Spring is coming, it's time to tackle the garden and give it a clean up. First step: we remove all weeds! If you’ve taken on new, greener habits for the home, it’s not always easy for the garden. Here are our tips for weeding without chemicals…
Weeding without chemicals in your garden: the benefits
The first interest you have in using products
ecological and non-chemical to weed your garden, it is of course to
to preserve our water tables and our pretty planet. Indeed, each product
that we project on our plants, our herbs and our vegetable gardens, will
find, because of rainwater in particular, well anchored in the ground.
The second advantage is that it costs you less,
ecological products to use in the garden are, in fact, composed of products
basic, which you certainly already have in your cupboards.
Weedkiller: our ecological solutions
Cooking water
The pasta or potato cooking water is
loaded with starch. By pouring it on your weeds, it will cover
their pores and make them die in a 100% natural way. If in addition your water
is salty and still very hot, the method will be all the more effective.
Vinegar and coarse salt
Take a sprayer and fill it with a
mixture of vinegar (40 ml) and coarse salt (200 g). Mix well until
coarse salt dissolve and spray on weeds.
Sodium bicarbonate
If you are already cleaning your
home in a natural way, you know baking is your best
friend! Mix 1 L of boiling water with 70 g of sodium bicarbonate and
spray this mixture on your weeds. Attention, remember to respect
the maximum dosage of 20 g / m² so that the mixture is not harmful to your
other plants.
Weeds: how to avoid regrowth?
The best way to avoid having to weed regularly
is to prevent weed growth. For this, mulching is a
easy and natural practice. You just need to cover the affected areas
like your borders or the edges of your vegetable patch with straw. If you
don't have any, just use the last cut grass
mowing. Small bonus of this practice: zero waste! Spread this
grass about 2 cm high. Be careful not to
put it directly around the plants you are growing to prevent
these also die.
You can also use a hoe to uproot
your weeds. A little elbow grease and your soil will be in
more, well ventilated. If you have a small area to weed, this method
is made for you!
Good for the planet and cheap, what are you waiting for
to make your natural weed killer? And why not, enjoy it
to clean your
garden furniture…
