Top 6 Worst Weeds in the Garden!

Ugh, weeds. You put a lot of work into your yard with the hopes of helping it look its best so you can relax and enjoy it this summer. Then you spot a weed and all that relaxation goes out the window. Suddenly you’re on the offensive and preparing to fight an invasive species.

Here is a portrait of the 7 most common weeds so that you can eliminate them easily.

1 – NETTLE

No need to introduce it, stinging but also rich in nitrogen for manure, soils that are too rich are affected by this plant, which is very well known even to young children. The flowers are countless and the roots are tenacious!

2 – FIELD HORSETAIL

Also called “horsetail,” field horsetail has an extensive root system that is difficult to pull up.

• The plant, which multiplies by its spores and roots, appreciates moist soils.
• To get rid of them, the only solution is to drain the soil or spread lime from time to time.
• Field horsetail should definitely not be put in compost, where it would multiply.

3 – AMARANTH

A lover of summer weather, this annual weed grows tall with a taproot that is red. Amaranth grows clusters of green flowers that appear to have small hairs. But you don’t want them to get to that point, because once that plant flowers, you’re fighting a much bigger battle.

Pull amaranth by hand or use a post-emergence herbicide. Mulch your yard to prevent it from returning.

This is another edible weed. Greens can be used in a green or cooked salad.

4 – CIRSE DES CHAMPS

Its leaves are prickly and its flowers – very beautiful in summer – deliver thousands of seeds to the wind. We must therefore not let it reach the flowering stage! This unwanted item also spreads thanks to strong suckering roots…

How to eliminate field wax? Cover the ground or cut the aerial parts as often as possible using a weeding gouge to weaken the roots.

5 – DANDELION

Poor dandelions have always had a bad reputation among many gardeners. Considered invasive, they grow absolutely everywhere and are particularly resistant. However, they are not the most difficult to eradicate and Epsom salt works very well to remove them. Of course, there are many solutions like boiling cooking water, manual weeding, thermal weeding, etc. Everyone has their own technique for eradicating dandelion.

6 – THE GALINSOGA

This is the species that poses the most problems. And for good reason, each individual is capable, with its small flowers, of producing thousands of seeds which can germinate immediately or 5 years later! We understand why she is very tenacious! In addition, it is resistant to diseases and is even capable of regaining vigor in your buckets or other storage container for your weeds!