weeds in your lawn -Reply
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- Subject: weeds in your lawn -Reply
- From: S* S*
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:03:27 -0800
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Sally, that was a great post, I really appreciate the
information. Unfortunately for me, you didn't
mention the white clover I have.
I am not a purist in my lawn, and prefer to garden
organically. So I really don't mind the clover in the
lawn except that it runs into my flower beds and I
draw the line there!
Any suggestions for the white clover problem?
Susan Saxton
For mine is just a little old-fashioned garden where
the flowers come together to praise the Lord and
teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
1835-1894
>>> sally knauss <sjknauss@webtv.net> 01/26/99
10:32am >>>
Hi all,
A good book on weeds is The Gardener's
Weed Book by Barbara
Pleasant. Last year, I gave a program on weeds to
several groups in my
area. I'm no expert, but I thought I'd pass this on
anyway.
The 8 ways to get rid of weeds are:
1. Herbicides - corn glunten meal
2. Solerize
3. Deadheading
4. Choke them out - cover crops or dinse planting
5. Hoe
6. Pull
7. Dig
8. Mulch
Use weeds as soil indicators. Look for more than
one weed type in large
populations that like the same conditions, and
consider their health.
The healthier the weeds, the better.
(this is good to know if you plan on buying a new
house or lot)
Soggy soil- Dock, Horsetail, Foxtail, Willow, Ox-eye
Daisey, Goldenrod,
Poison Hemlock, Rushes, Sedges and Joe-pye
Weed.
Compacted soil - Chicory and Bindweed.
Hard Crust - Quack Grass and Mustard.
Acidic soil - Dandelions, Sorrel, Mullein, Stinging
Nettle and Wild
Pansy.
Alkaline soil - Peppergrass, Salad Burnet, Scarlet
Pimpernel, Campion,
Stinkweed and Nodding Thistle.
Poor soil - Daiseys, Wild Carrot, Mugwort,
Common Mullein, Wild Parsnip,
Wild Radish and Biennial Wormwood.
Rich soil - Chickweed, Henbit and Lambs Quarters.
High in Nitrogen - Red Root Pigweed.
High in Potassium - Knapweed and Red Clover.
High in Phosphorus - Purslan and Mustard
Dont'worry about the clover in the lawn, it's fixing
the nitrogen in
your soil and actually doing you a favor.
Sally
zone 6, west KY
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