Topic: weeds

[debster]

are veg garden has exploded with little tiny weeds in between my carrots and onions as these are really small im too scared to go in and weed in case i pull them out by mistake will this hurt them at all, wanted to wait a little longer until i could clearly differentiate

[Tee Gee]

Run you hoe between the rows this will take care of the thick of them. Then when your crop is bigger and you can differentiate, then hand weed!

[debster]

thanks

[SueSteve]

My carrots and onions (leeks, chard and spinach) are so small that I am needing to handweed. No chance of getting a hoe in as I will destroy the crop as well!
I started weeding last saturday after being away for a week, I went back on Mon and the weeds that I had left were bigger - and much much easier to pull up, it really made a difference. So if you can wait for them to be about an inch tall, then tehy are easier to hand weed, and the whole plant seems to come up, not just pull the top off! I have the weeds with teh little blue flowers, can't remember what its called now! Although also have some nasties that I am trying to remove (bindweed, a dandelion/thistle (mum calls cow thistle), housetails) all the time and will not let get any bigger!