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Weeds are the scourge of any gardener. Even with all the rules of agricultural technology and constant weeding, they appear again and again. Why is this happening?
Causes of weeds in the garden
- The seeds of most weeds remain viable for many years. When cultivating the soil, they fall on its surface and rush to ascend.
- In many plants, the seeds are dispersed by the wind, sometimes over long distances. They can be carried on shoes and clothes, and even by water flow. Mow roadsides and other areas where weeds grow before they bloom, so as not to create conditions for their reproduction.
- Malicious perennial weeds have a branched root system, which is not completely destroyed even with repeated weeding.
- The seed production of most weeds is impressive. Cultivated plants cannot compare with them in this.
- Weeds are very tenacious and easily adapt to any living conditions.
If everything is so bad and the removal of weeds turns into endless hostilities, in which the victory of the gardeners is only a temporary phenomenon, what to do about it? Of course, you can’t give up. If you do not fight weeds, cultivated plants simply do not have a chance to give a decent harvest. The ways in which weeds can be dealt with are diverse: from the usual manual weeding to mulching the soil with various improvised materials. For all of them to give the desired effect, you need to apply them correctly.
The best days for weeding
There are days when manual weeding will be most effective. If it is carried out in the morning of June 18, not a single weeded weed will sprout again, and the roots remaining in the soil will die. There is another method that significantly increases the efficiency of this process. Vegetable beds should be dug up at a time when the young moon is in the sign of Leo. This will provoke the germination of all even the weakest weed seeds that are in the soil. Let them grow up a little. Weeding should be done in the days of Capricorn on the waning moon. If you do everything right, the weeds in such a bed will not bother the gardener for a very long time.
Chemistry in weed control
To the aid of gardeners come chemicals – herbicides that can destroy even the most persistent weeds.
Characterization of herbicides
According to their action, herbicides are divided into two groups.
- Contact. They act on plants only at the point of contact with the herbicide.
- System. They not only act on the surface, but are also able to penetrate inside the plant, moving through its vessels, that is, acting both from the outside and from the inside. Such herbicides destroy weeds with a deep and widespread root system.
According to their selectivity, herbicides can be divided into:
- selective, acting either on a single plant or on a group of plants; often used even during the growing season of the main crop.
- continuous action, which are able to destroy all weeds; most often used before germination or after harvest.
This division can be considered conditional, since the effect of the herbicide strongly depends on its concentration.
Weeds are killed by herbicides because they interfere with the metabolism of weeds. Once inside the plant cell, herbicides decompose into toxic or non-toxic compounds.
How Glider fights weeds
The safety of the weed killer is very important. In this regard, the herbicide Glider is one of the best. It is a drug of continuous action. Glyphosate, a derivative of the amino acid glycine, suppresses weeds.
It is the sibling of Tornado, Roundup, Hurricane and Glyfor herbicides. Such a variety of names similar in action and composition of funds is explained by the fact that the company – the originator of Roundup “Monsanto” has lost a patent for the use of the glyphosate molecule as a herbicide due to the fact that its validity period has expired. This freed the hands of other manufacturers of similar products.
How it works
Glider is a systemic herbicide. It very quickly, in just 6 hours, penetrates inside the plants, and after 5 days reaches their roots, inhibiting, i.e., slowing down photosynthesis, thanks to which plants exist. After 5 days, chlorosis can be seen in plants, and weeds die completely after a couple of weeks. The drug quickly decomposes in the soil into substances that are not dangerous to humans. Glider has no effect on plant seeds.
The efficiency of such processing will be low. Do not handle weeds in hot weather.
The instructions for using Glider against weeds recommend using it against shrubs and even trees.
The effect on plants depends on the concentration of the drug. Most often it is used for pre-sowing treatment in potato fields and vegetable beds. For a potato field, a solution with a concentration of 120 ml per 10 liters is used, and for other beds, 80 ml is sufficient for the same amount of water. The prepared solution is enough for 2 acres. If an area not intended for sowing is treated, then the concentration will be the same.
Application
Instructions for use says that the drug should be prepared on the day of use and used immediately. The concentration of the solution is selected in accordance with the requirements for the treated weeds. On a potato field, spraying is carried out 4-5 days before possible shoots.
Release form – bottles of 100 and 60 ml and canisters containing 20 liters of an aqueous solution.
Glider is a good replacement for pre-sowing weeding.