Hoe Hoe Hoe

[Newbie]

I know this is a stupid question, so i apologise in advance!

I was just hoeing the weeds in my veg plot that are starting to show through and the way i do it is to loosen the weeds from their growing position & leave them where they are - i.e not bother to pick them up. It occured to me that i may well me wasting my time here, so - should i be hoeing them loose then picking them up & thowing them out or is it ok to leave them loose on the top soil? Are they likely to re-root & keep on growing is what i'm asking i suppose?

[jaykay]

I think that if the weather is dry, the weeds will dry out and not re-root but if the root is left in the soil it will sprout again. If it is wet though the weed may take hold and grow back.

[dinky_doo]

i agree with jaykay,newbie if it's dry i leave them to perish in the heat if not i try to pick them up and take them to the tip,dont compost them

[Snadger]

Rightly or wrongly I compost everthing! Annual weeds,biennial weeds and perennial weeds, roots and all. As long as I have a good mix of different vegetation the compost heap looks after itself and I don't create a weed problem when using the compost as a mulch!

Hoeing in the sunshine is more pleasurable for me and less pleasurable for the weeds!

[snuffer]

Hoe

Hello Newbie. Work the hoe back and forth with the blade just under the surface of the soil so that you chop off the heads off of the weeds or kick their feet out from underneath them which ever way you look at it. As has been said before, if the weather is dry and warm just leave them where they lie. If the soil is wet some will re-root.

The idea is to sever the weed from its roots, if the hoe is to deep you merely bring the weed and its roots to the surface where in can continue growing if the ground is wet.

Hope this makes sense. At the end of the day anything that checks their growth has got to be a good thing.

[squashysu]

a great question, because i wasnt sure how to do this either and until the other day had never held a hoe or used one!!!

thanks Snuffer, i now know that i was doing it correctly!

SS