Weeds--pull or not?
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- Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 05:41:14 -0700
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i also understand that ground that is with weeds or plant cover loses
moisture faster than bare soil...
al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: F. Drew Leyda [l*@valunet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 10:08 PM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Mid-Atlantic & Weeds--pull or not?
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> >About weeds, I recall hearing a few years back that it
> >was all right to leave them in place once the wanted
> >plants were well established; that they shade the
> >ground somewhat in the summer and pulling them out
> >disturbs the roots of the wanted plants
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> Weeds will suck up water and nutrients. Want you do is chop them off at
> ground level with a hoe. That is what a hoe is for.
>
> drew
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