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Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:11 pm
rainbowgardener wrote:jasonvanorder wrote: The strange thing is I put in the beds new this spring and have volunteer tomatoes coming up in one of them.
Did you put some compost in the beds? Everywhere I put my compost down, I get bunches of volunteer tomatoes. I think it is very strange - I don't get any other weeds from it. I get bunches of volunteer tomatoes and the very occasional volunteer potato or pepper or squash, and nothing else.
All that hoeing still sounds like a lot of work and it doesn't work for me. I don't plant in rows. I plant very densely in raised beds with lots of companion planting and intercropping. I think the density helps keep weeds down as well as the mulching. I use mixed green and brown mulch -- fall leaves and grass clippings, straw and pulled weeds, etc. I don't get weeds from it and it is very effective at suppressing weeds.
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wisconsindead wrote:Speaking of volunteers, does anyone know of a list of seeds that do not survive freezing temperatures? I would assume freezing would kill at least some varieties...?
Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:33 pm
Gary350 wrote:Seeds in the soil causes weeds. No seeds, no weeds.
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