How do you stir the soil without uprooting your lettuce? Some of these tigernut weeds roots moves so it's not easy to remove with bear hands, u may end up leaving the roots underground.
It depends on the space available between one plant and another as well as the kind of plant you are growing. If the space between plants is close, you might disturb your plant roots by stirring.
Some people boil the soil. This kills all pest and weed seeds in the soil. But this will make sense if you are growing in a small pot or two. In essence the more space you need the more soil to boil. Disadvantage Boiling kills the beneficial insects as well. Herbicide can be used but in organic farming, that is not encouraged unless it is not organic gardening you are doing.
The weeds are really persistent. The stirring loosen the soil making it easy for the weeds to be removed. Make sure you do not leave the removed weeds in the soil for mulching purposes because these kind of weeds never die they will regermination ones they are left in the soil
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How do you stir the soil without uprooting your lettuce?
Some of these tigernut weeds roots moves so it's not easy to remove with bear hands, u may end up leaving the roots underground.
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Very enlightening! Does this also apply for potted plants?
It depends on the space available between one plant and another as well as the kind of plant you are growing. If the space between plants is close, you might disturb your plant roots by stirring.
And my final question is, how do u prevent these weeds from growing in the first place.
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Some people boil the soil. This kills all pest and weed seeds in the soil. But this will make sense if you are growing in a small pot or two. In essence the more space you need the more soil to boil.
Disadvantage
Boiling kills the beneficial insects as well.
Herbicide can be used but in organic farming, that is not encouraged unless it is not organic gardening you are doing.
Stirring should be done few inches away from your lettuce using a hand fork.
The weeds are really persistent. The stirring loosen the soil making it easy for the weeds to be removed. Make sure you do not leave the removed weeds in the soil for mulching purposes because these kind of weeds never die they will regermination ones they are left in the soil
@@Komla-The-City-Farmer thank you, please next time can you do a practical demonstration of what u talk about? For us to visualize it. Thank you so much
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