl or Malathion kills insect pests by causing nerve damage and disrupting life sustaining nerve impulses. Metaldehyde kills slugs and snails in the same way.
It always is important to read labels and follow proper procedures and instructions when mixing, applying and storing chemicals. Specifically, some chemicals are more indiscriminate, long lasting, powerful or toxic than others. For example, metaldehyde effectively stops slug and snail damage to edibles. But there must be no contact between it and children or domestic animals.
Flowers, leaves, roots, and stems are ways in which pond weed is adapted to live in a pond. The flowers grow at the top to facilitate seed dispersal, the leaves have a surface which handles filtered light for photosynthesis, the roots manage to survive 24-7 moisture -- which many plants dislike -- , and the stems perfect flexibility to move with currents. The stems in fact serve to epitomize the adaptation since on land their flexible, go-with-the-flow structure would lead them to unproductively splatter all over the ground.
What are the various ways of controlling weeds?
Some ways of controlling weeds are:
- Use mulch
- Interplant a low-growing ground cover with other plants
- Spray the weeds with synthetic herbicides
- Pull weeds by hand
How do you kill weeds without damaging brick walkway?
Use a product like WeedBGone (spelling?) or pour bleach into a spray bottle and very carefully spray the weeds.
By what means of reproduction do weeds spread?
Accidentally, intentionally, and vicariously are ways in which people can spread seeds. Accidents happen when clothing and footwear catch seeds as people ambulate through home- and land-scapes whereas intent and third-partying will be involved when people respectively cultivate plants and encourage fruit-eating, seed-dispersing wildlife.
What is the bloom time for milkweed?
April through July is the bloom time for buttercups [Ranunculus spp]. The hairy plant stems grow 2 - 3 feet [60.96 centimeters - 0.9144 meters] tall. At the top are glossy yellow flowers that have five petals.
The plant's bright, attractive flowers attract insects. But otherwise, nature tends to be wary of the beautiful buttercup. The reason lies in the bitter juice that the plant contains and that can be quite an irritant. Precisely because of that irritation, cows won't go anywhere there are buttercups!
Using salt water to kill weeds in the garden?
Salt kills any plant by causing water to move out of their root cells instead of in. This causes cells to die, and if enough are damaged, the whole plant will too. It makes them appear 'burnt' in much the same way as too much fertilizer will.
Animals, controlled burns, hands, herbicides, pruners, shovels, and trowels are ways of removing weeds. Weeds can be displaced by excavating equipment, grazing animals, and persistent treatments of applied weedkillers, monitored fires, and severe trimming.
How do weeds compete with crop plant for resources?
Weeds steal the nutrients from the soil that the crops need. Some weeds grow so thick that they choke out the crop. If the weeds get tall enough, they will shade out the crops so that they can not get the sunlight they need.
What is in home-made weed-killer?
Salt and vinegar are what is in homemade weed-killers. Salt deprives weeds of moistures and puts uncomfortable crystals in the ground whereas white distilled vinegar's acetic acid makes the ground far too acidic for weeds to survive.
When did crops become resistant to herbicides?
The big advantage for farmers in making crops resistant to herbicides is that certain herbicides could then be used to remove all weeds in one go meaning less spraying. Normally herbicides would damage the crops as much as the weeds so its of huge benefit if they are resistant.
What is the recipe for killing weeds using orange juice and vinegar?
A description of ingredients and procedures for exterminating undesirable plants functions as a recipe for a weed killer. The description may be found on a store-bought product or preserved as a home-made remedy. Non-organic and organic store-bought herbicides respectively possess such active ingredients as glyphosate and d-Limonene (citrus oil) whereas a tablespoon (14.79 milliliters) of liquid dish detergent, salt or vinegar in a quart (0.95 liter) or gallon (3.79 liters) of water represents a home-made weed-killer.
Contributing to landscape interest, functioning as food sources, preventing soil erosion, providing practical products for daily life, and repelling pests count among what milkweed does. The plant in question (Asclepias) has bitter, off-putting, toxic alkaloids and cardenolids in all body parts -- except nectar and pollen -- to be applied against such pests as wireworms and in traditional poison-tipped arrows. At the same time, the wildflower provides fibers for cordage, fresh shoots for consumption after three or four boilings, and seed silk for hypoallergenic filling and insulation.
How is salt used for weed control?
It is by dehydration that salt water kills weeds.
Specifically, the salt in salt water can dry out weeds. Weeds that are dehydrated cannot develop properly. A plant that is dried out will exhibit deformed, stunted growth before expiring.
Yes, a water beetle eats pond weed. The aquatic plants in question fill such important environmental roles as anchoring pond bottoms with roots and releasing oxygen into pond waters in the course of photosynthetic interactions with sunlight. They additionally serve as food sources to a pond's macro- and micro-invertebrates.
What is the name of a weed that starts with the letter n?
Nandina is a weed. It is invasive in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida.
How can gout weed be eliminated?
Extreme light or shade, herbicide schedules, severe cutbacks, and soil solarization are ways to eliminate gout weed. The Aegopodium genus in question may be controlled by exposure to deep shade or to full sun. The perennial in question also reacts fatally to the buzz-cuts of severe mows or trims and to suffocation from non-organic or organic mulches and weighted down black plastic sheeting.
How do I get rid of weeds in the winter?
Apart from a total renovation, simply follow the schedule of activities posted at your local home and garden supplier. There are specific requirements for your location or zone. If you follow these steps dutifully you will restore your lawn, however, this will take time, patience and expense. If you are serious, you must be willing to make the effort to do it right, which means you must not skimp on required steps. I wish you good luck but you're better served by hard work.
