"Removing the weeds, putting fresh soil about the bean stems, and encouraging this weed which I had sown, making the yellow soil express its summer thought in bean leaves and blossoms rather than in wormwood and piper and millet grass, making the earth say beans instead of grass, - this w...
Rogers LH, Gall OE and Barnette RM, 1939: The zinc content of weeds and volunteer grasses and planted land covers. Soil Sci 47, 237-243.Rogers , L. H., O. E. Gall and R. M. Barnette : The zinc content of weeds and volunteer grasses and planted land covers. Soil Sci. 47...
You also will not want to spread preen anywhere close to where you are trying to grow grass seed as it also will not germinate. Regular Maintenance is Key: As with all things in life, regular maintenance is the key to long-term success. It might take several months, or even a ...
Several mulches of natural, synthetic, or blends of natural and synthetic fibers were tested around newly planted loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings on a sheared and windrowed site in central Louisiana, USA. The vegetation was primarily winter annuals, some residual grasses and forbs, and...
A mixture of one cup of salt dissolved in 2 cups of hot water will also work. Be careful not to get the above homemade weed killers on your grass or desirable plants in your borders and beds as these natural solutions can't tell the difference between weeds and plants you want to keep...
) of oxalis, creeping Charlie, and various grasses. Also weeds parading as asparagus, self-sown plants. This, even though I planted all male varieties. Any batch of male plants typically has a certain, low percentage of female plants. (Still, my garden is weed-less even if it’s not ...
After Christmas at Kew on the evening of New Year’s Day, it was time to admire the gardens by day, particularly the newly planted winter garden. I popped back yesterday morning to see that the plants in this image from a year ago have filled out considerably. Fridays mornings at NT Ost...
My relationship with Mexican feathergrass (Nassella tenuissima or Stipa tenuissima) started off in the early 1990s. Like most people who’ve planted it, I saw it at the nursery with its stalks weaving delicately in its beguiling come-hither way and fell in love. I bought two. At first thi...
Will it rain again, will the sun come out or will we all be blown away by the wind? That’s the questions on our mind whilst in the garden just. We’ve already stopped mowing half way through doing the grass in the back because of the heavy showers. ...
F. Polk, “Smooth Pigweed Interference in Newly Planted Peach Trees,” Journal of Production Agriculture, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1993, pp. 244-246. [17] S. C. Weller, W. A. Skroch and T. J. Monaco, “Common Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) Interference in Newly Planted Peach (Prunus ...