Weed Control For The Organic Gardener

Roundup Ultra 3000 1 Litre Concentrate Weedkiller 

By Andy Machin

Weeds are the bane of every gardener. It's a stone cold fact. Gardens and weeds - you cannot have one without the other. It is no different for the organic gardener although the approach and some of the things you will use as an organic gardener to tackle your weeds is different to the traditional gardener as you will be using the natural twin attack of compost and mulch.

There is no escaping basic weed control however. You can get in to the routine of this by keeping an eye on your garden regularly and using a small hoe to cut out any small weeds you see appearing before they can grow to do any real damage. Your organic garden will have the sweet, naturally developed soil you have cultivated yourself which can make the chore easier. Do this thoroughly before applying any mulch.

When anything you have planted in your garden gets a firm hold you might think about putting down to have the effect of holding in any moisture and helping to keep weeds at bay by starving them of light. As you are gardening organically use material from natural sources. For example composted down grass cuttings or chopped leaves. This will have the added benefit of nourishing the soil as the natural mulch decomposes.

If any weeds do manage to struggle through your layer of organic mulch it is likely that they won't have got too much in the way of roots behind them and you may be able to nip them out of the soil fairly easily.

If mulching isn't practical for you then a natural alternative to protect your organic gardening principles is to use newspaper as a ground cover which will decompose naturally. Just put down four or five layers between your plants and cover with a thin covering of soil to weight it down. This has the same effect as mulching and the weeds will be starved of light and find it very difficult to grow through.

Even though the natural  Weed Control measure we have explored above should help keep the darned things down you will not get rid of weed completely. So allied with your organic measures you will still have to undertake some traditional weed control to keep your garden in tip-top shape.

This is where your friend the hoe comes to your aid again. Use it to chop off any stubborn weeds from their roots just below the surface of the soil and be sure to collect the chopped off weeds and dispose of them. Do not leave them in your garden or you will be seeing them again.

Hoeing and pulling up weeds is unfortunately manual labor and no fun. Though the satisfaction of seeing your healthy, thriving and well kept organic garden and all you grow in it will make it worthwhile. It is simply part of weed control to back up the organic mulching and composting techniques you will also use.

I hope you found this article of interest. You might also consider including a garden wormery in your garden planning. It is quick, easy, cheap and can save you money. Start to produce your very own natural compost using the power of the simple garden worm. Please download this free eBook on the subject for more information.

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Roundup Fast Action Pump 'n' Go 5 Litres Weedkiller

By debbie8355  

I've used the Roundup self pump spray on my driveway before - the 1 litre version in a red bottle which gave excellent weed killing results but also ended up giving me blisters and hand ache from the spray mechanism (added to that the liquid had a tendency to run down your arms). 1 litre would kill the weeds on a narrow strip both sides of my double length driveway.

This however is a brilliant spray design that requires no effort to use. Just pump, point and spray after assembling it with the very easy instructions on the back. No leakage or problems. All the parts are originally held together with strong plastic ties which can be chopped of with scissors or garden shears (if you have got down to your allotment and thought carp I've forgotten my scissors).

I bought a bottle of this as I had an allotment with ankle high weeds of about 30 different types. This did the job and killed everything quickly with one application except really thick leaved weeds like those giant dock leaves you are supposed to put on nettle stings and some close ground thick leaved weeds. They did look very poorly though and were easy to spot and lift from the yellow completely dead carnage around them as I hadn't got the patience to wait the extra weeks for full effect.

Once the weeds have died to a yellow carpet (takes about 3 days on my driveway, didn't go back to my allotment for 2 weeks)I found it easy to tear the weeds like a yellow carpet from the soil apart from a few dead, deep clumps which required a bit of digging.

You are meant to prime the spray with about 20 pumps. I was surprised on first use that this only gave about 4 x 3 minute sprays so I only covered about a 4m x 4m area. This was on huge tall weeds though so I was giving them an extremely thorough dousing from all angles. The instructions say it should treat 150 square metres. I'll be a bit more sparing next time.

As for the rest of the blurb on the back of the bottle amongst other things it says:

It can be used to clean up weedy ground before planting vegetables, flowers, bushes and trees, and to renovate overgrown areas.

Weeds may show first effects from a few days up to 4 weeks, depending on the weather and type of weed.

Leave weeds 7 days before digging or soil cultivation, for the weedkiller to move to the roots.

You have to be pretty strong to remove the top to refit a refill or know someone who is.

Highly recommended.

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