Weed control in veggie garden

Put down black plastic mulch prior to planting

There are options, but all of them have very long pre-harvest intervals, so if you aren't 30 days out from harvest your only option is round-up with hooded sprayers.

I cut the bottom of a milk jug and use it a a hood.

After I plant I fill up the garden with oak leaves. Put them between rows all the way up to the plant. It keeps the weeds down a bit, keeps soil moist so less watering plus they will rot by fall making compost to improve soil. I dont rake leaves either I ride around with a trailer in spring and pick them up off the curbs....let others do the work for you.

looks like you just need to break out the

Have you ever used a push pull hoe. They go by a lot of different names. I bought a cheap one from Lowes and it works well. I wish I would have researched them more and bought a better quality one.
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I use that and it's great. If you start and use it once every 10 days or so, you'll keep weeds manageable.

Yeah, I broke the handle on my hoe a while back. I need to get a new one, but always forget when I'm at the store. I may try the roundup with a hood over the sprayer. That is probably the easiest thing to start with.

I love to use grass clippings around my maters. put several inches of it out to the dripline of the plant.

Profit.


Keeps weeds out, moisture in and with grass being high in nitrogen it puts that back into the soil as it decomposes.

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Never heard of putting mulch on a veggie garden...

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leaves

free organic mulch that breaks down into free organic compost

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After I plant I fill up the garden with oak leaves. Put them between rows all the way up to the plant. It keeps the weeds down a bit, keeps soil moist so less watering plus they will rot by fall making compost to improve soil. I dont rake leaves either I ride around with a trailer in spring and pick them up off the curbs....let others do the work for you.

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I did that in the fall in prep for the garden this spring. There's a huge oak in my front yard. After every last one of them dropped, I got my blower out and blew them down the hill into a huge pile. Used a flat shovel and an old trash can and carried about a dozen cans full down and dumped them. Chopped them up some with the shovel while I was filling the can so I could take less trips. Then I let it sit all winter and tilled it into the dirt when I was tilling for planting. I think I'm going to keep a separate pile off to the side this fall to use in the spring next year. Thanks for the tip.