Weed Control

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Originally Posted by alamo5000

I am barely learning enough about tomatoes, much less weeds LOL!

I have no idea what kind of weeds they are. Plus its the middle of winter so I can't go snap a photo.

From what I recall the 'stalks' if the weeds are round... kind of like hay but other than that I don't know what to tell you.

If it is hay like then it could be Johnson grass which happens to be one the top 10 weed list by the US government.

Or it could be Giant Rag Weed
The latter is easily eradicated by just pulling up.

From what you say it sounds like Johnson grass. this stuff is a real bugger to get rid of.
It has rhizomes in the soil that can do for many feet away from the plant.

The best way to none chemically get rid of it is to kepp it cut down to the ground. in this way it will starve out the rhizomes and they will eventually die.

Here is a picture.

Giant ragweed looks like this.



There is another weed I call beggars lice that looks like a young carrot but has little burs that when they get in your socks you might as well throw them away.

I have yet to find a picture of the weed.Tthen there is sorrel and dock.

Sorrel.

Dock




Both sorrel and dock are eatable at the you stage befoer the put out seed shoots. they are both of the Rumex genus.

You guys have some stuff up there that stops growing about 100 miles north of me that looks like a big light pale green fuzzy thing with big leavs that sets low to the ground and puts up a seed shoot in the late summer.
I dont know what it is.

And last but not least is crab grass.


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