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WEEDS Identifying your garden space,

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germination, known as allelopathy. ground during hot summer weather and Hernando Counties!
Pine straw is an example of a aids in sterilization of the upper
mulch which produces these soil horizon and reduces weed
chemicals and is an excellent populations. Cover crops, like
choice to cover large landscape annual ryegrass, also provide
spaces at a lower cost than other competition filling seasonal voids.
chipped or shredded mulches. Weeds in sidewalk and paver voids Your Pathway to
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can be used, but are only contact No one solution exists to
killers. They kill the part of the effectively control garden weeds.
plant they touch, but do not kill Research through the University
the entire weed and may damage of Florida identifies a combination
desired plants when applied of approaches when controlling
inappropriately. Soil solarization garden weeds. Proper mulching
provides weed control when and cultivation often beat the
preparing ornamental garden ‘one size fits all’ application of
spaces or vegetable gardens. herbicides.

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