. Controlling weeds in the home garden. Gardening; Weeds. Polyethylene mulches help control weeds and in- crease early spring temperatures in Illinois. cover the entire area. The area between the rows of polyethylene mulch must be carefully culti- vated and hoed. The advantages of polyethylene mulching in- clude moisture conservation, increased spring soil temperatures, and keeping edible aboveground plant portions clean. HERBICIDES It is not a good practice to use herbicides in small ornamental and vegetable gardens contain- ing several crop species because different flowers, vegetables, and
. Controlling weeds in the home garden. Gardening; Weeds. Polyethylene mulches help control weeds and in- crease early spring temperatures in Illinois. cover the entire area. The area between the rows of polyethylene mulch must be carefully culti- vated and hoed. The advantages of polyethylene mulching in- clude moisture conservation, increased spring soil temperatures, and keeping edible aboveground plant portions clean. HERBICIDES It is not a good practice to use herbicides in small ornamental and vegetable gardens contain- ing several crop species because different flowers, vegetables, and weeds vary in their tolerance to herbicides. Some herbicides may remain in the soil longer than one growing season, and may kill or injure some species the following year (espe- cially if excessive rates are used). Ideally, a spe- cific herbicide should be used for each crop species, but most people have small areas of several species in their gardens, and it would often be impractical and expensive to buy the several herbicides that would be needed. Application methods must be carefully con- trolled when a herbicide is used on small Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hopen, H. J. (Herbert John). Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service
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