3 best ways to kill garden weeds

Although there are several kinds of weeds that aren’t as damaging to your lawn as you think (e.g. dandelions, purslane, chickweed, and clover), ‘crabgrass’ remains to be a common threat to your beautiful lawn.

Fortunately, there are several kinds of turf that are naturally resistant to weeds. Sir Walter DNA certified turf is known to be resistant to weeds, specifically when it’s in a healthy and well-maintained state. The turf type suffocates weeds.

So what are the best and proven practices when it comes to getting rid of weeds from your garden? Here are the three best methods you can try to get rid of garden weeds:

A weed is still a plant, it’s just that you don’t want it getting mixed with your beautiful landscape. So, much like a plant, if you want to kill any present weeds on your lawn, a great way to do this is to suffocate the area where the weed is present. Without enough access to sunlight, the existing weeds will die whilst preventing new ones from growing.

You can use strips of old newspaper sheets to lay over the area infested with weeds, then cover them with a good amount of mulch. Mulch and newspaper treatment not only kills weed but also helps fertilise and nourish the soil.

A proven way to kill weeds is by plucking them by the roots to prevent any further growth. When pulling weeds, it’s best to conduct this method when the soil is moist from watering your lawn. This way, you can actually remove the entire weed from leaves to roots; but be careful to not break off the roots as this could lead to another weed growth after a time.

When pulling out weeds, make sure to wear waterproof gloves to avoid getting hurt from spiny ones.

You can use cheap store-bought cooking or essential oils like vegetable, canola, castor, or sunflower oil. Due to these oils’ biodegradable nature, they’re broken down by the bacteria in the soil, which eventually disperses the natural pesticide and herbicides they contain.

When using oil to get rid of weeds, you can mix it with vinegar or soap, which also helps in slowly killing the weeds from the roots. Then simply drip or spray onto the weed-infested area regularly.