[gardeners] Re: weeds....
Thomas Giannou (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:59:42 -0700
Hi all,
This year, being re-tired and all, starting a little home business, and
spending a fair amount of time in the garden, I can honestly say I have
really enjoyed gardening for a change. When you work full time, there just
isn't all that much time for gardening. I put mycorrhiza inoculant on my
Raspberries in a rather goofy manner that worked despite my way of doing
things and I noticed that many weeds were no longer growing in my
Raspberries, Strawberries or among the tomato plants. Dandelions, the one
weed I have been at war with, just didn't show up this year. I searched
around on the internet and found that some weeds do not like to grow where
mycorrhiza fungi are plentiful.
We used to spend an hour or two twice a week trying to keep the dandelions
out of our garden. There just wasn't any there this year. The same story
was true for our lawn. For a while, I was thinking, maybe the weather had
something to do with it. I live in a zone 5 area. Has anyone else noticed
that dandelions seemed scarce this year?
Best Regards,
Thomas Giannou