Weeds Be Gone

Lifestyle - Huntingdon Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More: "GARDENING Keep dreaded weeds at bay
There seems to be a lot of activity this week against weeds.
I have been asked many questions at work, and I thought I could make one or two points stemming from them.
Most weed killers work best when weeds are actively growing. Night time temperatures need to be above 4C for this to happen. It's no good having warm days and cold nights. Many plants won't be convinced that conditions are right for growth.

Once they are on the move, the movement of water through plants will take with it the chemical applied and ensure its effectiveness. Applying weed killers too early could bring disappointing results as well as possibly being a waste of hard-earned cash.

Products such as sodium chlorate are a form of salt and will stay in the ground and last for at least a season, so can be put down at any time. Obviously, you need to be sure you won't want the land again for growing anything.

It is a good idea to have a separate watering can to apply weed killers. Perhaps use a red one as a warning that the container has had weed killer in it and should not be used on garden plants."more