Putting salt on asparagus to keep weeds down (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LNasI0m6SbQ)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\nBest Ways To Keep Weeds Out Of Vegetable Patch<\/h2>\n
Unfortunately, the best way to keep weeds out of a veg patch is to remove them by hand. There are, luckily, many implements and tools that make weed removal easier – but still the best way is to remove them, roots and all.<\/p>\n
You can, if you are of a pyromaniac disposition, use a small flame gun to kill your weeds. This is an effective – and fun – way of removing your weeds, but you do have to be careful that you don\u2019t damage any nearby plants that you want to keep.<\/p>\n
Boiling water is also effective as a weed control; simply pour a small amount of water from a boiled kettle onto the weeds that you want to get rid of, and try to avoid the plants close by that you don\u2019t want to kill.<\/p>\n
Covering the areas around the plants you want to keep is a good method; you can cut holes that your vegetables can grow through to get the sunlight they need, while cutting it off from the ones that you don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n
Natural Weed Killing Solutions<\/h2>\n
It is not recommended to use weed killers on any part of your garden, because it can be very harmful to the ecosystem. Luckily, there are a great many natural solutions to your weed problem that won\u2019t harm your asparagus.<\/p>\n
1. Seaweed<\/h3>\n
Laying down seaweed in the winter will not only fertilize your soil and give nutrients to the growing plants, but the salt contained within the seaweed will help to keep the weeds down.<\/p>\n
2. Weed Covering Fabric<\/h3>\n
You can buy this useful thing from many gardening stores or online; it covers the ground around the plants you want to grow, and chokes the weeds because they won\u2019t receive any sunlight.<\/p>\n
3. Manual Weeding<\/h3>\n
Ok, it\u2019s not the most glamorous solution – but pulling out your weeds by hand is a very effective way of removing weeds from your asparagus patch.<\/p>\n
4. Salt<\/h3>\n
Because asparagus is a more salt-hardy plant than many others, you can use salt to keep weeds down near your plant without worrying that it will damage your asparagus.<\/p>\n
Companion Planting With Asparagus To Keep Weeds Down<\/h2>\n
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Companion planting is a great way to grow your vegetables. It can encourage diversity, help get rid of pests, and it can also help to keep weeds down.<\/p>\n
Companion planting can also encourage the growth of the plants and improve your final crops – as long as you plant the right plants with their suitable companions, that is!<\/p>\n
Asparagus is paired perfectly with parsley <\/strong>and tomatoes<\/strong>, as these two plants can help to reduce the risk of pests, weeds and disease affecting your asparagus beds. The asparagus can also help keep pests away from your tomatoes.<\/p>\nCompanion planting is an easy way to keep weeds and pests away, and it can give you better crops that if you were to do nothing. Give it a try – you might well get the best results you\u2019ve ever had!<\/p>\n
Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n
Weeds, in any vegetable patch, can be a big problem. Fortunately, as you can see, there are many ways to keep weeds out of your asparagus, and give them the best fighting chance that they could possibly have. Here is our guide on growing asparagus in a container<\/a> if you are interested in learning more about this crop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weeds are the bane of many farmer\u2019s lives. They can grow incredibly fast, and have strong, tough roots that will suck out the nutrients from the soil that your precious vegetables should be using. So how to keep weeds out of asparagus patch or beds? And how can we do this without killing the local … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8693"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10065,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions\/10065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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