Attack Weeds when they are very small.
If small weeds are pulled up, with a hoe or by hand, the fine roots and stems, seen in the photo above,will dry up quickly and the weeds will die.
Weeds are much easier to control when they are small and just starting out. Click on the photo above to enlarge it & see the tiny weed seedlings between the coin & the onion plant.
If the weeds are allowed to grow bigger, as in the photo above, their roots will be deeper and difficult to take out.
Some weeds grow faster than the vegetable which has been planted. The photo below shows a weed which has been allowed to get too big, and it is competing with the onion for light, water and food.
The photo of the thistle and grass weed below, shows how small they are compared to a pound coin.
This is the right time to hoe them out. It is best to attack weeds when they are very small.
